Matthew Lave

Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

(925) 294-4676

Biography

Matthew Lave is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in the Renewable and Distributed Systems Integration Group. He focuses on enabling the implementation of renewable and resilient energy systems. His work has included monitoring, analysis, and modeling of the grid integration of solar photovoltaics (PV), electric vehicles (EVs), wind, battery storage, and other power systems for both performance assessment and grid integration studies.

Highlights of his work include creation of the Wavelet Variability Model (WVM) to model spatial smoothing of PV system output; successfully executing a large team effort to collect and disseminate lab capabilities as PI for the Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium (GMLC) Testing Network and Open Library project with team members from 10 different National Labs; and leadership of technical assistance efforts to support energy transitions in island and remote communities.

Matthew has led several Sandia projects to provide technical assistance to Puerto Rico in designing the recovery of the electric grid after Hurricanes Maria and Fiona, including Sandia’s involvement in the PR100 project (PR100.gov) and other technical assistance efforts focused on microgrid design and energy resilient solutions.

Education

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego
Bachelors of Art, Physics, Occidental College

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Publications

IMoFi (Intelligent Model Fidelity): Physics-Based Data-Driven Grid Modeling to Accelerate Accurate PV Integration Updated Accomplishments Published: 2022-09-01 Publication ID: 80226

EGRASS-DCAT-ReNCAT trifecta: progress update and next steps [Slides] Published: 2022-09-01 Publication ID: 80271

Graph theory and nighttime imagery based microgrid design Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Published: 2022-05-31 Publication ID: 80223

Microgrid Conceptual Design Guidebook | 2022 Published: 2022-04-19 Publication ID: 80644

IMoFi – Intelligent Model Fidelity: Physics-Based Data-Driven Grid Modeling to Accelerate Accurate PV Integration (Final Report) Published: 2022-01-01 Publication ID: 79926

Geospatial Assessment Methodology to Estimate Power Line Restoration Access Vulnerabilities After a Hurricane in Puerto Rico IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy Published: 2022-01-01 Publication ID: 80108

A Co-Simulation Approach to Modeling Electric Vehicle Impacts on Distribution Feeders During Resilience Events – Conference Poster Published: 2021-10-01 Publication ID: 76323

Systemwide Considerations for Electrification of Transportation in Islands and Remote Locations Vehicles Published: 2021-09-01 Publication ID: 75356

DER Integration and Designing Resilient Microgrids Published: 2021-09-01 Publication ID: 75689

Overview of the Electrification of Transportation in Hawaii Published: 2021-09-01 Publication ID: 76018

Uncontrolled electric vehicle charging impacts on distribution electric power systems with primarily residential, commercial or industrial loads Energies Published: 2021-03-02 Publication ID: 77731

Rapid QSTS Simulations for High-Resolution Comprehensive Assessment of Distributed PV Published: 2021-03-01 Publication ID: 77507

A Co-Simulation Approach to Modeling Electric Vehicle Impacts on Distribution Feeders during Resilience Events 2021 Resilience Week, RWS 2021 – Proceedings Published: 2021-01-01 Publication ID: 76157

Overall capacity assessment of distribution feeders with different electric vehicle adoptions IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting Published: 2020-08-02 Publication ID: 74123

Smart Electric Vehicle Charging for a Reliable and Resilient Grid (Sandia National Laboratories) Published: 2019-10-01 Publication ID: 65939

Distribution System Parameter and Topology Estimation Applied to Resolve Low-Voltage Circuits on Three Real Distribution Feeders IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy Published: 2019-07-01 Publication ID: 63413

Towards High Fidelity Modeling of DER Integration to Distribution Grids Published: 2019-06-01 Publication ID: 68918

Visualization Methods for Quasi-Static Time-Series (QSTS) Simulations with High PV Penetration Published: 2019-06-01 Publication ID: 69208

Opportunities for Photovoltaics and Other DER to Improve Energy Resiliency in the U.S. Virgin Islands Published: 2019-06-01 Publication ID: 69077

Visualization Methods for Quasi-Static Time-Series (QSTS) Simulations with High PV Penetration Published: 2019-06-01 Publication ID: 69082

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