Special sessions
Nordic Early Warning Early Prevention System
Time: TBD
This panel will present final results of the Norwegian-Swedish research project NEWEPS – Nordic Early Warning Early Prevention System. The research conducted in the NEWEPS project are intended to provide the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) with increased insights into functional and non-functional requirements on Wide-Area-Monitoring-Protection-and-Control (WAMS / WAMPAC) systems. The main focus of the work has been on increased situational awareness for operators, development of novel Energy Monitoring System (EMS) solutions and evaluation of visualization techniques. Towards the end of the NEWEPS project, a road map will be created with the intention to support the development and future implementation of WAMS and WAMPAC systems at the Swedish and Norwegian TSOs.
The main messages of this panel relate to the lessons learned, main conclusions and results, and the proposed way towards implementation. At the panel, the following issues to be addressed:
- Background and needs of a Wide-Area monitoring control and protection system
- Research and development of Voltage stability indicators
- Research and development of identification and classification of Natural and Forced oscillations
- Research and development of Wide-Area-Control concepts
- Research and demonstration of Advanced vizualisation concepts
- Research and demonstration of a Platform for monitoring applications and operator interaction
Moderated by: Robert Eriksson, Professor & Power system specialist, Uppsala University & Svenska kraftnät, Sweden
Panelists:
- Kjell Petter Myhren, Senior Advisor R&D in System and Market Operation, Statnett, Norway
email: kjell.myhren@statnett.no - Henrik Ekestam, Power system specialist, Svenska kraftnät, Sweden
email: Henrik.Ekestam@svk.se - Valéria Monteiro de Souza, PhD candidate, NTNU, Norway
email: valeria.m.de.souza@ntnu.no - David Bergman, PhD candidate, KTH, Sweden
email: dabergm@kth.se - Salvatore D’Arco, Chief Scientist, SINTEF, Norway
email: salvatore.darco@sintef.no - Erik Weihs, Research engineer, RISE, Sweden
email: erik.weihs@ri.se
TRANSIT project – TRANSITion to sustainable future through training and education
Time: TBD
This Special Technical Session examines the crucial role of education and skill development in navigating the pathway to a global energy transition. It will include some results of project TRANSIT funded by the European Union, under the program Horizon Europe, and UKRI. TRANSIT (which stands for TRANSITion to sustainable future through training and education) aims to provide sustainable training and re-skilling programmes for current and future generations on a multidisciplinary approach in renewable energy.
The results shown in the session will focus on innovative educational strategies that empower professionals and students to understand, embrace, and lead the energy transition. It includes an exploration of curricula, training programs, and collaborative initiatives aimed at upskilling and reskilling a workforce capable of steering the world towards a more sustainable and resilient energy future.
Moderated by: TBD
Panelists:
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Digitalization in Power Systems – a Key Enabler of the Energy Transition
Time: TBD
Along with Decarbonization and Decentralization, Digitalization is one of the pillars of successful energy transition. It is enabled by an ever-growing proliferation of monitoring devices and supported by data aggregators and powerful data processors to enhance observability of the energy system, help us understand its response to new operating conditions driven by domination of renewable sources, and extend the lifetime of its assets.
This special session will shed light on the main opportunities and challenges associated with digitalization in the power system, spanning from power system stability assessment and control, and the role of machine learning in facilitating these, to the detection of cyber attacks in cyber-physical smart grids. An important part of the session will be dedicated to education for the digitalization of power systems, identifying the skill gaps and sharing some good practices in postgraduate courses on digitalization of energy.
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Name: Dr Marina Oluić Title: Power System Specialist Affiliation: Svenska kraftnät (Swedish National Grid) Country: Sweden E-mail: marina.oluic@svk.se |
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Name: Dr Ambra Sannino Title: Vice President, Research and Development Affiliation: Vattenfall Country: Sweden E-mail: ambra.sannino@vattenfall.com |
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Name: Dr Charalambos (Harrys) Konstantinou Title: Assistant Professor Affiliation: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Country: Saudi Arabia E-mail: charalambos.konstantinou@kaust.edu.sa |
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Name: Dr Panagiotis Papadopoulos Title: Reader (Associate Professor) Affiliation: The University of Manchester Country: United Kingdom E-mail: panagiotis.papadopoulos@manchester.ac.uk |
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Name: Dr Aleksandra Lekić Title: Assistant Professor Affiliation: TU Delft Country: Netherlands E-mail: A.Lekic@tudelft.nl |
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Name: Dr Panos Kotsampopoulos Title: Principal Researche Affiliation: National Technical University of Athens Country: Greece E-mail: kotsa@power.ece.ntua.gr |
Effective dissemination of research results: Discussion with the Editor-in-Chiefs
Time: TBD
The objective of the Pane/Round table is to present the main Power Engineering journals and discuss the challenges and opportunities of publication of original, theoretical and applied research results with prospective authors. In addition to brief introduction about individual journals, the focus of the round table will be on practices and approaches to presentation of research results and the advantages of effective communication of those to wider audience.
Moderated by: TBD
Panelists:
- Prof Jovica V Milanovic, FIEEE, IEEE PES Vice President, Publications & immediate past Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, The University of Manchester, UK
- Prof Claudio Cañizares, FIEEE, Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grids, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Prof Gianfranco Chicco, FIEEE, Editor in Chief of ELSEVIER’S International Journal of Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
- Emeritus Prof Nikolaos Hatziargyriou, FIEEE, Editor in Chief at Large, IEEE PES, & former Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- Prof Bikash Pal, FIEEE, immediate past IEEE PES Vice President, Publications, & former Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Imperial College London, UK
- Prof Vladimir Terzija, FIEEE, Editor in Chief of ELSEVIER’S International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, University of Newcastle, UK
IEEE PES Women in Power “Challenges in advanced power system planning and operation”
Time: TBD
Anyone interested in participating in this special session, please contact: mirna.grzanic@fer.hr via email.
