IEEE Power & Energy Magazine - Grid Edge 2023 - 20

hammered by bigger and more frequent ice and wind storms
Regulators and other stakeholders demand solutions. Learn
the costs and benefits of a overhead hardening and undergrounding
resiliency program. Discover the challenges of
planning, permitting and executing these initiatives and
determine if they might be right for a utility that serves you.
* 23GET0213, Wildfire and Risk Mitigation
R. ROY, Southern California Edison
* 23GET0214, Wildfire and Risk Mitigation
J. MARTIN, Pacific Gas & Electric
* 23GET0215, Wildfire and Risk Mitigation
M. LAMB, Xcel Energy
Grid-Forming Inverter-Supporting Grid Operations
from the Edge (Panel Session)
Session Chair: Ziang Zhang, Binghamton University
In a generator-dominated grid, inverter-based resources
(IBR) inject renewable energy into the grid as current
sources. There are no active energy resources at the grid
edge. However, with the rapid expansion of distributed
energy resources (DER) and the retirement of centralized
power plants, the future grid will have low inertia, more
variable generation, and more devices to manage. The GridForming
(GFM) technology enables the power electronics
inverters to carry out the duty of synchronous generators -
maintain the grid voltage, frequency, and synchronization.
This panel will present results from technical and industry
perspectives. The objectives are:
* Increase the awareness of Grid-Forming technology
* Share the challenges and opportunities of the GridForming
technology
* Discuss how inverters on the grid edge can support
future grid operations
* 23GET0216, Integrating IBR with protection and controls
systems using IEC 61850
A. APOSTOLOV, Omicron Energy
* 23GET0217, TBD
M. BEGOVIC, Texas A&M University
* 23GET0218, Modeling and Control for Future Grids with
Grid-forming Inverters: Challenges & Opportunities
S. DHOPLE, University of Minnesota
* 23GET0219, Grid-Forming Inverters at the Grid Edge:
Control Development, Modeling, and Analysis
P. HART, GE
* 23GET0220, Dynamic Shaping of Grid Response with Inverters
Y. LIN, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
* 23GET0221, Dynamic Performance Optimization for N-1
Secure Operation of Hawai'i Island's Power Systems with
100% Inverter-based Resources
N. XUE, Siemens
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* 23GET0222, Taking Grid Forming Technologies from
Lab to Market
R. NUQUI, Hitachi Energy
Control and Operation of Next-generation DERs in
Distribution Systems (Panel Session)
Session Chair: Lina He, University of Illinois Chicago
A large number of distributed energy resources (DERs)
have been integrated into power systems, especially on
distribution levels, to meet energy demand while reducing
environmental impacts such as global climate change.
Power electronic devices are widely applied to serve as
integration interfaces to match the characteristics of DERs
with power system requirements, e.g., voltage, frequency,
active and reactive power, and harmonics. The increasing
system complexity is bringing operators new challenges in
control, protection, and operation of distribution systems.
It is, therefore, significant to provide appropriate solutions
to guide the operation of distribution systems to welcome
more DERs. This panel will share cutting-edge industrial
and academic solutions to overcome the control and operation
challenges of distribution systems.
* 23GET0223, Performance of grid-forming control of
DERs in distribution systems
L. HE, University of Illinois Chicago
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23GET0224, Decentralized DER coordination
Microgrids
H. ZHENG, ComEd
* 23GET0225, Data science and innovation of distribution
systems
J. ZHAO, Eversource Energy
* 23GET0245, Microgrid Controller: An Empowering
Technology at the Grid Edge
S. SURYANARAYANAN, Eaton
Challenges in Achieving Net Zero Emission Targets with
Solar and Energy Storage Technologies (Panel Session)
Session Chair: Eva Wang, Total Energies
According to a recent report 1/5 of the world's 2000 largest
corporations have committed to achieving net zero emissions.
This number will increase in the next few years as
social pressure around sustainability grows and regulations
enforcing enhanced ESG reporting come into effect. To meet
net zero targets, corporations are seeking on-site solar and
storage solutions. However, achieving net zero targets with
solar and storage comes with a host of challenges including
utility tariff changes, interconnection hurdles, insufficient
grid infrastructure, policy uncertainty, etc. This panel will
discuss the critical challenges impacting widespread solar
and storage adoption and highlight the necessary solutions.
The panel will bring together perspectives from a corporate
customer, a developer, a utility representative, and a
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