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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220606
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SUMMARY:2022 Special Topic Workshop: Grid-Forming IBRs
DESCRIPTION:Our 2022 Special Topic Workshop: Grid-Forming IBRs was held at The Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver\, Colorado. \nAll of the presentations from the workshop can be downloaded below. \nFor recordings of each of the sessions\, please see the workshop playlist here. \n\nTutorial: Grid-forming IBRs\nGrid-Forming Tutorial\nDeepak Ramasubramanian & Wenzong Wang\, EPRI \n\nIntroduction to Workshop Agenda and Opening Remarks\nIntroduction\nJulia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \n\nSession 1: Defining Technical Requirements and Qualification of Services\nChair: Jeff Billo\, Director\, Operations Planning\, ERCOT \nGB Grid-forming\nTony Johnson\, Technical Codes and Markets \nUpdate of GB Grid Forming Best Practice Guide\nDechao Kong\, Technical Specialist (HVDC & Power Electronics)\, National Grid ESO (UK) \nHECO GFM Requirements\nAndrew Isaacs\, Vice President\, Electranix \nGFM Functional Specification in UNIFI\nDeepak Ramasubramanian\, Technical Leader\, EPRI \n\nSession 2: Defining Target System\, Desired Performance and System Needs Studies\nDefining Target System\, Desired Performance and System Needs Studies\nChair: Nilesh Modi\, Manager\, Operational Analysis & Engineering\, AEMO \nA Structured Approach Towards 100% Renewable Energy\nChris Davies\, Manager\, Future Energy Systems\, AEMO \nTransition to Fewer Synchronous Generators – South Australia Case Study\nJames Lindley\, Group Manager\, Systems Capability\, AEMO \nEfficient Management of System Strength During the Power System Transition\nSamantha Christie\, Manager\, System Planning\, AEMO \n\nSession 3: Grid Forming Capabilities and Challenges (specifications\, requirements and cost)\nChair: Jason MacDowell\, Senior Technical Director\, GE Energy Consulting \nA View from Hitachi\nMarija Vujacic\, Global Product Specialist – Battery Energy Storage\, Hitachi Energy \nA View from GE\nDustin Howard\, Technical Director\, GE Energy Consulting \nA View from SMA\nDaniel Duckwitz\, Product Manager\, Grid Services\, SMA \n\nSession 4: Incentivizing New Grid Services\nChair: Mark O’Malley\, Chief Scientist\, ESIG \nCapabilities and Optimal Deployment of Grid Forming Technology in Australian Market\nTony Morton\, Global Technical Head – Power Systems\, Vysus Group \nGB Stability Pathfinder Update\nJulian Leslie\, Head of Networks and Chief Engineer\, National Grid ESO \n\nSession 5: Performance Monitoring – GFM Projects and Pilots\nChair: Vahan Gevorgian\, Chief Engineer\, NREL \nEU-funded Project OSMOSE\nCarmen Cardozo\, Research Engineer\, RTE \nExperience of Using Grid Forming Converters for Islanding and Black Start at Dersaloch Wind Farm\nIsaac Gutierrez\, Lead Electrical Engineer\, ScottishPower Renewables \nPractical Experiences and Lessons Learned from Connections and Planning Considerations of Grid Forming Inverters in Australia\nBabak Badrzadeh\, Technical Director – Power Systems\, Aurecon \n\nSession 6: Performance Benchmarking\, Modelling and Testing\nChair: Ryan Quint\, Senior Manager\, NERC \nPower System Modelling to Facilitate Uptake of IBR – Status Update\nJames Guest\, Senior Engineer\, AEMO \nModeling Issues: User-defined vs Generic\, Phasor-domain vs EMT\nAlex Shattuck\, Lead Electrical Engineer\, Vestas \nModeling and Performance Validation of GFM IBRs\, Hawaii Experience\nAndrew Isaacs\, Vice President\, Electranix \nModeling of GFM\nDeepak Ramasubramanian\, Technical Leader\, EPRI \n\nSession 7: Research Roadmaps\nChair: Nick Miller\, Consultant\, HickoryLedge \nUNIFI Progress\nBen Kroposki\, Director\, Power Systems Engineering Center\, NREL \nRTE Research and Development Update\nThibault Prevost\, Research Engineer\, RTE \nG-PST-CSIRO Australian Research Plan\nBehrooz Bahrani\, Director of Grid Innovation Hub and Senior Lecturer\, Monash University \nCSIRO AEMO Roadmap\nJohn Fletcher\, Professor\, University of New South Wales \n\nSession 8: Closing Panel Session – What’s Next?