The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Flatirons Campus is home to the National Wind Technology Center, as well as numerous other clean energy research areas, including a significant portion of the unique Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems (ARIES) platform. The new Control Center Facility will be focused on monitoring and operational control of on-site integrated energy systems while additionally interfacing with other national labs, universities, and research institutions around the world. The Control Center Facility is a two-story building designed to accommodate future research requirements. It will be constructed as the first phase of a much larger research facility.

NREL envisions the Control Center Facility and subsequent FRF to be living laboratories that can be completely powered by the wind and solar energy generated on campus. Fully integrated metering will track live data on the use and efficiency of both building and campus power generation and storage infrastructure.

Though primarily an active laboratory for NREL and guest researchers, the Control Center Facility will be a highlight of the NREL Flatirons Campus for visiting dignitaries and tour groups.