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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Update on Changing Role of Resources and Growth of Utility Scale Storage
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speaker: Robert Kott\, Operations Policy Manager\, California Independent System Operator \nRobert Kott\nAbout the Webinar: This presentation provides an update on the current state of supply resources for the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) balancing authority area (BAA) and the expected future state of the resource mix as CAISO continues an energy transition toward 60 percent renewable and 100 percent zero carbon resources. This will include a description of an effective resource adequacy program\, a review of the resource mix with respective contributions to serving a varying load profile\, a summary of the future changes to the resource mix based on the interconnection queue and an overview of the drivers behind the energy transition. The resource mix discussion examines the rapidly increasing role of battery storage resources and the challenges these resources are presenting to operations. Examples of peak operating periods will show how resources perform to meet load and renewable resource variability. \nAbout the Speaker: Robert Kott is Operations Policy Manager at the California Independent System Operator. He has 35 years of utility experience and has been with the CAISO for 21 years. He currently leads high level operational initiatives and represents the CAISO in technical forums. Previously he held management roles creating generation maintenance standards; managing local area reliability service process\, reliability agreements\, commercial model maintenance\, regulatory contract implementation\, resource adequacy implementation. He has a BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from California State University\, Sacramento and a MBA from Pepperdine University. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-update-on-changing-role-of-resources-and-growth-of-utility-scale-storage/
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Operating the System Towards Zero Carbon
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nAbout the Webinar: National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) plays a very important role of ensuring that Great Britain has the essential energy it needs by making sure supply meets demand every second of every day. The flow of electricity is getting more complex in the GB system with key features of more renewable energy and interconnectors; a growing number of ways to source electricity as well as more participants in “demand side response”. National Grid ESO is working hand in hand with the energy industry and continually finding ways to innovate\, invest and adapt the electricity system to keep electricity flowing reliably to homes and businesses across Great Britain. \nAs an active member of the G-PST Consortium\, National Grid ESO will use this webinar  to share a series of good practices featuring five speakers who will cover the following topics below in support of the UK’s Net-zero energy transition: \n\n\n\nGB Grid Forming Grid Code Development (Antony Johnson)\nGB Grid Forming Best Practice Guide Development (Dechao Kong)\nStability Constraint Management – Stability Pathfinder Program (Shurooque Baloch)\nSystem Strength Management – Innovation Project of Strength To Connect (Xiaoyao Zhou)\nInertia Measurement (Anna Blackwell)\n\n\n\nAntony Johnson\nDechao Kong\nShurooque Baloch\nXiaoyao Zhou\nAnna Blackwell\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFeatured Speakers: Antony Johnson is a chartered engineer and IET member who began working for National Grid within System Operations at the Electricity National Control Center in 1993. In 2012 he started initial work on the implementation of the impact of the European Directive on the GB Grid Code and related industry codes which he saw through to its implementation in 2018 having worked with the wider industry including Government. More recently he was instrumental in the development of technical requirements for storage technologies in GB in addition to chairing a European Expert Storage group. His latest work involves the development of technical requirements for Grid Forming technologies and looking at Black Start arrangements from Embedded Generation which is very much a growth area. \nDr. Dechao Kong is a chartered engineer with heavy involvements in the UK’s academia and industry for DC systems and Power Electronics since 2008\, contributing his such subject-matter expertise in technical strategy & policy development\, new technology & innovation\, engineering and asset management. \nShurooque Baloch is a chartered engineer with over a decade of experience in the electricity transmission planning and operation. Her role is to identify future operability risks\, define system requirements and enable creation of long-term solutions to operate the system. \nDr. Xiaoyao Zhou is a chartered engineer with two decades of transmission system operation\, planning and investment experience. Xiaoyao’s role is to set out operability policy for Great Britain’s electricity network to enable the net zero operation\, specify the technical requirements for new technologies and define future network needs so that market and network owners can invest in the right solutions at the right time. \nAnna Blackwell is a Product Manager (Inertia & Frequency)\, at National Grid ESO\, the Electricity System Operator of Great Britain\, responsible for delivering new WAMS based situational tools into National Grid ESO’s Control Room. Anna has an electrical engineering background having started in HV asset research before moving across to operational planning and delivery of IT products working as business lead between projects\, IT and business. \nRegistration Cost: FREE \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/operating-the-system-towards-zero-carbon/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220825T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: An Empirical Assessment of Regional and Interregional Transmission Congestion Value
DESCRIPTION:Download D. Millstein Presentation \nDownload J. Pfeifenberger Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speakers: Dev Millstein\, Research Scientist\, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Johannes (Hannes) Pfeifenberger\, Principal\, The Brattle Group; Michael Goggin\, Vice President\, Grid Strategies \nDev Millstein\nAbout the Webinar: In this webinar we will examine recent trends and characteristics of one important benefit of transmission infrastructure—congestion relief. Specifically\, we examine the marginal value of potential transmission links as indicated by nodal pricing (LMPs) from 2012 through the first half of 2022. We find\, for example\, that many links have hourly average pricing differences in 2021 that exceed $15/MWh—equivalent to $130 million per year for a 1000 MW link. We will examine trends in the transmission value over the past decade. We will explore how extreme conditions and high-value periods play an outsized role in the value of transmission. For example\, we find that 50% of transmission’s congestion value comes from only 5% of hours. These high value transmission hours are only partially attributable to designated extreme weather or grid-stress events identified by NERC\, with the remainder of the high-value hours representing periods that are natural features of actual market operations (possible causes include uncertain generation or other infrastructure outages\, fuel price volatility\, forecast errors\, and electric demand volatility). We will discuss the broad implications of these findings\, key limitations\, and importantly\, the challenge of adequately representing transmission congestion value in transmission planning studies. \nLBNL Report: Regional and Interregional Transmission Have Significant Economic Value | Electricity Markets and Policy Group (lbl.gov) \nHannes Pfeifenberger\nAbout the Speakers: Dev Millstein is a Research Scientist in the Electricity Markets and Policy department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Dr. Millstein leads research across a diverse range of topics\, including the assessment of wind and solar value\, wind resource variability\, renewable power and grid-integration topics\, and air quality topics. Dev Millstein received a BA in economics from Vassar College in 2002 and a PhD in environmental engineering from UC Berkeley in 2009. \nJohannes (Hannes) Pfeifenberger\, a Principal at The Brattle Group\, is an economist with a background in electrical engineering and over twenty-five years of experience in wholesale power market design\, renewable energy\, electricity storage\, and transmission. He also is a Visiting Scholar at MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR)\, a Senior Fellow at Boston University’s Institute of Sustainable Energy (BU-ISE)\, a IEEE Senior Member\, and currently serves as an advisor to research initiatives by the U.S. Department of Energy\, the National Labs\, and the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG). \nMichael Goggin\nMichael Goggin is Vice President at Grid Strategies LLC. He has been at Grid Strategies for nearly 5 years\, and previously worked at the American Wind Energy Association for 10 years. Grid Strategies offers consulting on electric grid and market issues for clean energy sector clients. \nModerator: Debbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-an-empirical-assessment-of-regional-and-interregional-transmission-congestion-value/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220823T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Market Design Concepts for Evolving Power Systems
