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Blog: Did You Know – Transactive Energy Provides the Next Big Step in DER Integration
Read More: Blog: Did You Know – Transactive Energy Provides the Next Big Step in DER IntegrationMy formal involvement in DER integration work with Utility Wind Integration Group (now UVIG) dates to 2004. Many of the specifics have changed since then, but I would offer the same forecast in 2017 as in 2004; we are entering a new period of uncertainty, challenge and opportunity related to DER. In updating the U.S.…
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Commentary: UVIG Board President responds to Economist feature on renewable energy
Read More: Commentary: UVIG Board President responds to Economist feature on renewable energyIn a recent story from The Economist entitled, “Clean energy’s dirty secret: Wind and solar power are disrupting electricity systems,” the argument is made that the greater the amount of renewable energy in the market, the lower the market price of energy, and the harder it is for other generators to remain profitable in the…
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Notice of Annual Membership Meeting
Read More: Notice of Annual Membership MeetingThe Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group will conduct an annual meeting of the membership, to be held at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, AZ. The meeting will take place from 12:00 to 12:45 PM on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. The purpose of this meeting will be to provide to the membership the annual reports…
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Blog: Short-term load forecasting at ISO/RTOs with high penetration distributed PV
Read More: Blog: Short-term load forecasting at ISO/RTOs with high penetration distributed PVAs distributed PV (DPV) continues to proliferate at the customer end of power grids across many parts of the world, DPV’s impact on short-term load forecasting (STLF) has become a significant emerging challenge for ISO/RTOs. For several decades, STLF tools have provided industry with a key ingredient for the reliable operation of the bulk system,…
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Blog: Did wind really cover 38 percent of the Danish demand in 2016?
Read More: Blog: Did wind really cover 38 percent of the Danish demand in 2016?Yes and no, it all comes down to how you count. If you zoom in you can just as well argue that wind covered anything between 0 to 139 percent of the Danish demand for each hour, 1 to 104 percent per day or 9 to 78 percent per week. Power system engineers tend to…
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Press Release: UVIG Board Elects Mark Ahlstrom, President
Read More: Press Release: UVIG Board Elects Mark Ahlstrom, PresidentRESTON, VA – February 8, 2017 – The Board of Directors of Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG), the leading source of global technical expertise for wind and solar power system integration and operation, has elected Mark Ahlstrom as president of the board of the professional association. In his new role, Ahlstrom will oversee the implementation of…