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Our 2022 Special Topic Workshop: Grid-Forming IBRs was held at The Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver, Colorado.

All of the presentations from the workshop can be downloaded below.

For recordings of each of the sessions, please see the workshop playlist here.

Tutorial: Grid-forming IBRs

Grid-Forming Tutorial
Deepak Ramasubramanian & Wenzong Wang, EPRI

Introduction to Workshop Agenda and Opening Remarks

Introduction
Julia Matevosyan, Chief Engineer, ESIG

Session 1: Defining Technical Requirements and Qualification of Services

Chair: Jeff Billo, Director, Operations Planning, ERCOT

GB Grid-forming
Tony Johnson, Technical Codes and Markets

Update of GB Grid Forming Best Practice Guide
Dechao Kong, Technical Specialist (HVDC & Power Electronics), National Grid ESO (UK)

HECO GFM Requirements
Andrew Isaacs, Vice President, Electranix

GFM Functional Specification in UNIFI
Deepak Ramasubramanian, Technical Leader, EPRI

Session 2: Defining Target System, Desired Performance and System Needs Studies

Defining Target System, Desired Performance and System Needs Studies
Chair: Nilesh Modi, Manager, Operational Analysis & Engineering, AEMO

A Structured Approach Towards 100% Renewable Energy
Chris Davies, Manager, Future Energy Systems, AEMO

Transition to Fewer Synchronous Generators – South Australia Case Study
James Lindley, Group Manager, Systems Capability, AEMO

Efficient Management of System Strength During the Power System Transition
Samantha Christie, Manager, System Planning, AEMO

Session 3: Grid Forming Capabilities and Challenges (specifications, requirements and cost)

Chair: Jason MacDowell, Senior Technical Director, GE Energy Consulting

A View from Hitachi
Marija Vujacic, Global Product Specialist – Battery Energy Storage, Hitachi Energy

A View from GE
Dustin Howard, Technical Director, GE Energy Consulting

A View from SMA
Daniel Duckwitz, Product Manager, Grid Services, SMA

Session 4: Incentivizing New Grid Services

Chair: Mark O’Malley, Chief Scientist, ESIG

Capabilities and Optimal Deployment of Grid Forming Technology in Australian Market
Tony Morton, Global Technical Head – Power Systems, Vysus Group

GB Stability Pathfinder Update
Julian Leslie, Head of Networks and Chief Engineer, National Grid ESO

Session 5: Performance Monitoring – GFM Projects and Pilots

Chair: Vahan Gevorgian, Chief Engineer, NREL

EU-funded Project OSMOSE
Carmen Cardozo, Research Engineer, RTE

Experience of Using Grid Forming Converters for Islanding and Black Start at Dersaloch Wind Farm
Isaac Gutierrez, Lead Electrical Engineer, ScottishPower Renewables

Practical Experiences and Lessons Learned from Connections and Planning Considerations of Grid Forming Inverters in Australia
Babak Badrzadeh, Technical Director – Power Systems, Aurecon

Session 6: Performance Benchmarking, Modelling and Testing

Chair: Ryan Quint, Senior Manager, NERC

Power System Modelling to Facilitate Uptake of IBR – Status Update
James Guest, Senior Engineer, AEMO

Modeling Issues: User-defined vs Generic, Phasor-domain vs EMT
Alex Shattuck, Lead Electrical Engineer, Vestas

Modeling and Performance Validation of GFM IBRs, Hawaii Experience
Andrew Isaacs, Vice President, Electranix

Modeling of GFM
Deepak Ramasubramanian, Technical Leader, EPRI

Session 7: Research Roadmaps

Chair: Nick Miller, Consultant, HickoryLedge

UNIFI Progress
Ben Kroposki, Director, Power Systems Engineering Center, NREL

RTE Research and Development Update
Thibault Prevost, Research Engineer, RTE

G-PST-CSIRO Australian Research Plan
Behrooz Bahrani, Director of Grid Innovation Hub and Senior Lecturer, Monash University

CSIRO AEMO Roadmap
John Fletcher, Professor, University of New South Wales

Session 8: Closing Panel Session – What’s Next?

Chair: Julia Matevosyan, Chief Engineer, ESIG

Panel discussion with a cross-section of workshop representatives to talk about gaps, needs and opportunities ahead of us.

  • Are we on the way to breaking the cycle or not?
  • What are the barriers that still exist?
  • What do we need to do to solve the problems?

Panelists:
Jason MacDowell, Senior Technical Director, GE Energy Consulting
Mark O’Malley, Chief Scientist, ESIG
Ryan Quint, Senior Manager, NERC
Nick Miller, Consultant, HickoryLedge
Daniel Duckwitz, Product Manager, Grid Services, SMA
Julian Leslie, Head of Networks and Chief Engineer, National Grid ESO (UK)