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Project Title

Data-Driven Community-Centered Resilience Assessment and Planning Toolkit for Nexus of Energy and Water (DCRAPT-NEW)

Funding Agency

Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience (RACER) Program, the Department of Energy (DOE)

Project Description

This project is developing an open-source, open-access, community-centered distributed energy resource planning tool for energy and water resilience enhancement in urban areas. The research team aims to engage community members in Detroit, Michigan, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, analyze multiple layers of information and interaction between water and energy systems, and co-optimize planning and operation. The resulting planning tool will help to strategically install solar, energy storage, and other distributed energy resources, and to devise preparedness and response plans. Additionally, the project is considering mobile energy storage.