8th International Conference on

Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources

IRED 2018 Conference Documents

Conference Programme

Opening Session – Welcome and Introductions

Welcome Speech	Helfried Brunner	AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Welcome Speech	Michael Hübner	BMVIT Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
Keynote: DOE Grid Modernization Initiative	Kevin Lynn	US Department of Energy

Session 1: Policies & Programs

Opening	Masayuki Dewaki	New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan
Status and challenges on the power system in Japan	Kazuhiko Muto	Smart Community Department, NEDO, Japan
Overview of Policy support of Canada’s Renewable Energy Initiatives	Josef Ayoub	Natural Resources Canada
Renewable Research Strategy and Programmes in Austria	Elvira Lutter	Klima- und Energiefonds, Austria
EU leadership in the integration of renewables	Piotr Tulej	European Commission, DG Research and Innovation

Session 2 part 1: Reporting on Results of Large Projects Portfolios

Opening	Benjamin Kroposki	National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), US
Opening	Patrick Van Hove	European Commission, DG Research and Innovation
US DOE Grid Modernization Initiative and Laboratory Consortium	Kevin Lynn	US Department of Energy
European CROSSBOW Project	Manuel Serrano Matoses	ETRA, Spain
Field Test Project for RES Penetration in Niijima Island Grid	Jun Johkaji	Tokyo Electric Power Company, Japan
Recent Developments in Smart Grid Investments in Canada	Josef Ayoub	Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Smart Grid Demonstration Project on Shanghai Chongming Island	Peichao Zhang	Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Session 2 part 2: Reporting on Results of Large Project Portfolios

Recap / Welcome	Benjamin Kroposki	National Renewable Energy laboratory (NREL), US
Recap / Welcome	Patrick Van Hove	European Commission, DG Research and Innovation
Monitoring 9000 MW photovoltaics worldwide	Javier Sanjuan	DNL-GL, Norway
Prospering from the Energy Revolution: Building scalable business models for the UK	Harsh Pershad	Innovate UK, UK
Evaluating impact of high solar PV penetration considering both the transmission and distribution grid for an Islanded grid (Singapore Grid)	Yap Choon Soh	Power System Operation Division Energy Market Authority, Singapore
Vienna’s test bed for the future of energy provision in urban areas	Alfred Einfalt	Siemens Corporate Technology, Austria

Session 3: Markets and Regulatory Frameworks

Opening	Mark Rawson	Sacramento Municipal Utility District, US
Opening	Luciano Martini	RSE SpA, Italy
The ETIP SNET Vision 2050 and related market implications	Norela Costantinescu	Swedish Energy Markets Inspectorate
Decarbonisation at least cost - how the consumers can contribute in the new energy landscape	Anne Vadasz Nilsson	Swedish Energy Markets Inspectorate
DER integration as driver for market, operational and infrastructure measures	Christine Materazzi-Wagner	E-Control, Austria

Session 4 part 1: Transmission and Distribution Interaction, System Integration, Modelling & Simulation

Opening	Jim Reilly	Reilly Associates, US
Opening	Nikos Hatziargyriou	National Technical University of Athens and HEDNO, Greece
ENTSOE (European TSOs) and EDSO (European DSOs) Views on TSO/DSO Collaboration	Norela Costantinescu Maximilian Urban	ENTSO-e EDSO
EPRI TSO DSO project	Alison O'Connell	Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), US
Reliability Issues related to transmission and distribution interaction	John N. Moura	North American Electric Reliability Corporation, US
Transmission Distribution co-simulation modelling	Ning Kang	Argonne National Laboratory, US

Session 4 part 2: Transmission and Distribution Interaction, System Integration, Modelling & Simulation

Data exchange and ICT-requirements for TSO-DSO interaction: an international best practice analysis	Mark Stefan	AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
OpSim: test- and simulation- environment for grid control and aggregation strategies	Martin Braun	Fraunhofer IEE, Germany
The approach to high renewable penetration grid and next challenges in Japan	Takeshi Maeno	New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan;
SmartNetProject - TSO and DSO coordination for the provision of ancillary services	Gianluigi Migliavacca	EU SmartNet project, RSE, Italy

Session 5: Standards and Evolution of Grid Codes for the Integration of Higher Penetrations of renewable and Distributed Resources

Opening	Tom Key	Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), US
Opening	Roland Bründlinger	AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
The Grid Interconnection Standard IEEE 1547 2018	David Narang	National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA
Standard for specification of microgrid controllers (IEEE 2030.7) and P2030.11 DERMS	Geza Joos	MCGill University Montreal, Canada
European Network Code Requirements for Generators – update on national implementation in Europe	Thomas Schaupp	European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC)
Update on Developments in Australia	John Ward	CSIRO, Australia
Challenges of high penetration of renewable DERs into existing grids	Kenji Otani	Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, Japan

Session 6: Panel Discussion: Running the Grid Mostly on Renewable Energy

Moderation	Abraham Ellis	Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), US
Managing RE with flexible thermal energy	Alexandre Prieur	Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Working with high RE penetration in So. Japan	Hirohisa Aki	Tsukuba University, Japan
Managing RE at the bulk system level	Thibault Prevost	RTE, France
Glimpses of 100% RE in Hawaii	Debbie Lew	GE Power, US
Transmission and Large-scale RE	Jingran Wang	State Grid Corporation, China

Session 7: Closing Session

Opening	Helfried Brunner	AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Summary Session 1	Masayuki Dewaki	New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan
Summary Session 2	Benjamin Kroposki	National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), US
	Patrick Van Hove	European Commission, DG Research and Innovation
Summary Session 3	Mark Rawson	California Energy Commission, US
	Luciano Martini	RSE SpA, Italy
Summary Session 4	Jim Reilly	Reilly Associates, US
	Nikos Hatziargyriou	National Technical University of Athens and HEDNO, Greece
Summary Session 5	Tom Key	Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), US
	Roland Bründlinger	AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Summary Session 6	Abraham Ellis	Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), US
Announcement of IRED 2020 Australia	John Ward	CSIRO, Australia
Closing remarks	Michael Hübner	BMVIT Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology