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DNV GL Internet of Things Microgrid

Current status, energy mix, organizations, suppliers, equipment, controls, reported specifications, and project updates—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations8
System facts16
Sources reviewed11
Evidence reviewed2026-07-20

This record was a US$2.15 million ARPA-E NODES software-and-controls R&D project, not a newly built DNV-owned microgrid. DNV GL, Geli and Group NIRE proposed an 'Internet of Energy' platform that could register, aggregate, schedule and dispatch as many as 100 small distributed resources while coordinating market regulation and local distribution support. It was demonstrated at Group NIRE's pre-existing utility-connected test facility at Reese Technology Center in Lubbock.

Research status
Research program completed/alumni. DOE documentation gives an August 2016–August 2019 project term, and ARPA-E now lists NODES and the DNV project as Alumni. The Reese testbed continues in evolved form as Texas Tech/Group NIRE's GLEAMM facility, but no public final report found verifies that the DNV deployment reached 100 devices, quantifies service performance or confirms the original 1 MW/1 MWh battery remains installed. Do not label the R&D award as a currently operating commercial microgrid.
Historical classification
Building
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
33.59356, -102.02966
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Project delivery

Who was involved in DNV GL Internet of Things Microgrid?

8 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

ARPA-E / U.S. Department of Energy

NODES program sponsor and US$2.15 million award funder. [6][7]

Organization

DNV GL

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

DNV GL (now DNV)

ARPA-E award lead; provided power-system simulation, platform development and independent validation. [6][8][9]

Organization

Geli

Networking, DER control and market-balancing software partner. [7][8]

Organization

Group NIRE

Host/partner operating the pre-existing Reese utility-connected test facility. [7][8]

Organization

GroupNIRE

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

South Plains Electric Cooperative

Serving utility/interconnection partner for the test facility and original battery project. [10]

Organization

Texas Tech University

Research partner in the Reese testbed and current GLEAMM successor facility. [10][11]

System evidence

Energy mix, capacity, and specifications

Values can describe different project phases, generation sources, storage systems, or other components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

Storage
1MW/1MWH [1]
ARPA-E award
US$2.15 million under NODES; documented project term 15 August 2016 to 14 August 2019. [7][9]
DER target
Platform concept for up to 100 distributed resources/controllable loads. This was a scalability target, not verified installed capacity or achieved device count. [8][7]
Pre-existing battery
1 MW/1 MWh lithium-ion system commissioned 18 October 2013, about three years before the DNV award term. It was host-testbed infrastructure, not NODES-funded new storage. [10][9]
Target resource mix
Batteries, EVs, HVAC, water heaters, LED lighting and renewable generation were eligible controllable resources; public sources do not identify the final number or aggregate capacity actually enrolled. [8][7]
Current GLEAMM inventory
Texas Tech currently lists 150 kW monocrystalline PV, 900 kW wind interconnection, 500 kW diesel, 1 MW electronic load, 180 kW reactive load, 48 kW lead-acid storage, a 30 kW EV simulator and 20 kW data center. This evolved inventory is not the original DNV project's commissioned scope. [11]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Host battery (pre-existing)

Xtreme Power — PEAK Series

1 MW, 60-minute system using Samsung SDI lithium-ion batteries, commissioned in 2013; current disposition is not confirmed. [10]

02

Internet of Energy software

DNV GL / Geli

DNV simulation/validation combined with Geli networking, dispatch and market-balancing software; commercial release/version was not disclosed. [7][8]

03

Utility interface

Model not publicly disclosed

Platform integration with the local utility's SCADA/monitoring and control environment; specific gateway, relay and communications products were not published. [7]

04

Current testbed assets

Model not publicly disclosed

GLEAMM's live inventory includes PV, wind interconnection, diesel, programmable loads, small lead-acid storage and EV/data-center simulators; these show continued testbed use, not continuity of every original asset. [11]

Technical record

Architecture, performance, and project updates

Concise technical facts, milestones, operating results, and later developments. Dated notes distinguish historical design claims from current evidence.

  • General

    These may include wind and solar generation capacity, adaptive residential energy storage systems, electric vehicles (EVs), connected HVAC systems, water heaters and LED lighting controls. [1]

  • Management

    The battery was commissioned on October 18, 2013. [1]

  • Platform functions

    Automated resource registration, scheduling, aggregation, dispatch and performance validation were intended to let behind-the-meter resources support both frequency regulation and distribution reliability. [7][8]

  • Customer constraint

    The research objective was to deliver grid services with minimal interference to each resource's local behind-the-meter demand-management purpose. [7]

  • Status evidence

    ARPA-E's live portfolio classifies NODES and the DNV project as Alumni; no public operational KPI, commercial rollout or verified 100-device demonstration result was located. [6]

  • Asset-boundary warning

    The 2013 battery and present GLEAMM equipment belong to the host test facility. They must not be reported as hardware purchased by the 2016 DNV NODES award. [10][9][11]

Provenance

11 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  2. [2]
    ARPA-E in December announced

    arpa-e.energy.gov · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  3. [3]
    in a news release

    dnvgl.com · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  4. [4]
    Read More

    microgridmedia.com · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  5. [5]
    Source

    groupnire.com · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  6. [6]
  7. [7]
    NODES project descriptions

    ARPA-E · Primary source

  8. [8]
  9. [9]
    2016 DOE Transition Questionnaire — DNV GL NODES project

    U.S. Department of Energy · Primary source

  10. [10]
  11. [11]

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