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| Contributor Date | Contributor Name | Research Project | Delivery Year | Research Organizations | Funding (million dollars or euro) | G-PST Research Agenda Program | G-PST Research Agenda Research Questions within the Program | Additional G-PST Research Agenda Research Questions across the entire research agenda | Important Results related to GPST research agenda | Contacts | Funding Organizations | Demonstration Sites/Companies | Potential for Collaboration | Links | Comments/Additional Information |
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| 29 Sep 2024 | CRESYM | OptGrid: AI based grid topology suggestion | CRESYM | Control Room of the Future | 31. How can grid topology be flexibly adapted at various operating conditions?’ | https://cresym.eu/project/ | |||||||||
| HH CPH | Topology optimisation | ELIA | Control Room of the Future | 31. How can grid topology be flexibly adapted at various operating conditions?’ | |||||||||||
| EPRI Transmission Operations Research Program (39) | 2021 | EPRI | Control Room of the Future | Real time situational awareness, voltage and reactive power management, market operations and technical design concepts | Paul Myrda | EPRI members | https://www.epri.com/research/programs/027560 | ||||||||
| 31 Jan 2023 | A Tuohy | Operational Probabilistic Tools for Solar Uncertainty | 2022 | EPRI | $ 2,80 | Control Room of the Future | 26. Are there sufficient flexibilities available in the near-term to compensate variations in load and generation (fast changes as well as long lasting extreme situations such as prolonged periods of no solar and wind)? | 27. How do control rooms address uncertainties in weather conditions that impact loads and renewable energy output and rate of change (ramps)? How can probabilistic forecasting techniques be better incorporated into real-time operations? | Tools and methods available to leverage probabilistic forecasts for dimensioning operating reserves | Aidan Tuohy | EPRI Members, DOE | www.epri.com/optsun | |||
| Roadmap for Control Room of the Future | 2021 | EPRI | Control Room of the Future | New Technologies and Approaches for Real Time Visibility, Analysis and Control | John Ward | CSIRO | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2024 | A. Tuohy | AI.EPRI | 2027 | EPRI | 5 | Control Room of the Future | 21. How can system operators get relevant real-time visibility and situational awareness of the state of the power system with increasing penetrations of IBR and DER? | 23. What are the appropriate methodologies to visualize and interpret relevant information for improved decision support for fast real-time control actions? | AI. EPRI aims to understand how AI can be integrated in a safe, well understood manner into utility systems. It will also investigate use cases, including for use of AI in control rooms | Adrian Kelly | EPRI Members | ||||
| Eirgrid Control Center of the Future Design and Roadmap | 2021 | EPRI and DNV GL | Control Room of the Future | Requirements, Technology assessment, design considerations, roadmap | Adrian Kelly | Eirgrid | Important results to be shared with G-PST | ||||||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | TRANSFER, AI based tools to analyse grid operation between TSO/DSO | 2023 | Fraunhofer IEE | Control Room of the Future | 32. What is a suitable data architecture for DER monitoring & modelling? Once DER resources have been aggregated spatially and temporally, how should this information be provided to the control room? Can DER categories be developed that allow groupings based on their ensemble response to system level events? What is the appropriate data architecture required to monitor/predict and control DER in real-time? | |||||||||
| 10 Jun 2022 | KTH | On line Transient Stability Assessment (TSA) based on PMU data | 2024 | KTH | 0,40 € | Control Room of the Future | 20. How can operators identify critical stability situations in real-time and optimize system security? | Rotor angle stability | Mehrdad Ghandhari | STEM/SvK | SO of Sweden SvK | ||||
| 10 Jun 2022 | KTH | NEWEPS: Identification and mitigation of forced oscillations | 2026 | KTH, NTNU, Sintef, RISE, TSOs in Sweden and Norway | 0,40 € | Control Room of the Future | 20. How can operators identify critical stability situations in real-time and optimize system security? | Natural elec-mech and forced oscillations | Mehrdad Ghandhari | STEM/SvK | SO of Sweden SvK | ||||
