Refinement of the FREEDM Center Cost-Benefit Model
Published in NCSU Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management Systems Center (FREEDM), 2016-2017 , 2016
The FREEDM system provides benefits to utilities and customers, particularly those with high levels of distributed energy resources (DER). Recently, these benefits were compared to the costs of the FREEDM system, finding that partial deployment of FREEDM solid-state transformers (SST) provided the greatest net benefits. However, several different upgrade options exist in the distribution market. In this analysis, we will investigate how the standalone FREEDM SST compares to competing technologies that provide similar benefits to feeders with high DER penetration. The benefit comparison between competing technologies required research into the cost and performance of alternatives as well as simulations of FREEDM and alternatives in OpenDSS.
DeCarolis, J.F. (PI), de Queiroz, A.R. (co-PI), Refinement of the FREEDM Center Cost-Benefit Model, Funded by the NCSU Future Renewable Electric Energy, 2016-2017