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speakers: Bethany Frew\, Group Manager\, Capacity Expansion & Electricity Markets Group\, NREL & Yinong Sun\, Researcher\, Capacity Expansion & Electricity Markets Group\, NREL \nBethany Frew\nAbout the Webinar: This presentation provides a summary of competitive wholesale electricity market modeling tools and analysis being conducted in the Grid Planning and Analysis Center (GPAC) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). A specific emphasis is placed on the impact of forward and operational market designs on investment decisions and system resource adequacy. This includes linkages that have been developed between a suite of integrated investment\, market operations\, and resource adequacy tools\, as well analysis exploring the impact of non-traditional levels of operational detail on resource adequacy assessment and how markets may need modifications to more efficiently signal for desired resource adequacy outcomes. Analytical approaches and select preliminary results are provided from multiple analyses that leverage NREL’s integrated modeling approach. \nAbout the Speakers: Bethany Frew is the Group Manager of the Capacity Expansion and Electricity Market Group in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Grid Planning and Analysis Center\, where she also oversees a team of power system modelers focused on capacity expansion\, resource adequacy\, and wholesale electricity market design. Her personal research interests span a wide range of topics related to grid integration of renewable energy\, including the impact of wholesale electricity market structures on investment decisions and resource adequacy\, the economic and operational impacts of nuclear-hydrogen hybridization\, capacity credit methodologies\, and operational considerations with low-cost solar deployment. Bethany holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University and a B.S. in Food\, Agricultural\, and Biological Engineering from The Ohio State University. \nYinong Sun\nYinong Sun is a researcher in the Capacity Expansion and Electricity Markets Group within the Grid Planning and Analysis Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Her research focuses on transmission planning\, renewable energy integration\, resource adequacy assessments and wholesale electricity market design. Her current work explores operational impacts on power system resource adequacy\, transmission planning in the context of policy analysis and land use impact assessments\, and power system infrastructure deployment during low-carbon energy system transition. Yinong is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins University\, and she holds an M.S. from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a B.S. in Physics from Peking University. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-market-design-concepts-for-evolving-power-systems/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220817T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Proactive Planning for Generator Interconnection: A Case Study of SPP and MISO
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speaker: Bruce Tsuchida\, Principal\, The Brattle Group \nWebinar Abstract: This study\, from the Proactive Planning Task Force\, examines how costs vary in the generator interconnection (GI) process\, depending on the level of proactive planning. It studies three levels of proactiveness using the MISO and SPP regions as testbeds. It finds significant cost reductions using expanded study windows and additional cost reductions with increased study scope. \nBruce Tsuchida\nAbout the Speaker: Mr. T. Bruce Tsuchida is a Principal of The Brattle Group with thirty years of experience in domestic and international power generation development\, utility operation\, and power market analysis. He specializes in assessing the impact of new technologies and regulatory changes\, including analysis of evolving wholesale electric markets and modeling\, impact of renewable and other new technologies’ on system operations\, utility business\, and various impacts on valuations of transmission and generation assets\, deliverability\, and contracts. These studies range from large interconnected systems to small island systems. \nModerator: Debbie Lew\, ESIG Associate Director \nRegistration Cost: FREE \n \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-proactive-planning-for-generator-interconnection-a-case-study-of-spp-and-miso/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220727T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: HECO Plans for Meeting Clean Energy Targets and Role of Grid Forming Inverters
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speakers: Li Yu\, Manager\, Transmission Planning & Ken Aramaki\, Director\, T&D and Interconnection Planning\, Hawaiian Electric Company; \nLi Yu\nAbout the Webinar: Hawaiian Electric has been aggressively pursuing its renewable energy goals. In 2021\, Hawaiian Electric re-affirmed its commitment with a climate change action plan – to reduce carbon emissions by 2030 to 70% below 2005 levels\, and to achieve net zero emissions by 2045. The key to achieving these goals is to displace current synchronous generator resources with renewable utility-scale resources\, as well as Distributed Energy Resources (DERs). These new resources will include high-amounts of Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs)\, which fundamentally change the characteristics of the power system. The performance and characteristics of current IBRs (utility and distributed) are not where they need to be for high-IBR\, island grids with limited resources. As these resources continue to evolve in functionality\, Hawaiian Electric will need to continually assess\, adopt\, as well as push for higher levels of performance in order to achieve the Company’s and State’s policy objectives. \nThe presenters will provide an overview of Hawaiian Electric’s current progress\, challenges\, and opportunities seen from a utility planner’s perspective. This webinar will highlight the gaps found in recently completed stability analyses\, which will serve as an early indicator for utilities and vendors in their own pursuit of high-IBR systems. \nKen Aramaki\nAbout the Speakers: Li Yu is manager of transmission planning department in Hawaiian Electric Company\, leading transmission planning team perform long-term and near-team planning studies to support Hawaiian Electric Company completing 100% renewable system transformation. In the past ten years\, he has been working in both transmission and distribution planning\, DER interconnection studies\, both steady state and transient planning modeling and study. He obtained his PhD from Polytechnic Institute of New York University in 2013 and is an active member of IEEE and NERC working groups. \nKen Aramaki is the Director of Transmission\, Distribution\, and Interconnection Planning at Hawaiian Electric. In this role\, he leads a team that plans for the future of the T&D system as increasing levels of renewable inverter-based resources are added to the grid. While at Hawaiian Electric\, Mr. Aramaki has held various positions in Engineering\, Project Management\, and Planning & Technology. Mr. Aramaki was born and raised on the island of Kauai\, and holds a BSEE from the University of Portland and an MBA from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Mr. Aramaki is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Project Management Professional. \nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-heco-plans-for-meeting-clean-energy-targets-and-role-of-grid-forming-inverters/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220712T160000
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Wind and Solar Power Forecast Management
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Nitika Mago\, Manager\, Electric Grid Operations\, ERCOT \nNitika Mago\nAbout the Webinar: As of May 31\, 2022\, ERCOT has integrated about 35\,755 MW of wind and 11\,669 MW of solar capacity on its grid. ERCOT currently receives both hourly and intra-hour 5-minute wind and solar forecasts from three different vendors and has built tools and processes to integrate these various forecasts into ERCOT’s Real Time operations and forward-looking studies. Since about 2018\, ERCOT has had a “pay-for-performance” payment structure with its wind forecast vendors that incentivizes improvements in forecast performance during hours that are critical to Real-Time operations. ERCOT has been continuously improving the design of its Ancillary Services (aka “operational reserves”) program including creating new analysis tools to better manage the challenges brought by uncertainty and variability of its wind and solar fleet. This webinar will provide a holistic review of ERCOT’s wind and solar power forecast management strategies including tools\, procedures\, and approaches that have been instituted or are in the process of being implemented within the next 12-18 months. \nAbout the Speaker: Nitika Mago is currently the Manager for Balancing Operations Planning in the Operations Forecasting and Ancillary Services Planning department at ERCOT. Nitika has spent the last 15 years in the energy industry. Her areas of focus at ERCOT include power system grid operations\, grid balancing and frequency control\, inverter-based resource integration and energy forecasting\, ancillary services\, event analysis\, data analytics and modeling. Nitika received a BSEE degree from University of Mumbai in 2005 and MSEE degree from University of Texas at Austin in 2007. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas since 2011. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-wind-and-solar-power-forecast-management/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220630T160000
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Impedance Scan Tools for Stability Analysis of IBR Grids
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speaker: Shahil Shah\, Senior Engineer\, NREL \nShahil Shah\nAbout the Webinar: Dynamic stability is a major concern in operating power systems with high levels of inverter-based resources (IBRs). Dynamic stability problems in IBR grids manifest as oscillations or control interactions that are observed either locally between a few IBRs or span a wider network involving tens to hundreds of IBRs. It is quite challenging to evaluate the stability of IBR grids because of fast\, complex\, and non-standardized controls of IBRs as well as unavailability of their open-box models from vendors. This webinar will review impedance-based methods for stability analysis of IBR grids. It will also present a PSCAD-based impedance scan software tool and an impedance measurement system developed at NREL for analyzing the stability of IBR grids. Case studies to demonstrate the capabilities of these tools to answer questions such as “which IBRs are causing oscillations?” or “how much grid-forming capacity is needed in a system?” will be presented. \nAbout the Speaker: Shahil Shah is a senior engineer for grid integration at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden\, CO. He received his Ph.D. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy\, NY. He has been working for the past 15 years on modeling\, control\, and stability of wind and PV plants\, HVDC transmission systems\, and power systems with high levels of inverter-based resources with specific emphasis on impedance-based methods for analyzing the stability of IBR grids. He is leading several DOE projects at NREL on these topics\, and he has led the development of first of its kind impedance measurement system for utility-scale wind turbines and inverters. He is currently serving as an editor of the IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion\, and he recently received the ESIG Excellence award for leadership in the design and analysis of grid-forming inverter systems. He has been actively contributing to IEEE\, IEA\, ESIG\, and CIGRE working groups focusing on stability of power systems with high levels of inverter-based resources. \nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-impedance-scan-tools-for-stability-analysis-of-ibr-grids/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220623T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220623T170000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Planning and Operating a System in Transition to IBR – Engineers Unite!