| HH | Smart4RES | 2023 | MINES, | Control Room of the Future | 27. How do control rooms address uncertainties in weather conditions that impact loads and renewable energy output and rate of change (ramps)? How can probabilistic forecasting techniques be better incorporated into real-time operations? | Advanced Numerical Weather predictions and forecast models for RES forecasting; Methods for data sharing; use cases for high RES share (congestion management,,..). | Horizon 2020 | ||||||||
| 26 Aug 2022 | MATTHEW John HOPKINS | Inertia Measurement | 2022 | Reactive Technologies | Control Room of the Future | 22. How can system strength, inertia and limits of stable frequency range be monitored in real-time in high IBR systems? | 20. How can operators identify critical stability situations in real-time and optimize system security? | Delivery of world's first inertia measurement capability | Chris Kimmett | Reactive Technologies, National Grid ESO | National Grid ESO | Integrating Inertia Measurement into wider Control Tools | https://www.current-news.co.uk/news/national-grid-eso-and-reactive-technologies-launch-flagship-inertia-system | ||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | EarlyWarn: Proactive detection of unwanted events in the power grid | 2021 | Sintef | Control Room of the Future | 20. How can operators identify critical stability situations in real-time and optimize system security? | |||||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | SPARC: Using PMUs for wide area monitoring protection and control systems for the transmission grid | 2023 | Sintef | Control Room of the Future | 21. How can system operators get relevant real-time visibility and situational awareness of the state of the power system with increasing penetrations of IBR and DER? | |||||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | Pilot to measure real time inertia on the Italian island of Sardinia | Terna | Control Room of the Future | 22. How can system strength, inertia and limits of stable frequency range be monitored in real-time in high IBR systems? | ||||||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | NexSys | 2025 | UCD | Control Room of the Future | 26. Are there sufficient flexibilities available in the near-term to compensate variations in load and generation (fast changes as well as long lasting extreme situations such as prolonged periods of no solar and wind)? | 49. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for a system that can withstand expected or unexpected lulls in the weather driving much of the resource mix, e.g., an extended wind drought? | future portfolios of technologies to support balancing services, frequency/voltage support roles for green hydrogen. frequency of Dunkelflaute situations and intra-hour wind ramping | Science Foundation Ireland | ||||||
| 24 Sep 2023 | ESO | Oscillation Location | 2025 | University of Durham, Nationalgrid ESO | 0,5 | Control Room of the Future | 20. How can operators identify critical stability situations in real-time and optimize system security? | ||||||||
| 18 Sep 2024 | Lukas Sigrist | FLEXENER - New 100% renewable, flexible and robust energy system for the integration of new generation, grid and demand-side technologies | 2023 | Comillas, Iberdrola Generación España, S.A., I-DE Redes Eléctricas Inteligentes, S.A., Wall Box Chargers S.L | Flexibility & Services | 58. How can system operators quantify the transmission level service opportunities from DER? What are the practical and technical limitations to the reliable provision of various DER services? | 5, 15, 37, 38, 52, 59 | ||||||||
| 18 Sep 2024 | Lukas Sigrist | POSYTYF - Powering system flexibility in the future through RES | 2023 | Consortium led by ECN, 10 partners incl. Comillas | Flexibility & Services | 55. What models and methods are necessary to quantify the ability of VRE to provide essential reliability services to the grid, and how do system operators quantify the value of these reliability services (for example, as an input to system-specific market/incentive design questions)? | 5, 3, 10, 15, 32, 24 | Provide TSOs, DSOs and generators with knowledge, models and tools for synthesis of VPP controls both for local (production) and grid (ancillary services) objectives | |||||||
| 18 Sep 2024 | Lukas Sigrist | HVDC-Wise - HVDC-based grid architectures for reliable and resilient WIdeSprEad hybrid AC/DC transmission systems | 2026 | Consortium led by SuperGrid Institute, 13 partners incl. Comillas | Flexibility & Services | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | 1, 7, 9, 12, 15, 37, 39, 41 | Proposal of a set of innovative HVDC-based grid architecture concepts Tools and methodologies to analyse the R&R levels of future AC/DC systems Validation of the proposed HVDC-based grid architecture concepts | EU H2020 | https://hvdc-wise.eu/ | |||||
