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SUMMARY:2022 Spring O&M Users Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Members of the ESIG O&M Users Group are invited to attend the 2022 Spring O&M Users Group Meeting at the Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson\, Arizona. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone back in-person and have modified our meeting schedule to accommodate folks who are attending in-person and remotely. \nThe 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 generation equipment. \nCOVID Safety & Policy: ESIG leadership has decided that all participants of the meeting will be required to be fully vaccinated and proof of vaccination will be required during online registration.  \nMasks will be optional for participants during the event. For additional explanation of these policies along with other measures being taken to ensure the health\, safety and well-being of our attendees\, please click here. \n \nBelow you will find the event schedule. A more detailed schedule will be available soon. \nTuesday\, March 15\n7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast \n8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Solar O&M Roundtable (offered in-person & online) \n11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Balance of Plant Roundtable (offered in-person & online) \n12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch\n\n2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Siemens Roundtable (offered in-person & online) \nWednesday\, March 16\n7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast \n8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Plenary Session – Plant Controls (offered in-person only)\nESIG is excited to bring the O&M User Group a plenary session on plant controls! We will hear from speakers with experience on problems with modelling and controlling inter-plant harmonics\, dive into design and operations of hybrid plant controls\, and learn about advances in control systems. Bring your inner control freak and join us for the discussion! \n11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. GE 2x Roundtable (offered in-person & online) \n12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch\n\n2:00 – 5:00 p.m. GE 1x Roundtable (offered in-person & online) \n6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Networking & Awards Reception \nThursday\, March 17\n7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast \n8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Clipper Roundtable (offered in-person & online) \n11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Gamesa Roundtable (offered in-person & online)\n*A boxed lunch will be provided to attendees \n \nEarly Bird pricing as been extended to March 4\, 2022. \nPlease note: Those registering as a Virtual Roundtable Participant will receive registration links for each of the roundtables prior to the workshop. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n \n  \n \n \nThe meeting will be held at: \nWestin La Paloma Resort & Spa\n3800 E. Sunrise Drive\nTucson\, AZ 85718\nMain Tel: 520-742-6000 \nThe group rate is USD $179.00 per night plus tax. The hotel has agreed to waive the resort fee. \nThe room block expires Friday\, March 4. \nA limited number of per diem rooms are available. Please email sandy@esig.energy to inquire about these. \nTo make your reservation click here. \n\nCancellations and Refunds \nAll registration cancellations and requests for refunds of registration fees must be submitted to Sandy Smith at  sandy@esig.energy by March 11 to receive a full refund.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2022-spring-om-users-group-meeting/
LOCATION:Loews Ventana Canyon Resort\, 7000 N Resort Dr\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85750
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SUMMARY:2022 Spring Technical Workshop
DESCRIPTION:  \nOur 2022 Spring Technical Workshop in Tucson\, Arizona featured more than 50 industry leaders from around the world\, who presented and lead discussion on a number of key areas\, including Resource Adequacy\, GFM\, IBR\, Flexibility\, Transmission\, DER\, among others. All of the presentations from the workshop can be downloaded below. \nSoon\, we’ll also post recordings of each session. \n\nTutorial: Hydrogen – How can hydrogen-derived fuels ‘complete’ the energy transition and how will we integrate those into planning and operations?\nCo-Chairs: Aidan Tuohy\, EPRI & William D’haeseleer\, KU Leuven (Belgium) \nHydrogen Tutorial Overview\nAidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI \nHydrogen – a New Energy Carrier\, for all Means\nWilliam D’haeseleer\, Professor\, KU Leuven (Belgium) \nPanel Discussion \nHydrogen via Electrolytic Processes\nBrittany Westlake\, Senior Technical Leader\, EPRI \nFlexibility and Grid Services from Hydrogen Electrolysers\nPierluigi Mancarella\, Chair Professor\, University of Melbourne (Australia) \nHydrogen’s Role in Industrial Decarbonization\nElizabeth Endler\, Principal Technology Advisor & Senior Principal Science Expert\, Shell \n\nIntroduction & Keynote Comments\nWelcome\nMark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors & NextEra Energy Resources \nKeynote Comments: What’s Been Happening and Where Are We Going?