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Andrew Isaacs\, Vice President\, Electranix \nAndrew Isaacs\nAbout the Webinar: The transition to renewable energy is underway. This transition can be viewed through many lenses. General population lenses (Climate change is happening. We don’t know what we need to do exactly\, but we’re doing it too slow!)\, Political lenses (How do we satisfy enough of our voters\, how do we take credit for the good changes\, and distance ourselves from the problems?)\, Commercial lenses (how can we profit from the transition?)\, Engineering lenses (How do we do this at all\, considering safety\, reliability\, cost\, and technical limitations?)\, and others. \nThe engineering lens is the one with the least visibility or understanding to the global population. But inside this engineering community\, we have further diverse perspectives and cultures\, including operators\, planners\, system designers\, protection\, construction folks\, and others. Power systems engineers have historically also tended to fall on either side of an imaginary line of demarcation between transmission and distribution. Although these technical parties have tended to conflict with each other more often than we’d like\, we are seeing a shift in the industry towards more understanding and commonality amongst the technical groups trying to keep up with the energy transition. But more is needed\, and this collaboration should be encouraged and fostered! \nThis talk will focus on some of the challenges common to all those in the power systems engineering community. It will highlight the need in the coming years to achieve an unprecedented level of cooperation between these groups and common understanding if we are to solve them\, and suggest some avenues to increase this collaboration. \nAbout the Speaker: Andrew Isaacs has been with Electranix since 2003. He currently specializes in renewable interconnections\, weak grid and SSR/SSCI issues\, as well as large scale EMT system modelling. Additional current efforts include specification and support for FACTs\, training for utility planners\, study team leadership\, and expert witness support. Andrew obtained his M.Sc.(EE) from the University of Manitoba\, Canada. He is has been an active participant in NERC working groups\, Cigre\, and the IEEE. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-planning-and-operating-a-system-in-transition-to-ibr-engineers-unite/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220621T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220621T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T155633
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Fostering the Use of AI for Power System Transformation
DESCRIPTION:Download P. Donti Presentation \nDownload B. Zhang Presentation \nDownload F. Fioretto Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speakers: Baosen Zhang\, Associate Professor\, University of Washington; Ferdinando Fioretto\, Assistant Professor\, Syracuse University \nBaosen Zhang\nAbout the Webinar: What is the current state of AI\, and how can it be employed for power system transformation? In this panel discussion\, researchers in AI and power systems will reflect on the readiness of AI to contribute to the areas of innovation identified in the inaugural G-PST research agenda. They will then identify opportunities for ongoing research and deployment within both the AI and power systems communities. This session will build on the discussion from our March webinar entitled “Open Discussion with Global Power System Operators: The AI Opportunity\,” in which global power system operators shared the opportunities and challenges they are facing in decarbonizing electric grids\, as well as their initial perspectives on how AI could help. (Participation in the prior webinar is not required to attend this session.) This event is organized in collaboration between G-PST\, ESIG\, Climate Change AI (CCAI)\, and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) as part of EPRI’s Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenges initiative. \nAbout the Speakers: Baosen Zhang received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science degree from the University of Toronto in 2008; and his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from University of California\, Berkeley in 2013. He was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University.\nHe is currently the Keith and Nancy Endowed Career Development Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington\, Seattle\, WA. His research interests are in control\, optimization and learning applied to power systems and other cyberphysical systems. He received the NSF CAREER award as well as several best paper awards. \nFerdinando Fioretto\nFerdinando Fioretto is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at Syracuse University. His research focuses on machine learning\, optimization\, privacy\, and fairness. Ferdinando’s recent work focuses on how to integrate optimization and machine learning for solving complex decision problems with applications to energy systems\, and how to make AI algorithms better aligned with societal values\, especially privacy and fairness. Ferdinando is a recipient of the 2022 NSF CAREER award\, the 2022 Google Research Scholar Award\, the 2021 ISSNAF Mario Gerla Young Investigator Award\, the 2021 ACP Early Career Researcher Award\, the 2018 AI*AI Best AI dissertation award\, and several best paper awards\, including two IEEE TPS best paper awards. \nModerator: Priya L. Donti\, Carnegie Mellon/Climate Change AI \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-fostering-the-use-of-ai-for-power-system-transformation/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Ensuring Reliability with a Transforming Fleet: The Average vs. Marginal ELCC Debate
DESCRIPTION:Download Newell Presentation \nDownload Carden Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nAbout the Webinar: Across the industry ISOs and utilities are grappling with capacity accreditation – the process in which we determine the firm capacity contribution that resources bring for reliability and resource adequacy. In competitive capacity markets\, this process determines the quantity of capacity each resource brings to the market and ultimately the market’s capacity price. In the vertically integrated utilities it determines which resources are procured to meet reserve margin requirements. \nThe energy transition is requiring grid operators to change the way they accredit resources. While effective load carrying capability (ELCC) is the metric utilized most – and being adopted more broadly – the specific details of its calculation are changing and being debated. FERC proposals and IRPs around the country are seeking to answer questions like: \n\n\n\nShould we use an average or marginal ELCC?\nHow does this affect the resource mix of future systems?\nWhat are the reliability and pricing implications?\nShould we use seasonal or monthly credits?\nShould we apply consistent methods between thermal\, renewable\, and storage resources?”