| Roadmap for Architecture | 2021 | CSIRO | Flexibility & Services | Future architectures for coordinating technical requirements, regulatoruy, markets and T/D Interface | John Ward | CSIRO | |||||||||
| Roadmap for Services | 2021 | CSIRO | Flexibility & Services | Technical service requirements for supply-demand balance with reliability and minimum cost | John Ward | CSIRO | |||||||||
| 27 Sep 2024 | Anca Hansen | GREAT project (GRid Enhancement for ancillaries in Tomorrow’s power systems) | 2028 | DTU | Flexibility & Services | 53. How should the definitions of services for IBR dominated grids be structured? Can standard services and standard characteristics be defined that are reasonable for large and small IBR and across VRE, storage and demand response interfaces? | provision of grid services in power transmission systems | ||||||||
| 27 Sep 2024 | Anca Hansen | Hybrid energy storage system (HESS) demo inside hybrid power plant for freq control service provision | DTU | Flexibility & Services | |||||||||||
| 27 Sep 2024 | Anca Hansen | Operation and control of Hybrid Power Plants including Energy Management System – Soheil- RMS modelling of HPP | DTU | Flexibility & Services | |||||||||||
| 27 Sep 2024 | Anca Hansen | HAVEN - hybrid energy storage solution for multi-service provisioning to support the electrical grid and EV charging infrastructure | 2027 | DTU + 15 others | $6.60 | Flexibility & Services | EU Horizon Europe | ||||||||
| HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | InnoDC – Innovative Tools for Offshore Wind and Grids | DTU, | Flexibility & Services | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | EU H2020 | ||||||||||
| MMcG | EU SYSFLEX | 2021 | Eirgrid + TSOs, DSOs, aggregators, technology providers and researchers | 20,00 € | Flexibility & Services | Flexibility roadmap TSO/DSO, system needs, tools and processes, services and markets | Horizon 2020 | https://eu-sysflex.com/ | |||||||
| 29 Sep 2023 | A Tuohy | Collaborative Ancillary Service Accelerator for Renewables (CASAR) | 2026 | EPRI | 3,4 | Flexibility & Services | 53. How should the definitions of services for IBR dominated grids be structured? Can standard services and standard characteristics be defined that are reasonable for large and small IBR and across VRE, storage and demand response interfaces? | 55. What models and methods are necessary to quantify the ability of VRE to provide essential reliability services to the grid, and how do system operators quantify the value of these reliability services (for example, as an input to system-specific market/incentive design questions)? | Erik Ela | US DOE | Several across the US | ||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | ENGAGE enable transmission and distribution grid services provision by behind the meter DERs, while maintaining economic efficiency and reliability | 2023 | EPRI | $ 4,00 | Flexibility & Services | 59. How can transmission-level services provided by DER be valued? What DER transmission-level service valuation methodologies are best suited as a compromise between simplicity and full cost-reflectiveness? | DoE | ||||||||
| Transmission – Distribution Coordination for the Integration of Distributed Energy Resources | 2019 | EPRI | Flexibility & Services | Transmission and Distribution Operations and Planning Coordination: TSO/DSO and Tx/Dx Planning Interaction, Processes, and Data Exchange | Eamonn Lannoye | EPRI Members | https://www.epri.com/research/products/000000003002016712 | ||||||||
| 31 Jan 2023 | A Tuohy | EPRI Bulk System Renewables/DER Integratio Program | 2023 | EPRI (yearly) | $ 4,00 | Flexibility & Services | 53. How should the definitions of services for IBR dominated grids be structured? Can standard services and standard characteristics be defined that are reasonable for large and small IBR and across VRE, storage and demand response interfaces? | 17. What analytical methods and tools should be used to determine the appropriate mix and capabilities of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following inverters to mitigate low inertia conditions for a given power system? | Transmission, protection and resource planning models, tools and methods and operational tools and methods for high renewable systems | Aidan Tuohy | EPRI Members | Tools and methods available to work with utilities/TSOs | https://www.epri.com/research/programs/067417 | ||
