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Microgrid Pre-Feasibility & Pathway Platform

A research-first platform for testing whether a microgrid is warranted, whether a simpler local-energy step should come first, and what must be verified before formal feasibility.

The platform helps municipalities, researchers, developers, NGOs, funders, facility operators, and communities move from a local energy-security problem to a microgrid pre-feasibility pathway report across regulation, tariffs, utility engagement, pricing, contracts, financing, social license, and verification.

Preliminary decision-support only: this pre-operational public candidate is not a formal feasibility study, legal opinion, engineering design, financial advice, utility approval, regulatory approval, or community consent process.

Create a preliminary report

The wizard is the current assessment flow. It checks available evidence before asking for private or site-specific data.

Try an ExampleLearn what the platform checks

Operational demo cases

Review a stable demo in the assessment wizard

Demo cases prefill the same wizard used for a new assessment. They use no-search plus bounded curated/manual evidence where noted, and they do not bypass review, research planning, optional private-data checks, or explicit report generation.

Conditional critical-facility microgrid

Community Health Clinic Critical Facility Screen

Shows a single critical facility where microgrid screening is plausible, but missing load, tariff, funding, and utility evidence keep the pathway conditional.

building siteCritical facility operatorCurated/manual evidence - unreviewedExpected: conditionally justified
Conditional gateMissing load/utility dataVerification pathway

Strong campus pre-feasibility pathway

Hospital Campus Critical Services Microgrid Package

Shows a stronger campus/facility-cluster case with boundary, critical-load, islanding, governance, utility, tariff, and funding signals for pre-feasibility review.

campus facilityCritical facility operatorCurated/manual evidence - unreviewedExpected: strongly justified
Strong gateCampus pathwayActor checklist

Bounded municipal opportunity scan

Municipal Critical Facilities Opportunity Scan

Shows a city-level portfolio screen for public buildings and emergency readiness, while keeping exact site selection and final site feasibility out of scope.

municipality cityMunicipalityCurated/manual evidence - unreviewedExpected: conditionally justified
Municipal scanPortfolio readinessNo site-feasibility claim

Alternative-first, not-yet microgrid

Commercial Solar and Storage First Screen

Shows a climate/bill-control case where microgrid is not yet warranted and a simpler PV, storage, or efficiency pathway should be verified first.

building sitePrivate building ownerCurated/manual evidence - unreviewedExpected: not yet justified
Alternative-firstClimate-only boundaryNo microgrid-forward claim

Evidence collection only

Vague Energy Security Screening Request

Shows how the platform responds when site, load, ownership, utility, and evidence context are too weak for a microgrid recommendation.

building siteGeneral userNo-search demo / no curated evidenceExpected: insufficient evidence
Insufficient evidenceEvidence collection pathwayNo overclaiming

What the platform checks

Research-first assessment logic

Project scale and classification
Regulatory and legal verification needs
Tariff and pricing assumptions
Utility and interconnection pathway
Pricing, contract, and financing pathway
Social license and governance risks
Comparable ORNL installations
Trust, sources, and verification gates
Future capabilities, clearly marked

Explore

Coming later

Guided pathway discovery for users who have not selected a project type yet.

Compare

Coming later

Side-by-side comparison of implementation pathways and project structures.

Portfolio

Coming later

Dedicated city, regional, and national portfolio workspaces will come after the Assess flow is stable.

Develop

Coming later

Funder briefs, utility packages, feasibility scopes, and implementation work packages.

Monitor / Update

Coming later

Source freshness, tariff/regulatory review due dates, and report refresh workflows.