Workshop: Addressing Solar Data Challenges for Utilities and Power Systems

June 1-2, 2022, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. MT   

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are hosting a workshop focused on addressing challenges around the collection and integration of data from multiple sources.

In order to consolidate data as a viable input for simulations and emulations of steady-state and transient power systems behavior, utilities and other end-users must integrate them as an accurately mapped, synchronized, curated data set.  

Researchers from DOE, the National Laboratories, industry, and academia will present on challenges of solar generation data integration for steady-state and transients analysis, power electronics, solar forecasting, cybersecurity, and more.

The two-day workshop will be held both online and in-person in Golden, Colorado. You can find the full agenda below. All times are Mountain Time.

Please note that there are specific DOE guidelines that must be followed for foreign national visitors to visit NREL. Please contact [email protected] to ensure that all appropriate documents are submitted by Friday, April 29.

Workshop Agenda

June 1, 2022

Time (MT)

Session

Presenters

8:30 a.m.

Registration and Log-In

 

9:00 a.m.

Welcome & Introduction

Ben Kroposki, NREL

9:10 a.m.

SETO Systems Integration and Data

Guohui Yuan, SETO

9:20 a.m.

Challenges around Data

Kemal Celik, SETO

9:30 a.m.

Keynote Speaker – ADMS Deployment and Data Improvement Challenges

Eric Gupta, Xcel Energy

10:00 a.m.

OEDI I   –  Architecture & NREL Apps

Rui Yang & Jay Huggins, NREL

10:40 a.m.

PNNL Applications on State Estimation and Distribution Optimal Power Flow for OEDI

Sarmad Hanif, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

11:00 a.m.

OEDI III – ORNL Apps

Byungkwon Park, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

11:20 a.m.

OEDI IV – ANL Apps

Karthik Balasubramaniam, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

11:40 a.m.

Lunch Break

 

12:40 p.m.

Distribution and Behind-The-Meter PV Data: Opportunities and Challenges

Matt Reno, Sandia National Laboratory (SNL)

1:00 p.m.

Power Electronics Simulation Data

Deepakraj Divan, Georgia Tech University

1:20 p.m.

PV Power and Financial Data for System Advisor Model

Janine Keith, NREL

1:40 p.m.

Data for Stability

Lingling Fan, University of South Florida

2:00 p.m.

Application of CIM and COMTRADE Standards for Inverter Modeling

Andy Reiman, PNNL

2:20 p.m.

Data Requirements for EMT Simulations and PV Plant Simulations: Challenges and Requirements

Suman Debnath, ORNL

2:40 p.m.

Coffee Break

 

2:50 p.m.

Breakout Session I: Steady-state Data
Breakout Session II: Transients Data

 

4:00 p.m.

NREL 3D Visualization Lab

In-person tour

4:30 p.m.

Adjourn

 

June 2, 2022

Time (MT)

Session

Presenters

8:30 a.m.

Registration and Log-In

 

8:45 a.m.

First Day Wrap-up and Second Day Introduction

Marissa Morales-Rodriguez & Yi Yang, SETO

9:10 a.m.

Keynote Speaker

Qiang Fu, Eaton

9:40 a.m.

Data for Solar & PV Generation Forecasting – I

Manajit Sengupta, NREL

10:00 a.m.

Data for Solar & PV Generation Forecasting – II

Bri-Mathias Hodge, NREL

10:20 a.m.

Data for Solar & PV Generation Forecasting – III

Benjamin Hobbs, Johns Hopkins University

10:40 a.m.

Leveraging Weather Information to Bridge End-Use Data Gaps

Soumya Kundu & Allison Campbell, PNNL

11:00 a.m.

DSSE Field Data Challenges and Digital Twin Setup

Rachid Darbali, SNL

11:20 a.m.

UNIFI – Grid-Forming Inverter Consortium, Streamlining Renewable Integration at All Scales

Benjamin Kroposki, NREL

11:40 a.m.

A Roadmap for Advanced Power System Measurements

Jim Follum, PNNL

12:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

 

1:00 p.m.

AMI Data, Machine Learning & Data Imputation

Michael Hutson, Camus

1:20 p.m.

Secure Monitoring and Control of Solar-rich Distribution System Through Dynamic Watermarking

Le Xie, Texas A&M University

1:40 p.m.

Data Requirements for Grid-forming Inverter Analysis

Maozhong Gong, GE Research

2:00 p.m.

Data-driven Block Diagram (Hammerstein-Wiener) Inverter Models

Zhihua Qu, University of Central Florida

Yuan Liu, PNNL

2:20 p.m.

Coffee Break

 

2:40 p.m.

Data for Hybrid Algorithms

Jin Tan, NREL

3:00 p.m.

WECC Anchor Data Set -Solar and BTM Data Processing & Validation

Jamie Austin, PacifiCorp

3:20 p.m.

Utility Scale and Distributed Solar Data Needs for Power System Planning Models
(Production Cost, Steady-State and Dynamic Models)

Nader Samaan, PNNL

3:40 p.m.

Workshop Wrap-up

 

4:00 p.m.

Adjourn

 

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