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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the beautiful Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy, energy efficiency technologies, and energy systems integration. The Power Systems Engineering Center (PSEC) is looking for a Post-Doctoral Researcher to contribute to Inverter Based Resources (IBR) Driven Stability Studies and Analysis. PSEC at NREL supports the science and technology goals of the U.S. Department of Energy and NREL toward a sustainable energy future. The center works with the electricity industry to optimize strategies for effectively interconnecting renewable resources and emerging energy efficiency technologies in the existing electric power system. The center focuses on resolving grid integration barriers and providing improved control and management strategies for increased grid flexibility, consumer empowerment, and transportation electrification. The global energy transition is rapidly advancing towards renewable energy sources, with Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) like solar, wind, and batteries becoming central due to their declining costs and technological improvements. This shift is supported by policy incentives, grid modernization, and the increasing importance of energy storage solutions to manage variability and enhance grid stability. In particular, as the penetration of IBRs increases, power system dynamics undergo changes, leading to unprecedented dynamic events that threaten power system stability and reliability. This position will be dedicated to multiple high impact projects to work on inverter-based-resources (IBR) dominant grids. The successful candidate will be the key contributors to those projects to develop IBR models, perform power system stability study and analysis, and propose solutions to improve system stability with high IBRs.
