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DOE Opens Energy Systems Integration Facility

Published 7/1/2013

The Department of Energy opened the $135 million Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) in June of 2013. Located at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., the 182,500-sf facility provides 15 labs and four outdoor test sites for electrical grid integration research. The center features a petascale supercomputer for advanced modeling and simulation as well as a hardware-in-the-loop system for product testing. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the project, which was designed by SmithGroup and built by JE Dunn. Construction began on the facility in spring of 2011.

Organization Project Role
Architect
J.E. Dunn Construction
General Contractor