Overview
Personal Profile
Kate Doubleday (she/her) is a research engineer in the Grid Operations Planning Group within the Grid Planning and Analysis Center at NLR. Her research focuses on grid integration planning studies for the energy transition and open-source tool development. Her work also includes policy analysis and outreach, and she has interests in addressing interconnection challenges and low-impact solar development.
Research Interests
Grid integration of renewable energy
Power system simulation and optimization
Time-series modeling and forecasting
Co-location of solar technologies and agriculture
Land-use change, conservation, and low impact solar development
Professional Experience
Technical Expert, Kevala, Inc. (2022–2023)
Research Assistant & Technical Project Lead, University of Colorado Boulder (2014–2021)
University Contractor, NLR (2017-2021)
Graduate Intern, NLR (2015-2016, 2017)
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Biology, Bowdoin College
PhD, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Master, Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Agrivoltaics: Unlocking the Potential of Dual Land Use
Ovaitt, S., Jamil, U., Staie, B., Mirletz, B., Doubleday, K., Macknick, J. & Hickey, T., 2025, 116 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Impacts of Year-to-Year Weather Variability and Inter-Panel Spacing on Agrivoltaic Crop Yields in Massachusetts: Article No. 152
Doubleday, K., Oleskewicz, K., Ovaitt, S., Hickey, T., Herbert, S. & Macknick, J., 2025, In: Agroforestry Systems. 99, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impacts of Year-to-Year Weather Variability and Inter-Panel Spacing on Crop Yields in a Massachusetts Agrivoltaics System
Doubleday, K., Oleskewicz, K., Ovaitt, S., Hickey, T., Herbert, S. & Macknick, J., 2025, 15 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Sienna Training
Doubleday, K., Henriquez-Auba, R., Konar-Steenberg, G., Lara, J. D., Sanchez Perez, P. A. & Barrows, C., 2025, 83 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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The U.S. Agrivoltaic Shading Tool: A National-Scale Interface for Modeling Light and Shade Patterns in Ten Common Agrivoltaic Configurations
Lepley, K., Fields, H., Hickey, T., Doubleday, K., Ford, T., Ovaitt, S. & Macknick, J., 2025, 1 p. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).Research output: NLR › Poster
Activities
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (External organization)
Ginley, D. (Member), Nagarajan, A. (Member), Markel, A. (Member), Bernstein, A. (Member), Solanki, B. (Member), Hodge, B.-M. (Member), Uriarte, C. (Member), Barrows, C. (Member), Perkins, C. (Member), Palmintier, B. (Member), Thomas, D.-M. (Member), Saleem, D. (Member), DeVoto, D. (Member), Khan, F. (Member), Seo, G.-S. (Member), Moreno, G. (Member), Johnson, G. (Member), Cavraro, G. (Member), Dunham, H. (Member), Jorgenson, J. (Member), Zhang, J. (Member), Sanyal, J. (Member), Kisacikoglu, J. (Member), Rivera, J. (Member), Duwadi, K. (Member), Doubleday, K. (Member), Panda, K. (Member), Sedzro, K. S. (Member), Panossian, N. (Member), Guba, N. (Member), Martin, M. (Member), Guerra Fernandez, O. J. (Member), Baggu, M. (Member), Emami, P. (Member), Paret, P. (Member), Koralewicz, P. (Member), Awara, S. (Member), McFly, S. (Member), Dhulipala, S. C. (Member), Ovaitt, S. (Member), Paul, S. (Member), Abraham, S. A. (Member), De Silva M, T. (Member), Singh, V. K. (Member), Zhang, X. (Member), Zhou, X. (Member), Agalgaonkar, Y. (Member), Wright, J. (Member), Pao, L. (Member), Kekelia, B. (Member), Chang, C.-Y. (Member), Kiboma, L. (Member), Ramirez Arbelaez, L. (Member), Chaudhary, R. (Member), Wijekoon, R. (Member), Ahrenkiel, R. (Fellow), Kurtz, S. (Member), Truong, T. (Member), Poudyal, A. (Member), Sekulic, W. (Member), Pawaskar, V. (Member) & Emery, K. (Member)
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