\nDo we even need to accredit individual resources?\n\n\n\nTo shed light on these questions\, the Energy Systems Integration Group is hosting a debate between industry experts Kevin Carden (Astrapé Consulting) and Dr. Samuel Newell (The Brattle Group). \nFeatured Speakers: Kevin Carden\, Astrapé Consulting and Dr. Samuel Newell\, The Brattle Group. \nKevin Carden is the Director of Astrapé Consulting\, an energy consulting organization with a focus on resource adequacy. Under his leadership for the past 17 years\, Astrapé Consulting has performed planning reserve margin studies\, ELCC studies\, renewable integration studies\, and operational flexibility studies for utilities\, regulators\, and ISOs worldwide. Kevin also led the redevelopment of SERVM\, a now industry-leading Resource Adequacy Planning tool\, which is licensed by Astrapé. He holds a U.S. patent in Generation Reliability Modeling techniques (#7698233) and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Alabama. \nDr. Samuel Newell leads Brattle’s Electricity Group of over 50 consultants addressing the most challenging economic questions facing an industry transforming to clean energy. His expertise centers on electricity wholesale markets\, market design\, generation asset valuation\, integrated resource planning\, and transmission planning. He frequently provides testimony and expert reports to Independent System Operators (ISOs)\, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)\, state regulatory commissions\, and the American Arbitration Association. Prior to joining The Brattle Group\, Dr. Newell was Director of the Transmission Service at Cambridge Energy Research Associates. Before that\, he was a Manager in the Utilities Practice at A.T. Kearney \nModerator: Derek Stenclik\, Telos Energy \nRegistration Cost: FREE
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-ensuring-reliability-with-a-transforming-fleet-the-average-vs-marginal-elcc-debate/
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SUMMARY:Special Topic Webinar: Interconnection Study Criteria
DESCRIPTION:Download J. Rand Presentation \nDownload J. Pfeifenberger Presentation \nDownload K. Chilukuri & A. Vander Vorst Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nAbout the Webinar: ESIG and LBNL are jointly launching a webinar series on reform of generator interconnection processes in the bulk power system. This builds on the Generator Interconnection panel session from ESIG’s Spring Workshop in March and LBNL’s body of research on interconnection queues across the US. Participants will discuss: 1) the proposed creation of a new ESIG/LBNL joint effort on generator interconnection\, and 2) study criteria used by U.S. independent system operators in evaluating new generator additions. Attendees will have an opportunity to voice their opinion on topics that this joint effort should explore and learn about differences in interconnection study criteria between the U.S. Independent System Operators. The panel will conclude with a discussion of the implications of interconnection study criteria on network upgrades and system planning. \n  \nJoe Rand\nAaron Bloom\nKalyan Chilukuri\nJohannes Pfeifenberger\nAaron Vander Vorst\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFeatured Speakers: Joe Rand\, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Aaron Bloom\, NextEra Analytics; Kalyan Chilukuri\, Electric Power Engineers; Johannes Pfeifenberger\, The Brattle Group; Aaron Vander Vorst\, Enel Green Power \nAbout the Speakers: Joe Rand is a Senior Scientific Engineering Associate in the Electricity Markets and Policy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Joe conducts research and analysis on renewable energy\, including: renewable energy policy\, cost\, and market analysis; spatial data analysis; and research related to public acceptance and deployment barriers of renewable energy. \nAaron Bloom is a Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs at NextEra Energy\, where he supports a comprehensive offering of clean energy\, transmission\, and software solutions for the energy sector. He is an expert in power system planning\, power systems operations\, resource adequacy\, electricity market design\, and utility regulation. For the last three years he worked at NextEra Analytics where he led software development for tools used in originating clean energy projects and optimizing battery market performance. \nKalyan Chilukuri has extensive experience and technical expertise in transmission planning\, energy resource integration and esoteric studies. Having worked in and supported utilities\, system operators and renewable energy developers in New Zealand\, Australia\, USA and Canada\, Kalyan brings a unique perspective to technical projects and is able to apply global best practices when serving clients. Within the US Market\, Kalyan has deep expertise in PJM\, ISO-NE and NYISO footprints and has led projects supporting the nascent but fast developing offshore wind and transmission industry. As the Vice President of Energy Resources Integration and Interconnection at Electric Power Engineers LLC\, Kalyan is responsible for strategy\, staff leadership\, business development\, financial performance\, and overall project delivery. \nJohannes (Hannes) Pfeifenberger\, a Principal at The Brattle Group\, is an economist with a background in electrical engineering and over twenty-five years of experience in wholesale power market design\, renewable energy\, electricity storage\, and transmission. He also is a Visiting Scholar at MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR)\, a Senior Fellow at Boston University’s Institute of Sustainable Energy (BU-ISE)\, a IEEE Senior Member\, and currently serves as an advisor to research initiatives by the U.S. Department of Energy\, the National Labs\, and the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG). \nAaron Vander Vorst has worked in electric power systems planning for the last 13 years. He learned the craft of transmission planning with Minnkota Power Cooperative where he gained a wide variety of planning experience\, most notably managing the interconnection and transmission service processes. In 2017\, Aaron pursued his passion for those processes by joining Tradewind Energy\, where he managed the interconnection of development-stage renewable energy projects across SPP and surrounding non-RTO providers. Following the acquisition of Tradewind by Enel Green Power\, Aaron moved into his current role leading a team of engineers responsible for interconnection and transmission service of new renewables across the US\, including wind\, solar\, battery\, and other technologies. He continues to focus on shaping transmission policy across the Eastern Interconnection and with FERC. \nRegistration Cost: FREE \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/special-topic-webinar-interconnection-study-criteria/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220524T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: EMT Modeling and Simulation – Who Needs an EMT Model for Doing Stability Studies?