\nChair: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nPanel discussion with a cross-section of workshop representatives to talk about gaps\, needs and opportunities ahead of us. \n\nAre we on the way to breaking the cycle or not?\nWhat are the barriers that still exist?\nWhat do we need to do to solve the problems?\n\nPanelists:\nJason MacDowell\, Senior Technical Director\, GE Energy Consulting\nMark O’Malley\, Chief Scientist\, ESIG\nRyan Quint\, Senior Manager\, NERC\nNick Miller\, Consultant\, HickoryLedge\nDaniel Duckwitz\, Product Manager\, Grid Services\, SMA\nJulian Leslie\, Head of Networks and Chief Engineer\, National Grid ESO (UK) \n\n  \n\n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2022-special-topic-workshop-grid-forming-ibrs/
LOCATION:The Curtis Hotel\, 1420 Stout St.\, Denver\, CO\, 80202
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220606
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220610
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SUMMARY:2022 Meteorology and Market Design for Grid Services Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Our 2022 Meteorology and Market Design for Grid Services Workshop was held at The Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver\, Colorado. \nAll of the presentations from the workshop can be downloaded below. \nWorkshop Session Recordings: For recordings of each of the sessions\, please see the workshop playlist here. \n\nTutorial: Forecasting for Energy and Ancillary Service Markets: Role of Storage\, Hybrids and DER in an Uncertain Environment\nIntroduction to Forecasting and Operations\nAidan Tuohy\, Program Manager and Erik Ela\, Principal\, EPRI \nElectricity Markets and Forecasts\, How They Interact\nAidan Tuohy\, Program Manager and Erik Ela\, Principal\, EPRI \nForecasting Hybrid and Co-Located\, Resources\nAmber Motley\, Senior Manager\, Short Term Forecasting\, CAISO \n\nSession 1: Introduction and Opening Plenary: The Increasing Ubiquity of VRE Forecasting\nChair: Mark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\, & NextEra Energy Resources \nIntroduction\nCharlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nHow are Forecasts Performing and Markets Adapting \nPascal Storck\, Head of Technology\, Vaisala \nForecasting and Market Participation for Hybrids \nGary Dorris\, CEO & Co-founder\, Ascend Analytics \nForecasting and Market Participation for Large Wind and Solar Power Plants\nCongcong Wang\, Lead Day-Ahead Market and Reliability Commitment\, MISO \nForecasting and Market Participation for VPPs \nLars Rohwer\, energy & meteo systems \nDER Technology Forecasting – How will it Impact the Rest of the System? \nNate Blair\, Group Manager – Distributed Systems and Storage Analysis\, NREL \n\nSession 2: Solar and Wind Forecasting R&D Advances\nSession 2A\nChair: Craig Collier\, Chief Meteorologist\, Head of Operations\, Energy Forecasting Solutions\, LLC \nShort and Medium Range Forecasting System Improvements\nDave Turner\, Manager – NOAA ASRE Program\, NOAA \nDispatching Long Duration Storage on High PV Systems\nBrady Cowiestoll\, Engineer\, NREL \nAdvances in PV Nowcasting Applications\nNick Engerer\, CTO & Co-founder\, Solcast \nSession 2B\nAmerican Made Challenges Solar Forecasting Prize\nChair: Tassos Golnas\, Technology Manager\, Solar Energy Technologies Office\, DOE \nDOE Solar Forecasting Prize Panel  \nA Hybrid Approach for Intra-day Solar Forecasting\nXianglei Huang\, Professor\, University of Michigan \nSolar Intelligence Services\nGeoff Galgon\, Nimbus AI \nSolar Forecast Arbiter – Performance\, Lessons Learned and Next Steps\nDavid Larson\, Engineer/Scientist III\, Grid Ops & Planning\, EPRI \n\nDOE Probabilistic Solar Power Forecasting Panel \nSolar Uncertainty Management and Mitigation for Exceptional Reliability in Grid Operations\nBri-Mathias Hodge\, Associate Professor\, University of Colorado Boulder; Chief Scientist\, NREL \nOperational Probabilistic Tools for Solar Uncertainty\nAidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI \nUsing Probabilistic Solar Forecasts for Operating Reserves Requirements\nBen Hobbs\, Director\, JHU Environment\, Energy\, Sustainability & Health Institute\, Johns Hopkins University \n\nSession 3: Integration of Probabilistic Forecasts into the EMS and MMS – Status and Prospects\nChair: