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ESIG Releases “Toward 100% Renewable Energy Pathways: Key Research Needs” Report
Read More: ESIG Releases “Toward 100% Renewable Energy Pathways: Key Research Needs” ReportOn May 14-15, 2019, the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) held a workshop bringing together 56 experts from around the globe to identify the technological and economic integration challenges of transforming the electricity system toward 100% renewable. This report summarizes the outcome of the meeting. The workshop summarized here is seen as the first step…
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Managing Australia’s Changing Energy Mix
Read More: Managing Australia’s Changing Energy MixThe National Electricity Market, or NEM, is the electricity interconnection on the east coast of Australia. Ongoing growth of Variable Energy Resources (VERs) such as wind and PV has required a range of adaptations in both system operation and modelling, and is increasingly challenging the wholesale market design. NEM demand ranges from 15-35 GW, and…
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Bulk Power System Impacts of Aggregate DER
Read More: Bulk Power System Impacts of Aggregate DERThe grid is changing, and we are starting to feel excited and frightened at the same time. If you aren’t, you should be. Because this stuff is frighteningly exciting. Many of us, including our friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues, may have rooftop solar panels, battery storage in our garages, electric vehicles in our driveways, or…
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2019 Ross Newlin Achievement Award Recipient Announced
Read More: 2019 Ross Newlin Achievement Award Recipient AnnouncedOctober 3, 2019 – Paul Smith, wind plant manager at Puget Sound Energy has been awarded the 2019 Ross Newlin Achievement Award, given by the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) for his ongoing contributions in leading advancement efforts of the technical and operations sectors of the renewable energy industry. Named for wind industry pioneer Ross…
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Extracting flexibility from combined heat and electricity systems in Northern Europe
Read More: Extracting flexibility from combined heat and electricity systems in Northern EuropeHeating: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? Burning carbon-based fuels is not a good idea if we want to avoid emissions of carbon dioxide. Despite this, Europe (as an example) is burning a lot of fossil fuel in order to provide heat. Approximately 25 % of final energy use in the EU-28 goes…
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CHP as a Flexibility Resource in a Coal-plant Intensive Power System: Northeast China’s Experience with Renewable Energy Integration
Read More: CHP as a Flexibility Resource in a Coal-plant Intensive Power System: Northeast China’s Experience with Renewable Energy IntegrationNortheast China Power Grid Northeast Interconnections or power grid covers the northeast part of China, which includes Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces and East Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with a total installed capacity of 147 GW and 120 million people served. The maximum generation of Northeast Grid is 70 GW; the all-time peak load is…