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Babak Badrzadeh\, Technical Director\, Power Systems\, Aurecon \n \nAbout the Webinar: Power systems around the world are transitioning to significantly higher shares of inverter-based resources (IBR) with few synchronous generators remaining online. IBR and synchronous generators have fundamentally different dynamic performance characteristics. System dynamics and technical needs are therefore vastly different between synchronous and IBR dominated power systems\, and these differences will become greater as IBR uptake increases in the power system. Several practical experiences exist where conventional power system stability analysis tools\, referred to as phasor-domain transients\, have been unable to predict these phenomena due to the simplifications inherent to these tools. \nMore detailed whole-system modelling based on electromagnetic transient (EMT) models has been increasingly used in recent times in particular in countries/regions with higher IBR penetration to address the problems discussed above. This will facilitate accurate long-term power system planning allowing the resolution of new and emerging phenomena before they manifest in real power system operation. It will also permit a more accurate albeit more involved assessment of the impact of connecting new IBRs such as battery energy storage systems\, hydrogen electrolyser\, solar and wind generation on power system planning and operation. This detailed modelling will also facilitate better understanding of the performance of emerging technologies such as grid-forming inverters and how best they can be designed to meet emerging power system needs and technical requirements in power systems with significantly higher IBR penetration. \nThis webinar focuses on why\, when\, where and who questions as far as wide-area EMT modelling is concerned. A brief discussion on the how question will also be presented.\n \nAbout the Speaker: Babak Badrzadeh holds BSc\, MSc and PhD all in the area of electrical power systems. Prior to joining Aurecon in March 2021\, he was with AEMO as the Manager of Operational Analysis and Engineering team. He is currently the Technical Director\, Power Systems with Aurecon\, and an Adjunct Professor with Monash University. His focus area is power system modelling and analysis\, including the impact of grid-connected and distributed inverter-based resources from operational\, connections and planning perspectives. He has played a key role in the worldwide establishment of wide-area electromagnetic transient (EMT) modelling\, and the overarching area of system strength. Babak is currently the Convener of CIGRE Working Groups B4.83\, C2.26 and C4.56\, a member of CIGRE SC C2 Strategic Advisory Committee. In January 2021 Babak was appointed as a Distinguished Lecturer by IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES). He is also a recipient of 2019 ESIG Engineering excellence award. In March 2021 Babak was appointed as the chief editor of CIGRE Green Book on ‘’Power system dynamic modelling and analysis in evolving networks’’. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-emt-modeling-and-simulation-who-needs-an-emt-model-for-doing-stability-studies/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220517T160000
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Use of AI and Big Data in the Control Room
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Jesper Abildgaard Nielsen\, Senior Director of Data & Systems (Product development)\, Energinet \nJesper Abildgaard Nielsen\nAbout the Webinar: The need for data driven decision tools to support the grid operator in the future is increasing. The operator needs to monitor and control an electricity system with a high degree of complexity due to an increasing amount of renewables integrated into the system. This webinar will briefly cover Energinet’s strategy around the control center of the future\, specific use cases empowered by machine learning and data and the effort to build digital culture and capabilities. \nAbout the Speaker: Jesper Abildgaard Nielsen is Energinet’s Senior Director of Data & Systems (Product development). In this role he is responsible for control center systems\, open innovation and data and digitalization. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-use-of-ai-and-big-data-in-the-control-room/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220512T150000
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CREATED:20220503T212752Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Multi-value Transmission Planning for a Decarbonized Future
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speakers: Derek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy; Ryan Deyoe\, Power Markets Specialist\, Telos Energy \nDerek Stenclik\nAbout the Webinar: Underlying any renewable energy or decarbonization goal should be a robust transmission planning framework. This webinar will present the results\, findings\, and recommendations from ESIG’s Transmission Benefits Task Force. The recently conducted study and forthcoming report will provide valuable insights on multi-value frameworks for transmission planning\, a key component of the recent FERC NOPR. The task force conducted a transmission planning exercise for ERCOT\, evaluating benefits of increasing the West Texas Export transfer capability as well as interregional transmission upgrades to neighboring systems. Using the ERCOT system as an illustrative case study\, the webinar will explore how to quantify production cost\, emissions\, renewable enablement\, risk mitigation\, resource adequacy\, and resilience benefits to better evaluate new transmission projects. \nAbout the Speakers: Derek Stenclik is a founding partner of Telos Energy\, an analytics and consulting firm specializing in renewable integration\, system planning\, and grid modeling. Prior to founding Telos Energy\, Derek spent eight years in GE Power’s Energy Consulting department as the Senior Manager of Power System Strategy. He holds an M.S. degree in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University and a B.A. in International Relations from the State University of New York\, College at Geneseo. Derek is a lifelong native of Upstate New York and currently resides in the town of Niskayuna with his wife and two sons. \nRyan Deyoe\nRyan Deyoe is a Power Markets Analyst at Telos Energy and has experience in fundamental power market modeling. At Telos Energy he has worked on projects ranging from transmission planning\, clean electricity planning and has aided stakeholders IRP involvement. Prior to joining Telos Energy\, he worked for PA Consulting in their Energy and Utilities practice where he led their ERCOT modeling effort. There he worked to develop generation supply forecasts building on existing ERCOT conditions out to 2040. He analyzed economic new entry of generation units onto the ERCOT grid under varying market conditions in both the energy only market and regarding ERCOT scarcity pricing. \nModerator: Debbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-multi-value-transmission-planning-for-a-decarbonized-future/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220502T120000
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SUMMARY:Joint Webinar: IEEE 2800-2022 Update: New IEEE Interconnection Standard for Large-Scale Solar\, Wind\, and Energy Storage
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nRegister to View Webinar-on-Demand \n\nThis joint webinar for subject matter experts and academia doing research on large-scale solar\, wind\, and energy storage plants will provide an update on the IEEE 2800™-2022\, Standard for Interconnection and Interoperability of Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs) Interconnecting with Associated Transmission and Sub-Transmission Electric Power Systems\, which is anticipated to publish by the end of April. The technical minimum requirements specified in 2800 for the interconnection of large-scale\, transmission- and sub-transmission-connected inverter-based resources are important elements in the North American and international framework to maintain the reliability of the bulk power system with increasing amounts of IBRs\, including those radially connected via VSC-HVDC facilities to the grid. \nThis webinar aims to review the purpose and scope of the published standard along with selected final requirements; and to provide leading examples for IEEE 2800 adoption by RTOs/ISOs\, followed by time for Q&A. \nPresented by: IEEE–ESIG–PSERC–CURENT
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/joint-webinar-ieee-2800-2022-update-new-ieee-interconnection-standard-for-large-scale-solar-wind-and-energy-storage/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T160000
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Inertia Monitoring
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speaker: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nJulia Matevosyan\nAbout the Webinar: As shares of inverter-based resources increase\, fewer synchronous generators may be online at any given time. Inertial response available from synchronous machines after a sudden large imbalance on the system is therefore diminishing. Various methods and technologies to improve and supplement inertial response exist and are gradually being deployed in power systems with high shares of inverter-based resources. Regardless of the methods being used\, there is a need to improve situational awareness and accurately monitor available inertial response in real-time. A number of methods for estimating and monitoring inertia have been developed over the past few years. This webinar will briefly cover the need for inertia monitoring and methods that are currently being used or proposed around the world. \nAbout the Speaker: Julia Matevosyan is ESIG’s Chief Engineer and has more than 20 years of experience in the power industry. Prior to joining ESIG\, Matevosyan was the Lead Planning Engineer of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). In her time with ERCOT\, she worked on adequacy of system inertial response\, system flexibility\, frequency control and performance issues related to high penetration levels of inverter-based generation and ancillary services market design. Julia received her BSc from Riga Technical University in Latvia\, and her MSc and PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-inertia-monitoring/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220421T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260606T155633
CREATED:20220319T174529Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: DER Modeling and Distribution System Operations