| 11 Jun 2022 | ESIG | DER Integration into Wholesale Markets and Operations | 2022 | ESIG and members | Flexibility & Services | 58. How can system operators quantify the transmission level service opportunities from DER? What are the practical and technical limitations to the reliable provision of various DER services? | 59. How can transmission-level services provided by DER be valued? What DER transmission-level service valuation methodologies are best suited as a compromise between simplicity and full cost-reflectiveness? | ESIG | https://www.esig.energy/der-integration-into-wholesale-markets-and-operations/ | ||||||
| 11 Jun 2022 | ESIG | Increasing Electric Power System Flexibility The Role of Industrial Electrification and Green Hydrogen Production | 2022 | ESIG and members | Flexibility & Services | 57. How can system performance requirements be translated into reliable new technology solutions? | ESIG | https://www.esig.energy/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ESIG-Industrial-Elec-Hydrogen-report-2022.pdf | |||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | New Services in High IBR Systems | 2024 | ESIG and members | $ 0,10 | Flexibility & Services | 53. How should the definitions of services for IBR dominated grids be structured? Can standard services and standard characteristics be defined that are reasonable for large and small IBR and across VRE, storage and demand response interfaces? | 1. What are the needs of a power system (to achieve security and good regulation) expressed in technology neutral form and how do these needs map to services that any resource, including IBR or synchronous machine, can provide? | ESIG | Paper presented at CIGRE Paris Session 2024, Paper ID: 10457; Title: Unlocking Capability in Transmission Connected Inverters for Improved Reliability of Transmission Power Networks | ||||||
| 01 Jan 2024 | ESIG | Stability Services | 2025 | ESIG and members | Flexibility & Services | 1. What are the needs of a power system (to achieve security and good regulation) expressed in technology neutral form and how do these needs map to services that any resource, including IBR or synchronous machine, can provide? | 53. How should the definitions of services for IBR dominated grids be structured? Can standard services and standard characteristics be defined that are reasonable for large and small IBR and across VRE, storage and demand response interfaces? | Deepak Ramasubramanian (EPRI), Matt Richwine (Telos) | DOE funded | Pape accepted to 2024 Wind and Solar Integration Workshop in Helsinki. Title: Framework to Identify and Evaluate Dynamic Performance Characteristics of Inverter-Based Resources in a Transmission Network | |||||
| 11 Jun 2022 | ESIG | Unlocking the Flexibility of Hybrid Resources | 2022 | ESIG and members | Flexibility & Services | 57. How can system performance requirements be translated into reliable new technology solutions? | ESIG | https://www.esig.energy/unlocking-the-flexibility-of-hybrid-resources/ | |||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | ENTSO-E InnoGrid event | Flexigrid: Interoperable solutions for implementing holistic FLEXIbility services in the distribution GRID | EU project coordinated by CIRCE (no TSOs involved, DS focus) | Flexibility & Services | 53. How should the definitions of services for IBR dominated grids be structured? Can standard services and standard characteristics be defined that are reasonable for large and small IBR and across VRE, storage and demand response interfaces? | EU H2020 | http://www.flexigrid-h2020.eu/ | ||||||||
| MMcG | InterrFace | 2023 | European Dynamics plus broad group of participants includign ENTSO-e | 20,90 € | Flexibility & Services | 53. How should the definitions of services for IBR dominated grids be structured? Can standard services and standard characteristics be defined that are reasonable for large and small IBR and across VRE, storage and demand response interfaces? | TSO-DSO Consumer Interface Architecture for grid services | Horizon 2020 | http://www.interrface.eu/ | ||||||
| 23 Sep 2024 | Xiongfei Wang | Energy Promoter for MTDC-Based Offshore Energy Hubs (PhD project) | 2028 | KTH | Flexibility & Services | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | 2. For each service defined in (1), how feasible is it to provide from IBR, what “cost” does it add and what limitations exist on its magnitude and duration of service? What implications do these have for system operations? | energy storage system (ESS) to furnish grid-forming (GFM) capability with HVDC converter stations in a multi-terminal dc transmission (MTDC) system. The optimal location of ESS in the MTDC system will be investigated for ensuring the system stability and GFM capability of HVDC converter stations. The impacts of external AC grid events and internal contingencies of MTDC network