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Solar Under Storm: Select Best Practices for Resilient Ground-Mount PV Systems with Hurricane Exposure
The 2017 hurricane season was one of the most active in history. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria brought widespread destruction throughout the Caribbean. In ...
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The Value of Resilience for Distributed Energy Resources: An Overview of Current Analytical Practices
This paper reviews current practices for calculating the value of resilience with a focus on valuing resilient DERs installed within the distribution system. ...
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Distributed Energy Planning for Climate Resilience
Climate resilient solutions are being adopted and implemented at various levels of government across the United States and globally. Solutions vary based on ...
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Before And After The Storm
A compilation of recent studies, programs, and policies related to storm hardening and resiliency, including measures or undergrounding, vegetation management, ...
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Storm Hardening and Resiliency Collaborative Phase Three Report
Super Storm Sandy struck the eastern coast of the United States in 2012, devastating communities and energy systems. This report documents a local utility's ...
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A Review of Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: Current Practices and Lessons Learned from DOE's Partnership for Energy Sector Climate Resilience
Changes in climate and extreme weather, including increasing temperatures, decreasing water availability, more intense storm events, and sea level rise have ...
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FOURTH NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 4: ENERGY SUPPLY, DELIVERY, AND DEMAND
The Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) focuses on the human welfare, societal, and environmental elements of climate change and variability for 10 ...
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Microgrid-Ready Solar PV - Planning for Resiliency
This fact sheet provides background information on microgrids with suggested language for several up-front considerations that can be added to a solar project ...
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Distributed Solar PV for Electricity System Resiliency: Policy and Regulatory Considerations
This paper specifies the goals of power resiliency and explains the reasons that most distributed PV systems as installed today are technically incapable of ...
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Making the energy sector more resilient to climate change
The energy sector faces multiple threats from climate change, in particular from extreme weather events and increasing stress on water resources. Greater ...
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