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UIUC Microgrid Control Demo

Published April 2, 2018 by jmast@illinois.edu. Filed under Renewable Energy, Uncategorized. Total of no comments in the discussion.

Watch this explainer video from the team at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign about the arpa-e project “Distributed Grid Control of Flexible Loads and DERs for Optimized Provision of Synthetic Regulating Reserves” and see how HIL is involved in these kinds of Microgrid projects. Check out this Blog article highlighting DERs: ARPA-E virtual both blog article

Moving the New ECE Building toward Zero Net Energy – Funding Solar Panels

Published October 22, 2014 by jpadill2@illinois.edu. Filed under Curriculum and Laboratory Development, Renewable Energy. Total of no comments in the discussion.

Solar panels are key to the new super-efficient ECE building achieving zero net energy. We project that this goal can be met with 1.5 megawatts of solar energy: .3 megawatt on the ECE building (ECEB) and 1.2 megawatts on the adjacent North Parking Garage (NPG) roof. The Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) first funded a $150,000 […]