Nitika Mago\, Manager\, Electric Grid Operations\, ERCOT \nForecaster Experience Working with a TSO on the Current and Planned use of Probabilistic Forecasts in Market Operation \nJeff Lerner\, Customer Solutions Manager\, ENFOR \nForming Weather-Aware Uncertainty Requirements\nAmber Motley\, Senior Manager\, Short Term Forecasting\, CAISO \nIntegration of Probabilistic Forecasts into the EMS and MMS – Status and Prospects\nSankaran Rajagopal\, Director\, Energy Market Management Business Solutions\, Siemens \nA Market Management Systems (MMS) Perspective\nKhosrow Moslehi\, Director\, Product Management\, Hitachi Energy \nIntegration of Renewables Forecasts into the EMS and MMS\nTolu Dina\, Manager – Operations Performance and Analysis\, NYISO \n\nSession 4: Dynamic Reserve Applications Panel Discussion\nChair: Debbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nBatteries and Ramping Reserves \nArne Olsen\, Senior Partner\, Energy and Environmental Economics\, Inc. \nThe Case for Dynamic Reserve Allocation in NY State \nRana Mukerji\, Senior Vice President–Market Structures\, NYISO \nDynamic Operating Reserves in SPP \nKathryn Dial\, Senior Technical Analyst\, Southwest Power Pool \nSurvey of Adoption of Dynamic Reserve Practices \nJo Ann Ranola\, Grid Ops & Planning\, EPRI \n\nSession 5: Impacts of Climate Change\nChair: Laurent Dubus\, Senior Scientist on Weather and Climate\, RTE \nClimate Change Impacts on Wind Power Generation\nSara C. Pryor\, Professor\, Cornell University \nRenewable Resource Interannual Variability under Current and Future Climate Scenarios \nSue Ellen Haupt\, Deputy Director\, Research Applications Laboratory\, NCAR \nPotential Impacts of Climate Change on BPS Planning and Operation \nBri-Mathias Hodge\, Associate Professor\, University of Colorado Boulder; Chief Scientist\, NREL \n\nSession 6: Extreme Weather Conditions\nChair: Aidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI \nThe Evolving Role of Extreme Weather Events in the Power System \nJosh Novacheck\, Electricity System Research Engineer\, NREL \nPlanning Data Sets Accounting for Extreme Weather Events \nJustin Sharp\, Principal & Owner\, Sharply Focused \nPlanning for Extreme Weather Events Case Study \nRichard Tabors\, President\, Tabors\, Caramanis and Rudkevich \n\nSession 7: High VRE Futures – How Are Markets Evolving?\nMarket Evolution on High Variable Renewable Future – Panel Intro\nChair: Erik Ela\, Principal\, EPRI \nMarket Design Evolution for a Decarbonized Energy Future\nKaren Palmer\, Senior Fellow\, Resources for the Future \nIntraday Settlements to Mitigate DER Forecast Uncertainty Risk\nPamela MacDougall\, Environmental Defense Fund \nGFM Penetration and Market Product Requirements\nJulian Leslie\, Head of Networks and Chief Engineer\, National Grid ESO \nForecasting and Market Evolution in AEMO\nLiam McManus\, Operational Forecasting Analyst\, AEMO \n\nSession 8: Closing Plenary – Taking Stock: Where are We and What Lies Ahead?\nChair: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nPanel discussion with forecast developers\, forecast users\, researchers and consultants to talk about issues\, gaps\, opportunities and needs based on their experience and observations from the workshop. \n\nWhere is there room for improvement?\nWhat are the remaining barriers?\nWhere is the greatest value to be obtained?\n\nPanelists:\nMark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\, & NextEra Energy Resources\nCraig Collier\, Chief Meteorologist\, Head of Operations\, Energy Forecasting Solutions\, LLC\nTassos Golnas\, Technology Manager\, Solar Energy Technologies Office\, DOE\nDebbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG\nLaurent Dubus\, Senior Scientist on Weather and Climate\, RTE (France)\nAidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI\nErik Ela\, Principal\, EPRI\nSue Ellen Haupt\, Deputy Director\, Research Applications Laboratory\, NCAR \n\nWorkshop Sponsors
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2022-meteorology-and-market-design-for-grid-services-workshop/
LOCATION:The Curtis Hotel\, 1420 Stout St.\, Denver\, CO\, 80202
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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