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TECHNICAL BRIEFS

10 Things You Should Know About Grid-Forming Inverters – Nick Miller, HickoryLedge LLC

Grid-Forming Inverters: Are They the Key for High Renewable Penetration? – Julia Matevosyan, ERCOT

A Path Toward the Development and Commercialization of Grid-Forming Inverters – ESIG, Gridlab

TUTORIALS

Grid Forming Inverters: EPRI Tutorial (November, 2021)

2019 Spring Tutorial: Impact of DER on Bulk System

WEBINARS

Operational Considerations for a 100% Instantaneous Converter Fed Power System – Nick Miller, HickoryLedge LLC

BLOG POSTS

On the Road to Grid-Forming Inverters: When and How Many Will We Need?  – Deepak Ramasubramanin, EPRI

Inertia Trends in ERCOT  – Julia Matevosyan, ERCOT

80/20 Rule: Everything you really need to know, you learned in Engineering 101 – Nick Miller, GE

What is the Rush for Grid Codes to Address Grid-Forming Inverters? – Helge Urdal, Urdal Power Solutions

Assessing a Grid with High Penetration of IBRs – Fred Huang, ERCOT

Electromagnetic transient simulation models for large-scale system impact studies in power systems having a high penetration of inverter-based resources – Babak Badrzadeh, AEMO

ESIG WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

2020 Spring Technical Workshop

Session 2: Synchronous Condenser and Control System Considerations for Weak Grid Applications
Chair: Bob Zavadil, Chief Operating Officer, EnerNex

Weak Grids to Condensers to Grid-Forming Inverters: The Right Progression? – Nick Miller, Principal, HickoryLedge LLC

Modeling and Simulation for Synchronous Condenser Applications – A Case Study – Dennis Woodford, President, Electranix

ERCOT Experience with Synchronous Condenser Application – Fred Huang, Manager of Regional Planning, Transmission Planning, ERCOT

Application Engineering Considerations for Synchronous Condensers – Shruti Rao, Senior Engineer, GE Power

Dynamic Stability Considerations for High VG Penetrations – Vahan Gevorgian, Chief Engineer, NREL

Session 10: Challenges with High Inverter-Based Resource Penetration
Chair: Julia Matevosyan, Lead Planning Engineer, ERCOT

A Grid Forming Converter Future Without Frequency Droop Control – Deepak Ramasubramanian, Engineer Scientist III, EPRI

Grid Forming Inverters, A Way Forward – Ralph Pfeiffer, Head of Network Codes and Connection Rules, Amprion GmbH, Germany, on behalf of ENTSO-E a.i.s.b.l., Belgium

Industry Focus on BPS-Connected Inverter-Based Resource Modeling – Ryan Quint, Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics and Modeling, NERC

Reliability and Security Assessment: Performance, Models, and Tools in ERCOT – Fred Huang, Manager of Regional Planning, Transmission Planning, ERCOT

Reliability and Security Assessment: Performance, Models, and Tools in AEMO – Babak Badrzadeh, Manager, Operational Analysis and Engineering, AEMO, Australia

Control System Stability for Converter Dominated Grids – Shahil Shah, Research Engineer, NREL

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