| Solicitation: | Solicitation 4 |
| Target Area: | Cross-cutting Integration |
| Awardee: | Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) |
| Partners: | BIRAenergy, Meritage Homes, Southern California Edison (SCE) |
| CSI Funding: | $1,485,476 |
| Match Funding: | $2,155,000 |
| Start Date: | May 2014 |
| End Date: | August 2016 |
| Status: | Complete |
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CSI RD&D PROGRAM - CONCLUDED
The California Solar Initiative's RD&D Program has now concluded after operating since 2008 through 2016. All solicitations and research projects are now complete.
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For more information on the research projects and resulting reports please review the section below. All completed final reports are also available separately for review and download.
FINAL REPORTS for completed projects along with individual research briefs can be found here.
CSI RD&D Program - Program Evaluation
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Funded Projects
This is a database of projects funded by the CSI RD&D. The project summaries are listed alphabetically below. You may also choose a subset of projects by clicking a keyword, or using the search function.
Solicitations: Solicitation 1 | Solicitation 2 | Solicitation 3 | Solicitation 4 | Solicitation 5
Target Area: Grid Integration | Improved Technology | Innovative Business Model |
Cross-cutting DER Integration
Grid Integration of ZNE home community
| Current Highlights: | Sept 2016
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Project Information
Contact Information
| Principal Investigator Name: | Ram Narayanamurthy |
| Principal Investigator Email: | rnarayanamurthy @ epri.com |
| Principal Investigator Phone: | 650-855-2419 |
| Grant Manager Name: | Smita Gupta |
| Grant Manager Email: | smita.gupta @ itron.com |
| Grant Manager Phone: | 509-891-3189 |
Project Summary
The EPRI team will demonstrate and evaluate the impacts of a near-Zero Net Energy (ZNE) community on the local distribution system and develop mitigation strategies using building energy management systems and energy storage. The team will develop ZNE packages including photolvatics (PV), home energy management systems (HEMS), storage and demand response (DR) for inclusion in a Meritage 60 home community in California. Modeling approaches will be used to predict the impacts on distribution systems and mitigation strategies will be developed. The project will demonstrate how HEMS, DR and storage can mitigate possible grid issues. The project will also integrate building energy models and distribution models to predict building requirements for desired load shapes. The project objectives include demonstrating and evaluating:
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Cost effective energy efficiency (EE) packages to achieve ZNE
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ZNE homes with PV, storage, HEMS and DR can provide grid benefits
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HEMS and DR can manage end-use loads to enable greater PV penetration
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Various locations for energy storage to address distribution issues
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Measured impacts that ZNE communties have on distribution feeders
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Identify requirements for ZNE communities to include in IOU ZNE programs and CA Title 24
Integrate ZNE building modeling approaches with distribution models
Deliverables and Documents
Reports:
FINAL REPORT: Grid Integration of Zero Net Energy Communities. Narayanamurthy, R. EPRI. Januaary 2017. PDF (6.3 MB)
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