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speaker: Astrid Atkinson\, CEO & Co-Founder\, Camus Energy \nAstrid Atkinson\nAbout the Webinar: As the grid evolves and the number of active participants increases\, accurate and timely data about meters\, DERs\, and grid conditions is increasingly important. Utilities have made massive investments in smart metering\, ADMS\, and DER management systems. But getting a complete\, real-time\, actionable view of the distribution grid is an unsolved challenge. How do we put all the pieces together\, to make better use of our existing distribution and transmission systems\, and plan for the two-way\, reliable\, decarbonized grid of the future? \nAbout the Speaker: Astrid Atkinson is CEO and co-founder of Camus Energy\, which provides software-based Grid Management as a Service\, combining real-time situational awareness\, device control\, and market integration for grid operators and energy providers. Prior to founding Camus\, she was a Senior Director of Software Engineering at Google\, where she was an early leader in developing Google’s distributed systems reliability approach. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-der-modeling-and-distribution-system-operations/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Design Study Requirements for a US Macrogrid
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speakers: Bob Zavadil\, EnerNex; Alison Silverstein\, Consultant; Jay Caspary\, Grid Strategies; Rob Gramlich\, Grid Strategies; Jim McCalley\, Iowa State University; Nick Miller\, HickoryLedge LLC; Dale Osborn\, Consultant \nAbout the Webinar: The ESIG Macrogrid Studies Scoping Team recently completed a report detailing design study requirements for a macrogrid. Designing and evaluating the performance of a macrogrid is different from conventional transmission planning. In this 90 minute webinar\, members of the team will discuss a series of national-level transmission studies that they propose should be undertaken to examine this pathway towards achieving the national’s energy system transformation goals. These studies include macrogrid design and technology considerations\, reliability studies\, resilience studies\, operations and operability\, and economic analysis. \nDownload Report \nFor additional information on the study\, click here. \nModerator: Debbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \n  \nBob Zavadil\nAlison Silverstein\nJay Caspary\nRob Gramlich\n  \nJim McCalley\nNick Miller\nDale Osborn\n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-design-study-requirements-for-a-us-macrogrid/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220330T160000
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CREATED:20220301T042401Z
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Project EDGE / DER Marketplace Demonstration
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speakers: Nick Regan\, Business Lead – Project EDGE\, AEMO; John Theunissen\, Project EDGE Lead\, AusNet Services; Anoop Nambiar\, Program Manager\, Distributed Energy\, AusNet Services \nNick Regan\nAbout the Webinar: Project EDGE is an innovative\, first of its kind trial demonstrating a proof-of-concept DER Marketplace to inform current and future reforms in line with Australia’s Energy Security Board Post 2025 NEM initiatives. \nThis collaboration between the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)\, AusNet Services (AusNet) and Mondo (collectively\, the Project Partners)\, with financial support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) seeks to understand\, test\, and demonstrate a proof-of-concept Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Marketplace that enables efficient and secure coordination of aggregated DER to provide wholesale and local network support services within the constraints of the distribution network in a way that promotes the National Electricity Objective (NEO). The primary intent is to identify capabilities that can be replicated at scale across the National Electricity Market (NEM). \nThis presentation will provide an overview of the project\, learnings to date and research questions that aim to answer key questions across industry on the customer needs\, alignment to the National Electricity Objectives\, wholesale integration capability\, local network services requirements\, operation within Dynamic Operating Envelopes (DOEs)\, how to efficiently exchange data at scale\, and the roles and responsibilities of each of the actors within the DER Marketplace. \nJohn Theunissen\nAbout the Speakers: Nick Regan leads Project EDGE\, a practical DER Marketplace demonstration. Project EDGE (Energy Demand and Generation Exchange) aims to develop an evidence base to shape a pathway for DER integration\, at scale\, into Australia’s power systems and markets that has consumers’ best interests at its core. \nNick has held product\, project management and management consulting roles focussed on the decentralisation of Australia’s power system and its economic\, market and commercial implications. Prior to entering the energy industry\, Nick worked in corporate banking deal teams as a credit risk analyst. Nick is passionate about shaping an energy system that operates in the best interests of people and the planet. \nJohn Theunissen leads DER integration initiatives within AusNet Services’ Emerging Markets team and is also the EDGE project lead for AusNet. \nJohn is an electrical engineer who has held numerous technical management roles within AusNet Services and its predecessor companies over the last 25 years\, initially in the protection\, control and communication areas\, and later in leading smart grid and network modernization initiatives. He is passionate about network intelligence\, automation\, distributed energy resources and data science\, especially their ability to shape future energy ecosystems. \nAnoop Nambiar\nAnoop Nambiar is an energy industry management professional with extensive experience in the application of transformative technologies and effective management practices to achieve operational and strategic organisational objectives. With a proven record of building and leading highly effective teams\, he is driven by the satisfaction of solving complex problems through strong teamwork and a shared passion for delivery. \nAnoop has held various roles across the Australian Energy Market Operator\, AGL Energy and Vencorp\, and is currently the Program Manager for DER Market Trials at Mondo (AusNet Services). \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-project-edge-der-marketplace-demonstration/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220309T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260606T155633
CREATED:20220124T205433Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Overview of the UNIFI Consortium
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Ben Kroposki\, PhD\, PE\, FIEEE\, Director of Power Systems Engineering Center\, NREL \nBen Kroposki\nAbout 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 scale as well as support outreach\, education\, and collaboration to develop alignment amongst researchers\, industry\, utilities\, and policy makers. This talk will discuss the overall goals of the UNIFI Consortium and it plans to develop interoperability guidelines and functional specifications to enable power systems to operate with any mix of machines and IBRs at any scale in an affordable\, secure\, reliable\, sustainable\, and resilient manner. \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Ben Kroposki is the Director of the Power Systems Engineering Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) where he leads NREL’s strategic research in the design\, planning and operations of electrical power systems. He has over 30 years of experience in the design\, testing\, and integration of renewable and distributed power systems and has more than 150 publications in these areas with over 8\,700 citations. Dr. Kroposki received his BSEE and MSEE from Virginia Tech and Ph.D. from the Colorado School of Mines. Dr. Kroposki is the recipient of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award. This award has been established to recognize outstanding contributions in the field of developing\, utilizing and integrating renewable energy resources in the national and global energy scenarios. As an IEEE Fellow\, Dr. Kroposki was recognized for his leadership in renewable and distributed energy systems integration. Dr. Kroposki is an Adjunct professor at the Colorado School of Mines and University of Colorado where he teaches courses on integrating renewable energy into power systems. Dr. Kroposki is also serving as the Organizational Director of the UNIF Consortium. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-overview-of-the-unifi-consortium/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220222T160000
DTSTAMP:20260606T155633
CREATED:20220201T213919Z
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: MCCS (Modular Control Center System) - Designing a Future-oriented Control Center System For a Successful Energy Transition
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nDownload Presentation \n\nFeatured Speakers: Mirko Pracht\, Director\, Digitalization in System Operations\, 50Hertz / Program Lead & Initiator for MCCS; Ralf Heisig\, Product Manager\, MCCS\, 50Hertz \nMirko Pracht\nAbout 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 modular and scalable approach to the control architecture to manage and overcome future challenges in smart grid networks. The webinar will demonstrate the path for successfully applying the design principles to implement the modular approach from the beginning to the present day\, and describe what a modular design approach means for the relevant technologies and potential vendors. The challenge of master data management and communication will be outlined and how it was overcome will be described. Through an iterative product development process\, collaboration and an agile approach\, 50Hertz is paving the way to a digital future. \nAbout the Speakers: Mirko Pracht is Director\, Digitalization in System Operations at 50Hertz (German TSO) and Program Lead and Initiator for MCCS (Modular Control Center System). Mirko and his team are responsible for digitalization strategy and initiatives within System Operations of 50Hertz\, project portfolio and project implementation\, data strategy and architecture and for national and internal cooperation & compliance topics in System Operations. Before that he was Head of Technical IT\, working with his team on maintenance\, operation and development of all operational technology (OT) systems within 50Hertz. \nRalf Heisig\nRalf Heisig is the Product Manager for MCCS (Modular Control Center System). For the past ten years he held various roles and positions at Vattenfall\, including IT Manager\, Program Manager and R&D Engineer for Sustainable Energy Solutions Distribution. Prior to that he worked for 20 years at Siemens Energy and Automation as Product Manager and Project Manager in the areas of Power System Applications – Energy Management Systems\, Station Automation\, Power Quality and Communication Technologies. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-mccs-modular-control-center-system-designing-a-future-oriented-control-center-system-for-a-successful-energy-transition/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: EV Smart Charging Trial