will be considered | |||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | NG ESO Pathfinder; GC0137; Stability market design project | National Grid ESO | Flexibility & Services | ||||||||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | Mayank Panwar | Emulating Hydropower in a Controlled Real-world Environment at ARIES for Rapid Prototyping of Next-generation Hydro-controls | 2023 | NREL | 1,20 € | Flexibility & Services | 57. How can system performance requirements be translated into reliable new technology solutions? | 52. How do system operators black start a system with very few (or no) synchronous machines? | Data-driven emulation of hydropower using machine learning | Mayank Panwar; Rob Hovsapian | Department of Energy | NREL | Hydropower Hybridization; Pumped Storage Hydro; Energy Storage Integration; Machine Learning; Digital Real Time Controls; Predictive Maintenence; Full Converter Interfaced Hydropower; Multi-level Converters/MMC; | ||
| Storage Futures Study | 2022 | NREL | Flexibility & Services | 51. What models and methods are necessary to quantify the need and requirements for long duration energy storage? | DOE Energy Storage Grand Challenge | https://www.nrel.gov/analysis/storage-futures.html | |||||||||
| 19 Sep 2024 | Vahan Gevorgian | Super Flexible AC Transmission System for Stability and Resilience Services | 2024 | NREL | Flexibility & Services | ||||||||||
| 19 Sep 2024 | Vahan Gevorgian | Role of hydro power in enhancing grid strength in high IBR grids | 2027 | NREL | Flexibility & Services | ||||||||||
| 20 Sep 2024 | Greg Brinkman | Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study | 2024 | NREL and PNNL | $ 2,00 | Flexibility & Services | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | Benefit to cost ratios for offshore networks in the Atlantic are between 2.3 and 2.7 for the different topologies studied. | Lanaia Carveth and Greg Brinkman | DOE WETO | https://www.nrel.gov/wind/atlantic-offshore-wind-transmission-study.html | ||||
| FlexPower Flexible Wind, PV and storage hybrid plants for stability and resiliency | 2024 | NREL, INL, SNL | $ 2,80 | Flexibility & Services | 58. How can system operators quantify the transmission level service opportunities from DER? What are the practical and technical limitations to the reliable provision of various DER services? | How to operate variable generation as a source of dispatchabliti, flexibility and reliability thrugh hybridization? | hybrid power systems (co-located wind/PV/batteries) that has some component of Blackstart | Vahan Gevorgian | DOE GMLC | https://gmlc.doe.gov/projects/6.1.1 | |||||
| An Integrated Paradigm for the management of delivery risk: From batteries to insurance and beyond | 2023 | NREL, Johns Hopkins University, EPRI, Packetized Energy, kWh Analytics | $ 3,80 | Flexibility & Services | |||||||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | HighCourse H2 production and AS with wind/H2 (testing capabilities of wind+H2) | ORE Catapult | Flexibility & Services | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | ||||||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | Wind Farm Control | ORE Catapult | Flexibility & Services | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | Tool to integrate wind farm flow control simulation tool with electrical capabilities. Demonstrating inertia response capabilities | PDRA project | ||||||||
| 29 Apr 2022 | Energinet | H2RES | 2023 | Ørsted, Everfuel Europe A/S, NEL Hydrogen A/S, Green Hydrogen Systems A/S, Energinet Elsystemansvar A/S, DSV Panalpina A/S, Brintbranchen | 27,00 € | Flexibility & Services | 55. What models and methods are necessary to quantify the ability of VRE to provide essential reliability services to the grid, and how do system operators quantify the value of these reliability services (for example, as an input to system-specific market/incentive design questions)? | Ancillery services from large scale Power Electronics interfaced consumption (PtX) | Michael Korsgaard, Ørsted | EUDP-Denmark | Copenhagen | https://www.offshorewind.biz/2022/02/02/orsted-to-put-its-first-green-hydrogen-project-into-operation-in-next-six-months/ | |||
| 20 Sep 2024 | Greg Brinkman | Western Offshore Wind Transmission Study | 2024 | PNNL and NREL | $ 3,5 | Flexibility & Services | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | ||||||||
| MMcG | Coordinet | 2022 | REE + 23 from acadamia, TSOs, DSOS, industry, aggregators, service providers, municipalities (somewhat of a distribution focus) | 15,10 € | Flexibility & Services | TSO-DSO-Consumer integration for innovative grid services | Horizon 2020 | https://coordinet-project.eu/projects/coordinet | |||||||
