ETA 2021 Strategic Plan - Flipbook - Page 80
Milestones
SHORT TERM (6 MONTHS–2 YEARS)
In the first year of this initiative, we will focus on (1) the breakthroughs needed to link smart
buildings, local energy generation and storage, and electric vehicles, so these systems can
cooperate for a common optimal goal of minimizing total carbon, with constraints on economic
costs; and (2) computational methods for identifying and mitigating cybersecurity threats and other
system instabilities in the electric power grid. Specific goals include:
• Development of a simulation testbed, including detailed building physics models, distributed
energy resources, smart buildings, and the bulk power system. Local control loops will be
included within each energy subsystem.
• Analysis of the feasible and attainable benefits of energy integration for various economic and
reliability constraints.
• Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven reduced order models of energy systems suitable for testing fast
co-simulation of energy systems.
• New solutions for identifying regions of stable grid operation.
• Simulation prototype for near-real time controls of multiple energy systems.
• Validation using an existing field testbed.
MEDIUM TERM (3–5 YEARS)
Based on the learnings from the Year 1 testbed data, we will develop a roadmap and a series of
solutions for how physics-based models can supplement AI models to overcome the typical hurdles
of using each type.
LONG TERM (5 YEARS AND BEYOND)
Over five years, the team will develop the scientific toolset and a series of techniques to train and
test the use of high-fidelity simulations of a microgrid with a high penetration of renewable energy.
If we are successful, this work will change the ways research is conducted in the dynamic systems
and controls community, realizing multi-sector decarbonization at scale and at acceptable cost.
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