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The Lab’s Grid Integration Group uses advanced mathematical modeling techniques to formulate the optimal multi-energy microgrid design problem as a mixed-integer linear program (MILP). Unlike simulation-based models or optimization models based on heuristic and non-linear formulations, DER-CAM can quickly find globally optimal solutions to highly complex problems. The key challenge lies in developing and implementing linear formulations that adequately represent different non-linear phenomena, and DER-CAM achieves this using a wide range of techniques.
The explainer video features the Distributed Energy Resources Customer Adoption Model (DER-CAM). DER-CAM is a powerful and comprehensive decision-support tool that primarily serves the purpose of finding optimal distributed energy resource (DER) investments in the context of either buildings or multi-energy microgrids. Find out more at https://dercam.lbl.gov
Client: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