| MMcG | Smart Net | 2019 | RSE + 21 partners from research organizations, TSOs and DSOs | 12,70 € | Flexibility & Services | TSO/DSO Coordination for Ancellary services from distribution grids | Horizon 2020 | http://smartnet-project.eu/ | |||||||
| MMcG | OneNet | 2023 | RTE+ 72 partners including both E.DSO and ENTSO-e | 28,00 € | Flexibility & Services | Integration of all the actors in the energy network for overall energy system optimization - common market design and common IT architecture | Horizon 2020 | https://onenet-project.eu/ | |||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | HVDCpro: Providing virtual inertia from HVDC converter stations, grid forming converter control, power system impact | 2022 | Sintef | Flexibility & Services | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | 3. What are the limitations of each IBR technology option to provide frequency control services and how do the various frequency services overlap and compete? | ||||||||
| 09 Apr 2022 | Grazia Todeschini | Harmonic mitigation | 2022 | Swansea University | 0,50 € | Flexibility & Services | 58. How can system operators quantify the transmission level service opportunities from DER? What are the practical and technical limitations to the reliable provision of various DER services? | 2. For each service defined in (1), how feasible is it to provide from IBR, what “cost” does it add and what limitations exist on its magnitude and duration of service? What implications do these have for system operations? | effectiveness of using PV inverters as active filters to improve the quality of electricity in the power grid, while not installing any additional components. With proper monitoring of the inverter loading, it is possible for IBR to provide a variety of services and provide grid support. | Grazia Todeschini | Ofgem | Western Power Distribution | There is a potential to explore additional ancillary services and to build a demostrator. | https://www.westernpower.co.uk/projects/harmonic-mitigation | |
| 10 Oct 2022 | Andrew Larkins | Project Resilient Electric Vehicle Charging (REV) | 2022 | Sygensys | 0,40 € | Flexibility & Services | 58. How can system operators quantify the transmission level service opportunities from DER? What are the practical and technical limitations to the reliable provision of various DER services? | 50. What are appropriate aggregate DER models and methods for inclusion in transmission-level modeling? | Mass EV smart charging and other DSR will have a major impact on future grid stability resilience. | Andrew Larkins | National Grid ESO | None | Impact of mass demand side response on system stability and resilience | https://smarter.energynetworks.org/projects/nia2_ngeso006/ | |
| 29 Apr 2022 | Energinet | North Sea Wind Power Hub | 2023 | Tennet, Energinet, Gasunie | 27,00 € | Flexibility & Services | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | Offshore multi-terminal HVDC (hub&spoke) concept for the North-sea in Europe | info@Northseawindpowerhub.eu | EU Commission, Tennet, Energinet, Gasunie | Tennet;Energinet,Gasunie | https://northseawindpowerhub.eu/ | |||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | Digital twin with adaptive control for a futuristic (multi-energy hub) zero inertia Offshore Transmission System | 2023 | TUDelft | Flexibility & Services | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | Empower : System scheduling with high RES and flexible load categories, energy system coupling measures to improve power system operational flexibility. | 2027 | UCD | Flexibility & Services | 26. Are there sufficient flexibilities available in the near-term to compensate variations in load and generation (fast changes as well as long lasting extreme situations such as prolonged periods of no solar and wind)? | Demand shaping with data centres, opportunities for energy system coupling, interconection and storage, distribution network impacts of DG and DR | DECC | |||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | ENTSO-E | InterOpera | 2027 | Flexibility & Services | EU H2020 | https://interopera.eu/ | |||||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | ‘Application of Advanced Grid Scale Inverters’ Whitepaper | AEMO | Inverter Design | ||||||||||||
| Roadmap for Inverter Design Research | 2021 | CSIRO | Inverter Design | Capabilities, Services, Design Methodologies, Standards for Inverter-Based Resources (IBR) | John Ward | CSIRO | |||||||||