\nDanielle Merfeld\, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer\, GE Renewable Energy \nMeeting Overview & Introductory Remarks\nCharlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \n\nOpening Plenary: System Disturbances and Renewable Energy \nChair: Luke Robinson\, Manager Grid Performance & Integration\, AEMO (Australia) \nThe Changing Impacts of System Disturbance Events\nTahir Kapetanovic\, Head of National Control Center\, Austrian Power Grid (Austria)\, Chair of ENTSO-E System Operations Committee \nMaintaining Operational Demand in South Australia (400 MW) – March 14\, 2021 Event\nCallan Masters\, Principal Engineer\, AEMO (Australia) \nRenewable Power Plants Interaction with Power Grid and Grid Code Practices in China\nYongning Chi\, Chief Engineer of Renewable Energy Center of CEPRI (China) \n\nSession 1: Resource Adequacy\nSession Keynote Address: Commissioner Jimmy Glotfelty\, Public Utility Commission of Texas \nEvolutions in Resource Adequacy\nChair: Mark O’Malley\, Chief Scientist\, ESIG \nEuropean-wide RA Study ERAA: Methodology\nRalph Pfeiffer\, Head of National and European Grid Planning Processes\, Amprion \nRA Study of the West\nElaine Hart\, Founding Principal\, Moment Energy Insights \nCharacterization of Extreme Weather Events and Grid Impacts\nHannah Bloomfield\, Research Associate – Climate Risk Analytics University of Bristol (United Kingdom) \nEvolution of RA for a Decarbonized Future\nGenevieve de Mijolla\, Engineer / Scientist III\, EPRI \nCapacity Accreditation and Market Constructs\nChair: Derek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy \nConsiderations in Capacity Accreditation Using ELCC\nNick Schlag\, Partner\, Energy & Environmental Economics (E3) \nCPUC “Slice of Day” Method for Improving Their RA Approach\nPeter Griffes\, Chief\, Comprehensive Market Design\, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. \nEffective Load Carrying Capability at PJM \nAndrew Levitt\, Sr. Market Strategist\, PJM Interconnection \n\nSession 2: Progress with Grid Forming Inverters\nSession Keynote Address: Transition to Grid Forming Applications – Why and By When is it Needed?\nChristian Schaefer\, Executive Advisor – Power Systems\, GHD\, (Australia) \nGrid Forming Inverters – A Quickly Evolving Landscape\nChair: Jason MacDowell\, Senior Technical Director\, GE \nESIG GFM Whitepaper Overview\nJulia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nPositive Sequence Generic Model for GFM\nDeepak Ramasubramanian\, Technical Leader\, EPRI \nGrid Forming Wind Power\nVahan Gevorgian\, Principal Engineer\, NREL \nGrid Forming Inverters – Some Practical Considerations\nChair: Nick Miller\, HickoryLedge LLC \nUpdate on Grid Forming Invertors and Stability Pathfinders – Breaking the Chicken and Egg Cycle\nJulian Leslie\, Head of Networks and Chief Engineer\, National Grid ESO (UK) \nGrid-Forming Type 3 Wind Turbine – Design Considerations and Prototype Demonstration Results\nDustin Howard\, Technical Director\, GE Energy Consulting \nGrid Forming Control\nCornelius Heck\, Team Leader\, Stability Analysis and Large Projects\, Strategic Grid Planning\, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH (Germany) \n\nSession 3: Flexibility and Complexity – Storage\, Hydro\, & Operations\nSession Keynote Address: A Holistic View of Systems Integration \nAntje Orths\, Chief Engineer\, Energinet (Denmark) \nLooking For Flexibility\nChair: Aidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI \nValue and Role of Pumped Storage Hydropower Under High Variable Renewables\nChrissy Bisceglia\, Senior Engineer & Project Manager\, GE Energy Consulting \nBreakthrough Low-Cost Multi-Day Energy Storage\nAnnie Baldwin\, Director of Product Management\, and Scott Burger\, Sr. Manager of Analytics\, Form Energy \nIt’s All About the Timing – Modeling Energy Storage in Non-Chronological Capacity Expansion\nKai Van Horn\, National Grid \nPlanning & Operations: A Few New Things to Consider\nChair: Caitlin Murphy\, Senior Energy Policy Analyst\, NREL \n40C Coordinated Expansion Planning – Overview and Relevance\nMiguel Ortega-Vazquez\, Principal Technical Leader\, EPRI \nProbabilistic Methods in Operations\nWill Hobbs\, Southern Company \nImpact of Thermal Plant Operational Flexibility on VRE Curtailment\nBethany Frew\, Engineer\, NREL \n\nSession 4: Transmission and DER\nSession Keynote Address: Is the Interconnection Process Broken – How Can We Fix It?\nCarlos Rodriguez\, Senior Vice President\, Interconnections and Grid Analysis\, Invenergy\n \nInterconnection Processes: Symptom or Solution?\nChair: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nNERC IRPS Interconnection Process Reform Guideline\nJens Boemer\, Principal Technical Leader\, EPRI \nGenerator Interconnection Process Overview\nJennifer Swierczek\, Supervisor\, Generator Interconnection\, Southwest Power Pool \nInterconnection Process – Symptom or Solution – OEM Perspective\nAlex Shattuck\, Lead Electrical Engineer\, Vestas \nGenerator Interconnection – Current Issues at FERC\nKelsey Bagot\, Legal Advisor\, FERC \nBuildings as a Source of Grid Flexibility\nChair: Obadiah Bartholomy\, Manager\, Distributed Energy Resources\, SMUD \nUnlocking End-user Flexibility\nHenrik Madsen\, Professor\, Technical University of Denmark \nPlanning Grid Flexibility into Buildings\nMark Frankel\, Director of Policy and Innovation\, Ecotope \nA National Roadmap for Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings\nAndy Satchwell\, LBNL
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2022-spring-technical-workshop/
LOCATION:Loews Ventana Canyon Resort\, 7000 N Resort Dr\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85750
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