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SUMMARY:System Planning Working Group Summer Session
DESCRIPTION:Download Session Presentations \n\nThe System Planning Working Group will hold an online session on Thursday\, August 6 at 4:00 p.m. (eastern US). Below you’ll find a brief description of the session along with a list of panelists. Following presentations from each of the panelists\, we’ll hold a brief Q&A session. \nReminder: ESIG Working Groups and these online sessions are only open to current members of ESIG \nImproving Solar Resource Assessment Accuracy\nSystem planners require long-term forecasts of resource and energy availability to ensure system adequacy. The modeling methods used to inform solar energy assessments have evolved considerably with technology advancements in solar panels\, inverters\, and batteries; and better understanding and characterization of loss factors related to system efficiency. At this System Planning Working Group Meeting\, we will discuss how these advances have created a need to consider sub-hourly irradiance in estimating long-term energy assessments. \nIndustry-standard solar resource assessment methods assume hourly-resolution modeling\, which typically underestimate inverter clipping and overestimate AC generation due to irradiance variability within an hour. While the bias magnitude depends on site location and layout configuration\, it will significantly impact the accuracy of solar only and solar + storage analyses compared to real-world operations.  Panelists will present strategies that can be used to diagnose and correct for the hourly modeling bias\, as well as discuss the advantages of higher temporal resolution simulations. \nESIG is experimenting with new ways to engage its members as we transition to more virtual meetings. Working Groups are normally highly interactive. We will be trying out several approaches to making the virtual meeting more interactive. This will include using the Slido platform for the Q&A portion of the session and utilizing breakout rooms at the end of the meeting for those who may want to have follow up conversations with any of the panelists. \nTo participate in the Q&A session on Slido during the event\, please use this link. \nWorking Group Chair & Session Chair: Aaron Bloom\, Director\, New Product R&D\, NextEra Analytics \nPanelists: \nCorrecting for Intra-Hourly Irradiance Variability Bias in Solar Energy Assessments\nKristen Bradford\, Principal Research Scientist\, NextEra Analytics \nJanine Freeman\, Senior Engineer\, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) \nOverestimating output in hourly models due to high DC:AC ratios and solar variability: an introduction\nWill Hobbs\, Research Engineer in R&D\, Southern Company \nEnergy Yield Corrections for Hourly Inputs in Climates with Solar Variability\nRounak Kharait\, Director\, Solar Energy Assessments\, DNV GL Energy USA\, Inc. \n  \nAaron Bloom\nKristen Bradford\nJanine Freeman\nWill Hobbs\nRounak Kharait\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/system-planning-working-group-summer-session/
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SUMMARY:DER Working Group Summer Session
DESCRIPTION:Download Session Presentations \n\nThe DER Working Group will hold an online session on Thursday\, August 13 at 2:00 p.m. (eastern US). Below you’ll find a brief description of the session along with a list of panelists. Following brief presentations from each of the panelists\, we’ll hold an in-depth Q&A session. Working group members will also have the opportunity for subsequent discussions with each speaker in breakout sessions after the hour. \nReminder: ESIG Working Groups and these online sessions are only open to current members of ESIG \nLeveraging DERs for Resource Adequacy – Successes and Barriers\nExponential growth in renewable and DER resources are forcing consideration of changes to the existing Resource Adequacy paradigms that are used in most of the United States to ensure adequate capacity. As we reach towards 100% clean energy goals\, with a growing share of load met with DERs\, the urgency of addressing this issue is increasing. This session will explore efforts to redefine Resource Adequacy\, the role of DERs in that conversation\, and some of the successes and challenges as seen by a DER aggregator (SunRun) and an ISO that recently adopted an RA framework that incorporates DERs (NYISO). Discussion will center around what is needed to see broader adoption of changes to RA / Capacity Market rules that will enable DERs to participate and contribute. \nESIG is experimenting with new ways to engage its members as we transition to more virtual meetings. Working Groups are normally highly interactive. We will be trying out several approaches to making the virtual meeting more interactive. This will include using the Slido platform for the Q&A portion of the session and utilizing breakout rooms at the end of the meeting for those who may want to have follow up conversations with any of the panelists. \nTo participate in the Q&A session on Slido during the event\, please use this link. \nWorking Group Chair & Session Chair: Obadiah Bartholomy\, Manager\, Distributed Energy Strategy\, SMUD \nModerator: Priya Sreedharan\, PhD\, Program Director\, GridLab \nPanelists: \nMichael Norbeck\, Director\, Grid Services Business Development\, Sunrun \nZachary Smith\, Manager\, Capacity Market Design\, NYISO \nAaron Bloom\, Director\, New Product R&D\, NextEra Analytics \n  \nObadiah Bartholomy\nPriya Sreedharan\nMichael Norbeck\nZachary Smith\nAaron Bloom\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/der-working-group-summer-session/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The Economics of Flexible Solar for Electricity Markets in Transition
DESCRIPTION:Download Webinar Recording & Presentation \nDownload Webinar Q&A \n\nFeatured Speakers:  \n\nSteven Dahlke\, Ph.D.\, Fellow\, Solar Energy Innovators Program\nMahesh Morjaria\, formerly VP of Systems Development at First Solar\n\nSteven Dahlke has worked for nearly a decade as a researcher and analyst in the areas of energy and the environment. He currently is a Fellow in the Solar Energy Innovators Program\, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. The program supports research and development to improve the flexibility and performance of solar technologies to contribute to a reliable and resilient U.S. electric grid. Steven has a Ph.D. in Mineral and Energy Economics from the Colorado School of Mines\, and lives in the Denver area. \nDr. Mahesh Morjaria is one of the founders of REPlantSolutions\, a First Solar spin-off\, whose mission is to bring advanced solar plant technologies and know-how developed at First Solar to the industry. Previously\, he was a VP at First Solar leading the R&D effort in utility-scale solar plants. Over the past decade\, he has established himself as an industry-recognized leader in the area of solar generation and in addressing challenges associated with integrating solar into the power grid. Dr. Morjaria previously worked at GE for twenty years where he held various leadership positions including a significant role in wind energy. His academic credits include B.Tech from IIT Bombay and M.S. & Ph.D. from Cornell University. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, 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. \nWebinar Abstract: This webinar will discuss the results and implications of new research investigating the economics of flexible solar operation in electricity markets. The previous study conducted by First Solar demonstrated that flexible solar reduces production costs and emissions for a small integrated utility under high solar penetration.  In this research\, an economic dispatch model for the Western U.S. was built to study market characteristics of flexible solar operation with rising renewable penetrations. Flexible solar in this context refers to the ability to quickly adjust PV plant output to any setpoint below its forecasted maximum output. This is compared to an inflexible scenario where solar is a must-run resource where curtailment only occurs for reliability purposes. The model estimates $172 million in annual system cost savings for California from flexible solar operation at a 30% annual solar energy penetration. This is approximately 1% of the total value of California electricity market transactions. Including neighboring states increases annual cost savings to $268 million. Benefits primarily come from flexible solar providing ramping support and overgeneration relief at lower cost. This research was conducted as a partnership between First Solar\, the US DOE Solar Energy Innovators Program\, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-the-economics-of-flexible-solar-for-electricity-markets-in-transition/
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