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speakers: Steve Heinen\, Future Network and Planning Manager and Duncan Head\, GM Insights\, Vector Limited \nSteve Heinen\nAbout 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\, has been carrying out an EV Smart Charging Trial with 200 EV owners over the last 2 years. The trial demonstrated that Smart Charing can successfully integrate EVs into the network while delivering customer satisfaction. The webinar will provide real-world insights and practical advice for strategists\, engineers and other energy professionals around EV network integration based on the findings of the EV Smart Charging Trial. \nAbout the Speakers: Steve Heinen is Future Network and Planning Manager at Vector. His responsibilities include architecting the network of the future and designing wire and non-wire solutions to meet future demand and customer expectations . Steve has previously worked a researcher at University College Dublin in Ireland\, a global leader in integration of variable renewables\, at the International Energy Agency in Paris and with ALSTOM Power. He has authored multiple journal articles and international reports such as the IEA’s Energy Technology Perspectives and Smart Grid Roadmap. Steve received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at University College Dublin (UCD)\, Ireland\, a master’s degree (MSc ETH) in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)\, Switzerland\, and a Master’s degree in energy economics from Paris-Dauphine University\, France. \nDuncan Head\nDuncan Head is GM Insights at Vector and has over 20 year’s experience in the energy industry covering markets\, operations\, regulation\, investment and strategy. Duncan established Vector’s data and analytics function\, the work of which has been the basis for Vector’s Symphony strategy. With a passion and focus on all things related to the Energy Transition\, Duncan’s team is constantly looking to add to the body of knowledge that will support a fast\, efficient and equitable shift to a decarbonised energy future. Duncan has business (hons) and law degrees from the University of Auckland. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-ev-smart-charging-trial/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220125T160000
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CREATED:20211208T004743Z
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Managing Grid Stability in a High IBR Network
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Julian Leslie\,  Head of Networks and Chief Engineer – National Grid Electricity System Operator \nAbout 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 will focus on what has been done to mitigate the risk\, identify the root cause and create long term solutions. \nJulian Leslie\nAbout the Speaker: Julian Leslie is a chartered engineer with three decades of transmission system operation\, planning and investment experience. Julian’s role is to prepare Great Britain’s electricity network for net zero operation\, defining future network needs so that market and network owners can invest in the right technology solutions at the right time. He is also responsible for transmission system connections\, ensuring that access – both connection and maintenance – is safe\, secure and straightforward and keeps consumers’ costs to a minimum. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-managing-grid-stability-in-a-high-ibr-network/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220120T160000
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CREATED:20211206T171744Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: IEA Wind Task 25 Final Report
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Hannele Holttinen\, Senior Adviser\, Partner\, Recognis Oy. Finland \n \nAbout 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 regarding wind and solar impacts on power systems\, from national case studies\, address both long-term planning issues and short-term operational impacts. Long-term planning issues include grid planning and resource adequacy. Short-term operational impacts include reliability\, stability\, reserves\, and maximizing the value of wind in operational timescales. Findings on variability and uncertainty of power system-wide wind power are covered. Recent studies toward 100% shares of renewables are also presented. Access to the Summary Report may be found at 10.32040/2242-122X.2021.T396. \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Hannele Holttinen is Partner at Recognis and acting as Operating Agent of IEAWIND Task 25 and Pillar 5 lead of G-PST. She has her MSc and PhD from Helsinki Technical University\, where she is Docent since 2014. She worked previously at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland for more than 25 years in different fields of wind energy and energy system integration research\, last years as Principal Scientist. Her main interests are on the impact of wind and PV on power systems and electricity markets. She has chaired IEAWind in 2011-12\, and has been active in European Wind Energy Platforms ETIP and TPWIND as well as in Nordic energy research. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-iea-wind-task-25-final-report/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211214T160000
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CREATED:20211011T162429Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Solar PV Disturbances: What We Need to Do to Get Ready for High Penetration Conditions
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Ryan Quint\, Senior Manager\, BPS Security and Grid Transformation\, NERC \nRyan Quint\nAbout 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. \nAbout the Speaker: Ryan Quint is the Senior Manager of BPS Security and Grid Transformation at NERC\, where he supports the electric utility industry tackle emerging risks and grid transformation topics. He leads a number of industry efforts focused on the integration of inverter technology to the bulk power system\, ensuring reliability with increasing amounts of distributed energy resources\, and incorporating cybersecurity into traditional system planning\, operations\, and design practices. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-solar-pv-disturbances-what-we-need-to-do-to-get-ready-for-high-penetration-conditions/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211130T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T155633
CREATED:20210927T170753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185045Z
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Research Agenda for Transformed Power Systems
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speakers: Mark O’Malley\, Chief Scientist\, ESIG and Julian Leslie\,  Head of Networks and Chief Engineer – National Grid Electricity System Operator \nMark O’Malley\nAbout 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 to create the Global Power System Transformation (G-PST) Consortium (https://globalpst.org/). The Consortium has the objective of supporting advanced system operator cutting-edge research and development activities and supporting all system operators globally with knowledge and training as they transform their power systems. \nFollowing an extensive and rigorous process\, the G-PST defined a common inaugural research agenda to advance the operations and planning of power systems to enable the transition. The purpose of this webinar is to describe the research agenda\, which seeks to include all possible advances\, from fundamental to applied research\, driving solutions which are expected (but not assumed) to be globally applicable to all system operators. The initial research agenda focuses on near-term issues (i.e.\, next decade) and includes all technical aspects of operational and planning activities within the bulk power system. These advances will vary from system to system and will range from simple modifications of existing technologies and practices to fundamentally new and better ways to plan and/or operate the power systems of the future. \nJulian Leslie\nAbout the Speakers: Mark O’Malley is the Chief Scientist of the Energy Systems Integration Group having recently completed a three-year assignment as Chief Scientist\, Energy Systems Integration at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory\, USA. At NREL he co-led the establishment of the Global Power System Transformation Consortium and is the co-chair of the Research Agenda Group. He is a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering\, a member of the Royal Irish Academy\, the Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCD and a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London. \nJulian Leslie is a chartered engineer with three decades of transmission system operation\, planning and investment experience. Julian’s role is to prepare Great Britain’s electricity network for net zero operation\, defining future network needs so that market and network owners can invest in the right technology solutions at the right time. He is also responsible for transmission system connections\, ensuring that access – both connection and maintenance – is safe\, secure and straightforward and keeps consumers’ costs to a minimum. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-research-agenda-for-transformed-power-systems/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260606T155633
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Redefining Resource Adequacy
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speaker: Derek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy \nAbout the Webinar: This webinar will serve as a follow-up to the ESIG whitepaper\, “Resource Adequacy for Modern Power Systems” released in August. It will expand on the principles outlined in the report by further elaborating on recommendations for improved resource adequacy metrics and future options for the planning reserve margin. The webinar will explore ways to leverage the outputs of resource adequacy analysis to better characterize system risk\, make informed investment decisions to improve reliability\, and improve the long-term planning process. \nAbout the Speaker: Derek Stenclik is a founding partner of Telos Energy\, an analytics and consulting firm specializing in renewable integration\, system planning\, and grid modeling. Prior to founding Telos Energy\, Derek spent eight years in GE Power’s Energy Consulting department as the Senior Manager of Power System Strategy. He holds an M.S. degree in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University and a B.A. in International Relations from the State University of New York\, College at Geneseo. Derek is a lifelong native of Upstate New York and currently resides in the town of Niskayuna with his wife and two sons. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-redefining-resource-adequacy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211110T160000
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CREATED:20210919T161421Z
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Weak Grid Connection of IBR\, Why Are We Still Talking About This?
