THIS PROJECT WILL RESEARCH AND DEVELOP NEW COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS AND DESIGNS FOR OPTIMAL OPERATIONS OF HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEMS (TASK 1), TEST THE TOOLS AND DESIGNS IN AN ACCELERATED TESTING LABORATORY (ATL) ON THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT (UVM) CAMPUS (TASK 2), DEMONSTRATE THEM IN THE FIELD AT A HYBRID SOLAR TEST CENTER (HSTC) FOR HYBRID RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION IN NORTHERN CLIMATES THAT IS CO-LOCATED WITH AN EXISTING MW-SCALE WOOD-BURNING POWER PLANT IN BURLINGTON, VT (TASK 3), AND UTILIZE THE FACILITIES TO OUTREACH TO EXTERNAL INDUSTRY AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS (TASK 4).