| HH | PROMOTION | 2019 | DNV GL, TSOs, HVDC Manufacturers, wind turbine suppliers and offshore developers | 42,80 € | Inverter Design | 3. What are the limitations of each IBR technology option to provide frequency control services and how do the various frequency services overlap and compete? | 26. Are there sufficient flexibilities available in the near-term to compensate variations in load and generation (fast changes as well as long lasting extreme situations such as prolonged periods of no solar and wind)? | Meshed offshore HVDC Technologies | Horizon 2020 | https://www.promotion-offshore.net/ | |||||
| 15 Jun 2022 | DTU | HYBRIDize- Optimized Design and Operation of Hybrid Power Plant | 2022 | DTU | Inverter Design | 5. What are the appropriate inverter capabilities and, consequently, control design methods for operation in grids with high percentage of IBR? Are standard configurations and combination of services helpful in simplifying operational decision making? | 3. What are the limitations of each IBR technology option to provide frequency control services and how do the various frequency services overlap and compete? | Innovationsfonden Denmark | National Institute of Wind Energy, India | Research and academic collaboration on Hybrid Power Plants support for future power systems | https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/projects/optimized-design-and-operation-of-hybrid-power-plant | ||||
| 15 Jun 2022 | DTU | HybridStorage extended, demo with supercapacitor | 2022 | DTU | Inverter Design | 3. What are the limitations of each IBR technology option to provide frequency control services and how do the various frequency services overlap and compete? | EUDP Denmark | DTU RePlant facility | Research and academic collaboration on Hybrid Power Plants support for future power systems | ||||||
| 15 Jun 2022 | DTU | WinGrid | DTU, UCD, Imperial | Inverter Design | 3. What are the limitations of each IBR technology option to provide frequency control services and how do the various frequency services overlap and compete? | PhDs on: co-ordination of system-wide fast frequency reserve from wind turbines (farms); WIND POWER PLANT SUPPORT FOR WEATHER DEPENDENT ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION NETW0RKS | Horizon 2020 MarieCurie for 17 PhDs | https://www.wingrid.org/ | |||||||
| Adaptive Control Architecture for Inverter Fault Ride Through Behavior - Application to Black Start | 2021 | EPRI | Inverter Design | adaptive control techniques have been developed for reliable operation of an inverter in a black start mode in the absence of rest of the grid. | EPRI Members | https://www.epri.com/research/products/000000003002019508 | |||||||||
| 29 Sep 2023 | A Tuohy | GFM Evaluation | 2024 | EPRI | Inverter Design | 1. What are the needs of a power system (to achieve security and good regulation) expressed in technology neutral form and how do these needs map to services that any resource, including IBR or synchronous machine, can provide? | Deepak Ramasubramanian | BPA; AEP, FPL, ERCOT, AEMO, NERC, Other EPRI members | |||||||
| Grid Forming Inverter Tutorial | 2022 | EPRI (annual) | Inverter Design | 1. What are the needs of a power system (to achieve security and good regulation) expressed in technology neutral form and how do these needs map to services that any resource, including IBR or synchronous machine, can provide? | Grid Forming Inverter Basics, Applications and Performance Requirements | Deepak Ramasubramanian | EPRI members | https://www.epri.com/research/products/000000003002018676 | |||||||
| 01 Apr 2024 | ESIG | Benefits of GFM IBRs | 2025 | ESIG and members | Inverter Design | 2. For each service defined in (1), how feasible is it to provide from IBR, what “cost” does it add and what limitations exist on its magnitude and duration of service? What implications do these have for system operations? | 4. What design standards or dispatch guidance should be introduced to avoid instability (e.g., caused by PLL or other elements) in weak grids? This is a more widely drawn version of the question on minimum ratios of grid-forming to grid-following inverters. | Ryan Quint (Elevate Energy Consulting) | GridLab and ESIG | ||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | ESIG | Grid Forming Inverter Testing | 2025 | ESIG and members | Inverter Design | 1. What are the needs of a power system (to achieve security and good regulation) expressed in technology neutral form and how do these needs map to services that any resource, including IBR or synchronous machine, can provide? | 11. At what point is it better to break from trying to replicate synchronous machine features and exploit the wider flexibility of inverters? | Shahil Shah (NREL) | NREL | ||||||
