Technical Roadmap Guides Research Direction for Grid-Forming Inverters
December 23, 2020
Power electronics—including the inverters that interface solar, wind, battery energy
storage, and electric vehicles—are on track to gradually, or even entirely, displace
traditional generation. In doing so, inverters will inherit new responsibilities and
introduce a new set of challenges. Recognizing a knowledge gap, a team of experts
from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and several collaborating institutions
have published the
, a comprehensive guide to understanding inverter-dominated power systems.
The roadmap provides a system-wide perspective on the integration of inverter-based
resources. The report distinguishes between grid-following inverter controls, which