Real Time Operations Optimization Software

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This project will extend prior work on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's System Advisor Model (SAM) software for CSP, focusing on dispatch optimization and solar irradiance forecasting. This software can automate certain decision-making processes at CSP facilities to execute real-time, optimal operational strategies in these areas. Automating these processes can simultaneously account for operational factors beyond the knowledge of human operators, generate consistent and improved plant performance, and reduce long-term maintenance costs. Prior work in SAM has shown that optimized dispatch could increase a facility's revenue by 5% to 25%, depending on the market.

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