Moderated by: TBD
Panelists: TBD
How Digitalization Supports Flexibility Levers in the Decarbonization of Power Systems
Time: TBD
Policies are being gradually implemented to address climate change by pushing for the replacement of fossil-fueled generation with distributed renewable energy resources to achieve power systems decarbonization. The massive incorporation of DER presents resilience challenges due to their variability. Flexibility levers, like energy storage systems, can help address some of these challenges, but there are still significant barriers to modeling, integrating, and deploying such solutions. This panel will discuss best practices, state-of-the-art approaches, and key challenges related to the planning and operations of the grid with flexibility levers provided with any kind of flexibility levers. Critical tools such as digital twins or artificial intelligence could be considered to solve issues raised in various applications, from large-scale networks to smaller and more recent grid-connected energy systems, like energy communities.
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Name: Dr Vincent Debusschere Title: Associate Professor Affiliation: Grenoble INP UGA Country: France E-mail: vincent.debusschere@grenoble-inp.fr |
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Name: Pr. Geert Deconinck Title: Professor Affiliation: KU Leuven Country: Belgium E-mail: geert.deconinck@kuleuven.be |
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Name: Dr. Pedro P. Vergara Title: Assistant Professor Affiliation: DTU Country: Denmark E-mail: P.P.VergaraBarrios@tudelft.nl |
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Name: Dr Nuran Cihangir Martin Title: Grid Strategist Affiliation: Stedin Country: Netherlands E-mail: Nuran.CihangirMartin@stedin.net |
| Name: Alejandro Yousef da Silva. Title: – Affiliation: Schneider Electric Country: France E-mail: – |
HVDC-WISE special session on tools, modelling, and control for the development of reliable and resilient widespread HVDC grids
Time: TBD
The development of reliable and resilient HVDC dominated power grids in the coming decades presents many challenges, necessitating a range of new analysis tools, models, and control approaches. The Horizon Europe and UKRI funded HVDC-WISE project seeks to address many of these challenges, through the development of an integrated reliability and resilience analysis framework for widespread hybrid AC/DC grids. In this session project participants will discuss methodologies and tool developments, modelling challenges, and control frameworks that have been developed within the project to date
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Name: Paul McNamara Title: Technical Leader Affiliation: EPRI Europe Country: Ireland E-mail: PMcNamara@epri.com |
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Name: Seyedsina Hashemi Short bio: Seyedsina (Sina) Hashemi is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cyprus. His research interests primarily involve assessing, mitigating, and restoring power systems to enhance system security and resiliency, particularly against cascading blackouts. He is currently working on cascading-driven resilience assessment and enhancement of AC/DC power grids. E-mail: hashemi.seyedsina@ucy.ac.cy |
Presentation 1: “Tools for Reliability and Resilience-Oriented Planning and Operation of hybrid AC/DC power systems”
Authors: Seyedsina Hashemi, Mathaios Panteli, Mateo Baù, Emanuele Ciapessoni, Diego Cirio, Andrea Pitto, Gianni Bakhos, Nicolas Barla, Abdelkrim Benchaib, Boussaad Ismail, Paul McNamara, Callum MacIver, Aurelio García, Saeed Rezaeian, Lukas Sigrist.
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Name: Chavdar Ivanov Short bio: Chavdar Ivanov – Managing Director of gridDigIt. He supports TenneT TSO GmbH on various topics. He has M.Sc and PhD degrees in power system engineering. Chavdar has more than 20 years of experience in activities of transmission system operators mainly in the areas of power system analysis, power system modelling, data/model management and R&D. He is a senior member of IEEE, member of Power System Dynamics Performance Committee. He is actively contributing to IEC committees on data exchange and wind modelling related standards. His main field of interest is related to power system modelling, stability studies and data exchanges. E-mail: chavdar.ivanov@griddigit.eu |
Presentation 2: “Standardized Model Exchange of HVDC Equipment for RMS and EMT Simulations”
Authors: Chavdar Ivanov, Georgii Tishenin, Damiano Lanzarotto, Florent Morel, Antonello Monti
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Name: Antoine Knockaert Short bio: Antoine Knockaert joined Tractebel in 2023 as a Power Systems Engineer. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, with an emphasis on Power Systems, at UCLouvain (Belgium). During his time with Tractebel, Antoine has been working on multiple project around the world including grid compliance studies of renewable and storage units, power system stability studies as well as research projects on HVDC technology. His main interests revolve around HVDC systems and tackling the challenges of mass integration of renewable sources in power systems. E-mail: antoine.knockaert@engie.com |
Presentation 3: “Supervisory control of Bipole-based Multi-Terminal HVDC grids using Model Predictive Control including asymmetric operation”
Authors: Antoine Knockaert, Lampros Papangelis, Pieter Tielens, Karim Karoui
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Name: Ying Pang Short bio: Ying Pang is currently working toward his PhD in SuperGrid Institute, focusing on grid-forming control in multi-terminal HVDC systems and its stability analysis. He obtained his M.Sc from Aalborg University, Denmark and since then has been engaged in different research and product development positions in both academia and industry, in the fields of power electronics and control E-mail: ying.pang@supergrid-institute.com |
Presentation 4: “Investigations on the Effects of DC Voltage Control on Inertia Provision in HVDC Converter Stations”
Authors: Ying Pang, Agustí Egea-Àlvare, Juan-Carlos Gonzalez, Filipe Perez, Abdelkrim Benchaib, Kosei Shinoda