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Personal Profile
Grant Buster is a member of the Advanced Data Analytics & Tools Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center. His work focuses on creating, managing, and distributing NLR’s state-of-the art renewable energy resource data. Buster is the software development lead for the National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) and the Renewable Energy Potential Model (reV).
Research Interests
Renewable energy resource data
Data-driven software development
High-performance computing
Solar data and radiation transport
Spatiotemporal data analysis
Machine learning
Nuclear power systems
Professional Experience
Nuclear Risk Analyst, NuScale Power (2015–2018)
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Nuclear Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
Bachelor, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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A Smarter Typical Meteorological Dataset: Advancing Accuracy in Solar Energy Yield Estimation
Habte, A., Sengupta, M., Buster, G., Xie, Y., Yang, J., Benton, B., Maclaurin, G., Keith, J., Edwards, P. & Roberts, B., 2025, 1 p. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).Research output: NLR › Poster
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Designing Future Energy Systems with Generative AI
Glaws, A., King, R., Emami, P., Buster, G., Benton, B., Zhang, X., Zamzam, A., Venkataramanan, V. & Macwan, R., 2025, In: Computing in Science and Engineering. 27, 4, p. 8-18 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Downscaled Earth System Model Data for Resilient Energy System Planning
Buster, G., 2025, 31 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Empowering Geothermal Research: The Geothermal Data Repository's New AI Research Assistant
Weers, J., Podgorny, S., Taverna, N., Anderson, A., Porse, S. & Buster, G., 2025, p. 2292-2302. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Estimating the Impacts of Increasing Temperatures and the Efficacy of Climate Adaptation Strategies in Urban Microclimates with Deep Learning: Article No. 102603
Buster, G., Cox, J., Benton, B. & King, R., 2025, In: Urban Climate. 64, 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus Citations