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Webinar: New Frontiers: IBR and Data Center Modeling Requirements, Practices, and Experience
December 3 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Featured Speakers: Ryan Quint, PhD, PE, President and CEO, Elevate Energy Consulting, President and Chief Engineer, GridStrong; Kasun Samarasekera, Head of Power System Studies & Modeling, Elevate Energy Consulting
About the Webinar: The dynamic modeling space is faced with two rapidly evolving frontiers: inverter-based resources (IBRs) and data centers. This presentation will review ongoing IBR modeling activities and updates including the evolving NERC standards from Order 901 efforts, new IBR modeling requirements across industry, ongoing IEEE 2800-2022 adoption efforts, grid forming modeling considerations, IBR ride-through maximization and modeling impacts, experience working with OEM models across various technologies and vintages, etc. The presentation will also cover data center modeling and study efforts related to site design and technology evaluations, co-located solutions, and other PSCAD studies.
About the Speakers: Ryan Quint is the Founder and CEO of Elevate Energy Consulting and the President and Chief Engineer of GridStrong. Ryan is responsible for the strategic direction and execution of Elevate projects as well as the engineering activities related to GridStrong software development. Prior to launching Elevate, Ryan was the Director of Engineering at NERC where he led numerous strategic initiatives focused on emerging reliability risk mitigations. Ryan started his career at the Bonneville Power Administration and also worked at Dominion Energy, with a background in transmission planning and grid dynamics. He received his PhD from Virginia Tech, is a registered Professional Engineer, and was the recipient of the 2024 IEEE Power and Energy Society Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year Award.
Kasun Samarasekera has extensive experience developing models and tuning control algorithms for a wide range of inverter-based resources such as wind, solar, and energy storage as well as experience supporting data center integration projects. He played a key role in developing one of the world’s largest dynamic equivalent AC systems on a 20-rack RTDS system. Kasun has in-depth knowledge navigating the renewable energy interconnection processes in North America performing Model Quality Tests, benchmarking, material modification, statewide injection, and insulation coordination studies. Kasun is proficient using multiple simulation tools including PSCAD, RTDS/RSCAD, PSS®E, TARA, and DSATools, and is spearheading novel automation efforts at Elevate to streamline, expedite, and add new value to Elevate’s industry partners.
Moderator: Julia Matevosyan, Associate Director and Chief Engineer, ESIG
Registration Cost: FREE
Q&A Session: We will be using the Slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow along during the event at this link.
