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Microgrids 2025 editorial

Publication Type

Journal Article

Date Published

03/2025

Authors

Marnay, Chris, Tao Xu, Yuko Hirase, Patricio Mendoza-Araya, Nikos Hatziargyriou, Shuai Lu

DOI

10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.125348

Journal

Applied Energy

Volume

381

Year of Publication

2025

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261925000789?via%3Dihub

ISSN

0306-2619

Organization

Building Technology and Urban Systems Division, Whole Building Systems Department, Residential Building Systems, Demand Response Research Center (DRRC)

Research Areas

DRRC, Microgrids, Building Technology and Urban Systems Division, BTUS Urban Science, BTUS FLEXLAB and Systems Integration, BTUS Energy Analytics, BTUS Energy and Financing, BTUS Demand Response and The Grid

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