MIcrogrid and Local Clean Energy Project Evaluation
Methodologies, Criteria, and Resources
Working Guide, November 2014 (Updated February 2015)
Microgrid valuation models and cost-benefit tools:
NYSERDA Microgrids for Critical Facility Resiliency Report (December 2014)
(Cost-benefit analysis methodology (p.138))
https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/-/media/Files/Publications/Research/Electic-Power-Delivery/Microgrids-for-Critical-Facility-NYS.pdf
Valuing Energy Security: Customer Damage Function Methodology and Case Studies at DoD Installations (October 2012)
http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo30706/55913.pdf
Clean energy, and combined heat and power (CHP) project evaluation:
U.S. DOE CHP and DG Deployment Resources
http://www.energy.gov/eere/amo/technical-white-papers
Rutgers University Costs and Benefits of Combined Heat and Power (used by NJBPU in NJ Clean Energy Program)
http://ceeep.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CHPCostBenefitAnalysis.pdf
U.S. EPA CHP Partnership – CHP Project Development Handbook
http://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/11/f4/chp_project_development_handbook.pdf
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development CHP Feasibility Screening Guide for Multifamily Housing
http://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/11/f4/chpguide2.pdf
NYSERDA CHP Acceleration Program
http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/Energy-Innovation-and-Business-Development/Research-and-Development/Onsite-Power-Applications/Combined-Heat-and-Power.aspx
University of Illinois at Chicago CHP Resource Guide
http://www.midwestchptap.org/Archive/pdfs/Resource_Guide_10312005_Final_Rev5.pdf
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Pilot CHP Program
http://www.erc.uic.edu/energy-efficiency/illinois-energy-now-programs/dceo-chp-pilot-program/
District Energy St. Paul “Energy Island” Study (including evaluation methodology and tools)
http://www.districtenergy.com/2013/02/studies-and-reports/
NREL Framework for Evaluating the Total Value Proposition of Clean Energy Technologies
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy06osti/38597.pdf
Lessons Learned from Net Zero Energy Assessments and Renewable Energy Projects at Military Installations (September 2011)
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/51598.pdf
Green Banks etc.:
Connecticut Green Bank (formerly CEFIA)
http://www.ctcleanenergy.com/
Maryland Green Bank (in development)
http://mdcleanenergy.org/green-bank-study
New York Green Bank
http://greenbank.ny.gov/
New Jersey Resilience Bank
http://www.njerb.com/
NYSERDA Microgrids for Critical Facility Resiliency Report (December 2014)
(Cost-benefit analysis methodology (p.138))
https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/-/media/Files/Publications/Research/Electic-Power-Delivery/Microgrids-for-Critical-Facility-NYS.pdf
Valuing Energy Security: Customer Damage Function Methodology and Case Studies at DoD Installations (October 2012)
http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo30706/55913.pdf
Clean energy, and combined heat and power (CHP) project evaluation:
U.S. DOE CHP and DG Deployment Resources
http://www.energy.gov/eere/amo/technical-white-papers
Rutgers University Costs and Benefits of Combined Heat and Power (used by NJBPU in NJ Clean Energy Program)
http://ceeep.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CHPCostBenefitAnalysis.pdf
U.S. EPA CHP Partnership – CHP Project Development Handbook
http://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/11/f4/chp_project_development_handbook.pdf
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development CHP Feasibility Screening Guide for Multifamily Housing
http://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/11/f4/chpguide2.pdf
NYSERDA CHP Acceleration Program
http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/Energy-Innovation-and-Business-Development/Research-and-Development/Onsite-Power-Applications/Combined-Heat-and-Power.aspx
University of Illinois at Chicago CHP Resource Guide
http://www.midwestchptap.org/Archive/pdfs/Resource_Guide_10312005_Final_Rev5.pdf
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Pilot CHP Program
http://www.erc.uic.edu/energy-efficiency/illinois-energy-now-programs/dceo-chp-pilot-program/
District Energy St. Paul “Energy Island” Study (including evaluation methodology and tools)
http://www.districtenergy.com/2013/02/studies-and-reports/
NREL Framework for Evaluating the Total Value Proposition of Clean Energy Technologies
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy06osti/38597.pdf
Lessons Learned from Net Zero Energy Assessments and Renewable Energy Projects at Military Installations (September 2011)
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/51598.pdf
Green Banks etc.:
Connecticut Green Bank (formerly CEFIA)
http://www.ctcleanenergy.com/
Maryland Green Bank (in development)
http://mdcleanenergy.org/green-bank-study
New York Green Bank
http://greenbank.ny.gov/
New Jersey Resilience Bank
http://www.njerb.com/