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October 2022
2022 Wind Turbine Blade Maintenance Workshop
Members of ESIG and/or EPRI are invited to attend our second annual Wind Turbine Blade Maintenance Workshop, co-hosted by EPRI and ESIG. This year we will focus on one or two hot topics in blade maintenance, as selected by participants. Attendees will offer examples of blade defects, damage, and mitigation strategies for the group to discuss and learn from. Unlike typical ESIG O&M workshops, attendees will come away from the event with workshop proceedings, which will summarize the examples shared…
Find out more »G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Probabilistic Resource Adequacy Methods
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Responses Featured Speaker: Derek Stenclik, Founding Partner, Telos Energy Derek Stenclik About the Webinar: This presentation will provide an update on what's happening in the world of probabilistic resource adequacy methods. Think of it as a "Best of Album" in the niche genre of resource adequacy and reliability planning. By drawing on recent study work from around the world, the presentation will cover novel approaches to model resource adequacy across broad regions, the…
Find out more »2022 Fall Technical Workshop
Our 2022 Fall Technical Workshop in Minneapolis, Minnesota featured more than 60 industry leaders from around the world. All of the presentations from the workshop can be downloaded below. Soon, we’ll also post recordings of each session. Special Event: Capacity Expansion Modeling for Transmission Planning Tutorial: Evolution and Effectiveness of Flexibility Products in Markets and Operations Overview of Need for Flexibility Aidan Tuohy, Senior Program Manager, EPRI Introduction - Evolution and Effectiveness of Flexibility Products in Markets and Operations…
Find out more »November 2022
Webinar: Odessa Disturbance Events in Texas Interconnection
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Featured Speaker: Patrick Gravois, Lead Operations Engineer, ERCOT About the Webinar: The Odessa Disturbance events in May of 2021 and June of 2022 in ERCOT both involved a system fault that resulted in significant loss of generation from multiple solar farms in West Texas. Due to the tremendous growth of solar generation within ERCOT over the past couple of years and the continued expected growth, these types of events have the potential to increase in…
Find out more »G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Ireland and Northern Ireland’s Journey to 75% Non-Synchronous Renewable Generation Levels
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Featured Speaker: Simon Tweed, Future Operations, EirGrid Simon Tweed About the Webinar: Over a decade ago the TSOs of Ireland (EirGrid) and Northern Ireland (SONI) commenced a journey to transform the operation of the power system on the Island of Ireland to be able to integrate non-synchronous renewable generation – mainly from wind. Today, they operate the power system with up to 75% of our demand being met by wind and other non-synchronous generation…
Find out more »Webinar: Interregional Transmission Targets in Europe – How ENTSO-E does it
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Featured Speaker: Peter Markussen, Senior Director, Energinet Peter Markussen About the Webinar: Europe has significant interregional transmission, with about tens of GW of interregional transfer capability built during 2008-2022. MW Targets are established between TSOs and on average, 70% of the capability of these interconnections is required to be available in the day-ahead and intra-day markets. In this webinar, Peter Markussen of Energinet will discuss how Europe set these targets, why there is support…
Find out more »December 2022
G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Open Source Tools for System Operators
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Responses Featured Speakers: Juha Kiviluoma, Principal Scientist, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland; Clayton Barrows, Senior Researcher and Group Manager, NREL Juha Kiviluoma About the Webinar: System operators are interested and involved in the development and application of open-source tools, which is a focus of the G-PST Pillar 5 work. But what are the steps that are required before open-source tools can become adopted by professionals in the field? What would motivate…
Find out more »Webinar: Modeling Inverter-Based Resources: Findings, Observations, and Challenges Ahead
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Featured Speaker: Ryan Quint, Director, Engineering and Security Integration, NERC Ryan Quint About the Webinar: The industry relies on accurate and validated models that match reality in order to plan, design, and operate the bulk power system. When models do not match reality, this introduces potential risk for the grid being operated in a unknown and unprepared operating state. When the vast majority of models are deemed inaccurate or insufficient to identify abnormal…
Find out more »January 2023
Webinar: ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service (ECRS)
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Featured Speaker: Pengwei Du, Supervisor of Resource Forecasting and Analysis, ERCOT About the Webinar: As more renewable resources are interconnected to the grid, the grid reliability need is changing. Faced with these challenges, ERCOT has re-designed the ancillary service market to maintain the grid reliability. ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service (ECRS) is a new ancillary service product that has recently been introduced. For the purpose of restoring or maintaining the frequency of the ERCOT…
Find out more »G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Ancillary Services from an Energy System with a High Share of Variable Renewable Energy (VRE)
Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Featured Speaker: Thomas Dalgas Fechtenburg, Senior Manager, Energinet Thomas Dalgas Fechtenburg About the Webinar: The Danish power system has one of the highest annual shares of energy from renewables, primarily from wind energy, of any large power system in the world. This webinar will describe the full range of issues associated with obtaining essential reliability services from a system with a high share of VRE, ranging from the demands for services arising from a…
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