Past Events

Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Featured Speakers: Mark O'Malley, Chief Scientist, ESIG and Julian Leslie,  Head of Networks and Chief Engineer – National Grid Electricity System Operator Mark O'Malley About the Webinar: As the power system generation mix transitions, advances in the operation and planning of the power system are required to continue to meet its primary objectives. To meet this need, select system operators on the cutting edge of this transition have collaborated with technical institutions around the world…

Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Featured Speaker: Ryan Quint, Senior Manager, BPS Security and Grid Transformation, NERC Ryan Quint About the Webinar: This webinar will dive into the events analyzed by NERC, WECC, and Texas RE regarding solar photovoltaic (PV) resources abnormally responding to grid faults. Ryan will highlight the key findings and lessons learned from the recent Odessa Disturbance in Texas as well as multiple events that have occurred in California in 2021. About the Speaker: Ryan Quint is the…

Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Featured Speaker: Hannele Holttinen, Senior Adviser, Partner, Recognis Oy. Finland About the Webinar: This webinar will summarize findings on wind and solar integration, both real experience and studies, as reported from the 17 countries participating in the International Energy Agency Wind Technology Collaboration Programme (IEA Wind TCP) Task 25. It is based on the recently published summary report, ”Design and Operation of Energy Systems with Large Amounts of Variable Generation.” The main issues…

Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Featured Speaker: Julian Leslie,  Head of Networks and Chief Engineer – National Grid Electricity System Operator About the Webinar: This session will focus on the operation of the GB electricity system and to demonstrate what it means to operate a low carbon network and what actions and changes National Grid Electricity System Operator are doing to ensure a safe and stable grid system. Using a case study of system oscillations experienced last summer, the discussion…

Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Featured Speakers: Steve Heinen, Future Network and Planning Manager and Duncan Head, GM Insights, Vector Limited Steve Heinen About the Webinar: The rapid emergence of electric vehicles can deliver energy security and environmental benefits by transitioning transportation from oil to electricity infrastructure, but will also pose new challenges to the electricity system. In order to better understand customer behaviour and network requirements for at-home charging, Vector, New Zealand’s largest electricity and gas distributor,…

View Webinar Recording Download Presentation Featured Speakers: Mirko Pracht, Director, Digitalization in System Operations, 50Hertz / Program Lead & Initiator for MCCS; Ralf Heisig, Product Manager, MCCS, 50Hertz Mirko Pracht About the Webinar: With the initiative “60 to 100 due 2032” it is the goal of 50Hertz to integrate sufficient renewable energy sources into the grid to obtain 100% of energy from renewables by the year 2032. For that purpose, we are developing with MCCS a system that uses a…

Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Featured Speaker: Ben Kroposki, PhD, PE, FIEEE, Director of Power Systems Engineering Center, NREL Ben Kroposki About the Webinar: The Universal Interoperability for Grid-forming Inverters (UNIFI) Consortium is a forum to address fundamental challenges in the seamless integration of grid-forming (GFM) technologies into power systems of the future. The objectives of the UNIFI Consortium are to develop and implement a unified approach for integrating inverter-based resources (IBRs) and synchronous machines in power systems at any…