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nWeak Grid Connection of IBR\, Why Are We Still Talking About This? \nWednesday\, November 10 – 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. (eastern US) \nFeatured Speaker: Sebastian Achilles\, Managing Director Power Systems Operation and Planning\, GE Energy Consulting \nWebinar Abstract: Operation of Inverter Based Resources (IBR) in weak grid conditions is a relatively old subject that does not seem to go away. The webinar will begin with a short introduction on the types of performance issues associated with weak grid and related mitigations used in the industry. We will then elaborate on how the weak grid operation challenges have changed in recent years due to the large deployment of IBR\, and aspects of grid code requirements that affect the risk of weak grid related issues in the lifetime of IBR plants. The speaker will also share observations on study\, modeling and short circuit ratio (SCR) screening aspects based on recent experiences\, with a focus on what seems to be changing from prior practices. The discussion will elaborate on grid following (GFL) and grid forming (GFM) IBR resources in the context of weak grids\, and why GFM may help\, but not necessarily solve\, all weak grid risks. The talk will be presented from an OEM perspective. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nAbout the Speaker: Sebastian Achilles is Managing Director\, Power Systems Operation and Planning at GE Energy Consulting. His responsibilities include integration and interconnection of onshore wind\, offshore wind\, PV solar\, battery and FACTS technologies globally. His team provides support to product design related to grid behavior of these IBRs. Team also provides consulting support to developers and transmission entities related to same area of expertise. \n \n  \n  \n  \n\nAbout G-PST Consortium \nThe chief executive officers of National Grid Electricity System Operator UK\, California Independent System Operator (CAISO)\, Australia Energy Market Operator (AEMO)\, Ireland’s System Operator (EirGrid)\, and Denmark’s System Operator (Energinet) are champions in developing the consortium mission and activities. Importantly\, these system operators are leading a Research Agenda Group to identify common\, cutting-edge research questions that can inform large- scale national research and development investments. Relevant results and lessons from this process will be broadly shared for learning across all countries. The Consortium is also partnering with around 10 emerging economy and developing country system operators from Africa\, Asia\, Latin America and Eastern Europe who will also guide the G-PST vision and collaborate with the Consortium to advance power system transformation with a focus on technical collaboration\, peer learning and exchange\, and workforce development to support local PST priorities. \nA core team\, including the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG)\, Imperial College London\, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)\, Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence for Integrated Energy Systems\, National Renewable Energy Laboratory\, Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)\, IEEE\, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)\, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)\, the Danish Technical University (DTU)\, and ASEAN Center for Energy\, is actively developing the consortium and will be engaged in implementation of technical work as well as coordinating specific pillars. \nInternational agencies and multilateral and regional development banks\, including World Bank\, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)\, German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)\, International Energy Agency (IEA)\, Asian Development Bank (ADB)\, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and others are serving as key implementing partners to ensure the consortium complements and reinforces existing programs. \n For more information on the G-PST visit https://globalpst.org/.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/g-pst-esig-webinar-series-weak-grid-connection-of-ibr-why-are-we-still-talking-about-this/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T150000
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DTSTAMP:20260606T155633
CREATED:20210817T191424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185044Z
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Planning and Designing Denmark’s Future Energy Islands – a Large Scale 100% Inverter-based Offshore Power System
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \nPlanning and Designing Denmark’s Future Energy Islands – a Large Scale 100% Inverter-based Offshore Power System\nWednesday\, October 13 – 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (eastern US) \nFeatured Speaker: Christian Frank Flytkjær\, Senior Manager\, Grid Analysis\, Energinet \nWebinar Abstract: To harvest wind energy efficiently\, Denmark is constructing two energy islands. The energy islands will serve as offshore hubs\, collecting and transmitting wind energy to Denmark and other European countries by several interconnectors installed on the hub. At a later stage\, PtX-plants will be installed reducing transmission capacity needs. The ambition is to construct one 3 GW island in the North Sea expandable to 10 GW and one in the Baltic Sea as well. Both can be considered 100% inverter-based power systems designed from a blank sheet of paper. This presentation will cover the power system design considerations and technologies enabling the hubs. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nAbout the Speaker: Christian is currently Senior Manager of Energinet’s Grid Analysis department\, which is responsible for Energinet’s stability and power quality assessments. Before his current role\, Christian was Chief Engineer\, also with Energinet. Christen obtained his bachelor\, master and PhD degrees at Aalborg University in Denmark. \n \n  \n  \n  \n\nAbout G-PST Consortium \nThe chief executive officers of National Grid Electricity System Operator UK\, California Independent System Operator (CAISO)\, Australia Energy Market Operator (AEMO)\, Ireland’s System Operator (EirGrid)\, and Denmark’s System Operator (Energinet) are champions in developing the consortium mission and activities. Importantly\, these system operators are leading a Research Agenda Group to identify common\, cutting-edge research questions that can inform large- scale national research and development investments. Relevant results and lessons from this process will be broadly shared for learning across all countries. The Consortium is also partnering with around 10 emerging economy and developing country system operators from Africa\, Asia\, Latin America and Eastern Europe who will also guide the G-PST vision and collaborate with the Consortium to advance power system transformation with a focus on technical collaboration\, peer learning and exchange\, and workforce development to support local PST priorities. \nA core team\, including the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG)\, Imperial College London\, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)\, Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence for Integrated Energy Systems\, National Renewable Energy Laboratory\, Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)\, IEEE\, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)\, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)\, the Danish Technical University (DTU)\, and ASEAN Center for Energy\, is actively developing the consortium and will be engaged in implementation of technical work as well as coordinating specific pillars. \nInternational agencies and multilateral and regional development banks\, including World Bank\, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)\, German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)\, International Energy Agency (IEA)\, Asian Development Bank (ADB)\, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and others are serving as key implementing partners to ensure the consortium complements and reinforces existing programs. \n For more information on the G-PST visit https://globalpst.org/.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/g-pst-esig-webinar-series-preparing-a-system-operators-study-environment-for-a-100-percent-inverter-based-power-system/
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