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March 2023
2023 Spring Technical Workshop
Our 2023 Spring Technical Workshop in Tucson, Arizona featured more than 80 industry leaders from around the world. All of the presentations from the workshop can be downloaded below. Workshop Session Recordings: Click here to view session recordings of from the spring workshop. Special Session: An Introduction to the Global Power System Transformation Consortium Click here to download all presentations listed below. GPST Overview (including short descriptions of G-PST five action pillars) Karin Wadsack, Program Manager, NREL GPST Grid Forming…
Find out more »April 2023
G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Operational Experience with Battery Energy Storage in ERCOT
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Featured Speaker: Nitika Mago, Manager, Balancing Operations Planning, ERCOT About the Webinar: As of February 28, 2023, ERCOT has integrated about 3,014 MW of battery energy storage resource (includes standalone and co-located, transmission connected, and distribution connected) capacity on its grid. ERCOT is projecting to add an additional 4,028 MW by end of 2023. These battery energy storage resources are actively participating both in ERCOT’s Ancillary Service and energy markets. Since late 2019, ERCOT has…
Find out more »2023 Spring O&M Users Group Meeting
Members of the ESIG O&M Users Group are invited to attend the 2023 Spring O&M Users Group Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee in Milwaukee, WI. The workshop will feature a plenary session as well as manufacturer-specific roundtables. The roundtables provide the opportunity for frank and open discussion among users, who share their information, knowledge and experience. Participation in the roundtables is limited to employees of ESIG member organizations that own, operate, or maintain wind, solar, and energy storage equipment.…
Find out more »Webinar: Stability Enhancement of Utility-scale Renewable Energy Plants in Weak Grids
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Featured Speaker: Behrooz Bahrani, Senior Lecturer and the Director of the Grid Innovation Hub, Monash University Behrooz Bahrani About the Webinar: Australia's power system is undergoing a significant transformation with the retirement of thermal generation and the rapid growth of renewable inverter-based resources (IBRs). This shift has led to system strength-related challenges in several regions of the Australian power system, which are expected to intensify in the future. To enable the widespread…
Find out more »G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Use of Probabilistic Resource Adequacy Methods
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Featured Speakers: Aidan Tuohy, Senior Program Manager, EPRI; Genevieve de Mijolla, Engineer/Scientist III, EPRI; Eamonn Lannoye, Senior Program Manager, EPRI Europe About the Webinar: Resource adequacy methods, metrics and tools have been challenged by recent events across the world. As the economy decarbonizes and electrifies, ensuring a reliable and resilient power system is of paramount importance, and several aspects of resource adequacy have been identified as a gap to be addressed by several…
Find out more »May 2023
G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Experiences Operating a 2GW Grid with up to 100% Distributed PV
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Featured Speaker: Jenny Riesz, Manager, Operational DER Management Team, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) About the Webinar: The South Australian power system is a 1-3GW grid that separates about once per year from the rest of the Australian National Electricity Market, and which is anticipated to reach periods with more than 100% of energy supplied by small-scale rooftop photovoltaic systems in the next 6-12 months. This presentation will share the operational risks identified, and…
Find out more »Webinar: EMT Model Intake and Quality Assurance
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Featured Speaker: Andrew Isaacs, Vice President, Electranix Andrew Isaacs About the Webinar: Continued industry need for EMT analysis has prompted NERC and others to recommend that planning groups require EMT models for all generator interconnections going forward. This presentation will cover: Background on the drivers for these recommendations The basic components of what these requirements should look like A practical discussion of what is involved in ensuring submitted models are appropriate and useful…
Find out more »June 2023
Webinar: Assessing the Value of Grid Enhancing Technologies: Modeling, Analysis, and Business Justification
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Click here for more information on ESIG's GETs User Group Featured Speakers: Jake Gentle, Program Manager, Secure and Resilient Renewables and Grid Integration, Idaho National Laboratory Sean Morash, Principal, Power System Consultant, Telos Energy Ken Donohoo, ESIG GETs User Group Chair About the Webinar: Transmission Optimization Grid Enhancing Technologies (TOGETs) was established to fill the knowledge gaps of Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) and conduct a full scale, multi-faceted field exercise. TOGETs is aimed to vest,…
Find out more »2023 Meteorology and Market Design for Grid Services Workshop
All of the presentations from our 2023 Meteorology & Market Design for Grid Services Workshop held in Denver, Colorado can be downloaded below. Workshop Session Recordings: Click here to view the workshop session playlist on our YouTube channel. Introduction/Opening Comments Workshop Introduction Charlie Smith, Executive Director, ESIG Session 1: Ancillary Services Markets and Ramping Products for Renewable Energy Session Chair: Emma Nicholson, Senior Economist, FERC CAISO Day-ahead Market Enhancements and Ramp Products James Friedrich, Lead Policy Developer, CAISO MISO…
Find out more »2023 Long-term Load Forecasting Workshop
All of the presentations from our 2023 Long-term Load Forecasting Workshop held in Denver, Colorado can be downloaded below. Download Workshop Summary Workshop Session Recordings: Click here for the workshop session playlist. Introduction & Keynote Comments Workshop Introduction Debra Lew, Associate Director, ESIG Keynote: The Grid We Need to Decarbonize America Jesse Jenkins, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University Introduction to Load Forecasting Jon Black, Manager of…
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