| 11 Jun 2022 | ESIG | Grid-Forming Technology in Energy Systems Integration Report | 2022 | ESIG and members | Inverter Design | 2. For each service defined in (1), how feasible is it to provide from IBR, what “cost” does it add and what limitations exist on its magnitude and duration of service? What implications do these have for system operations? | 5. What are the appropriate inverter capabilities and, consequently, control design methods for operation in grids with high percentage of IBR? Are standard configurations and combination of services helpful in simplifying operational decision making? | ESIG, DOE funded NREL time | https://www.esig.energy/grid-forming-technology-in-energy-systems-integration/ | ||||||
| 11 Jun 2022 | ESIG | New Grid Services for Systems with High Share of IBRs | 2023 | ESIG and members | Inverter Design | 1. What are the needs of a power system (to achieve security and good regulation) expressed in technology neutral form and how do these needs map to services that any resource, including IBR or synchronous machine, can provide? | 2. For each service defined in (1), how feasible is it to provide from IBR, what “cost” does it add and what limitations exist on its magnitude and duration of service? What implications do these have for system operations? | ESIG | |||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | Services project | 2027 | Imperial College | $ 5,00 | Inverter Design | 1. What are the needs of a power system (to achieve security and good regulation) expressed in technology neutral form and how do these needs map to services that any resource, including IBR or synchronous machine, can provide? | 10. What is the future of frequency control as the synchronous generation fraction reduces? Might tightened or loosened frequency limits lead to a more reliable, secure, lower cost IBR-based power system? | Mark O'Malley; Tim Green | Leverhulme Professor project 2022 - 2027 | ||||||
| 30 Sep 2024 | Mark O'Malley | EPICS - RD2.3 IBR Control Design for Voltage and Frequency Shaping | 2028 | Imperial College, JHU, Uni Melbourne, Strathclyde, CSIRO | 2 | Inverter Design | 4. What design standards or dispatch guidance should be introduced to avoid instability (e.g., caused by PLL or other elements) in weak grids? This is a more widely drawn version of the question on minimum ratios of grid-forming to grid-following inverters. | 7. What recommendations should be made for standard behaviours of IBR in certain frequency ranges for different power system conditions to aid system design? For example, should a contribution to damping be mandatory at certain frequencies? | Balarko Chaudhuri, Enrique Mallada | https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/epics-thrust-2/ | |||||
| 23 Sep 2024 | Xiongfei Wang | Energy Storage Systems for AC Interconnected Wind and Hydrogen Systems | 2028 | KTH | Inverter Design | 2. For each service defined in (1), how feasible is it to provide from IBR, what “cost” does it add and what limitations exist on its magnitude and duration of service? What implications do these have for system operations? | dynamic performance of GW-level AC interconnected wind-hydrogen system under different grid disturbances. The technical capabilities of GFM-ESS for enhancing dynamic performance will be developed and tested. | ||||||||
| WindVSG | 2022 | NREL | $ 2,00 | Inverter Design | Development of Type III and IV wind turbines as grid forming elements, and how the overall system is impacted if wind generation implements such controls grid-wide | DOE Wind Program | |||||||||
| 14 Jun 2022 | Ben Kroposki | UNIFI | 2026 | NREL (and many others from around the world) | 25,00 $ | Inverter Design | 5. What are the appropriate inverter capabilities and, consequently, control design methods for operation in grids with high percentage of IBR? Are standard configurations and combination of services helpful in simplifying operational decision making? | 1. What are the needs of a power system (to achieve security and good regulation) expressed in technology neutral form and how do these needs map to services that any resource, including IBR or synchronous machine, can provide? | Note: This is a large project that focuss on how to seamlessly integration GFM-IBR integration with power systems. | Ben Kroposki | DOE SETO | NREL - ESIF 1MW experiment (many vendors), 20MW demo site TBD | |||
| 19 Sep 2024 | Vahan Gevorgian | Grid forming wind | 2024 | NREL, GE | Inverter Design | 2. For each service defined in (1), how feasible is it to provide from IBR, what “cost” does it add and what limitations exist on its magnitude and duration of service? What implications do these have for system operations? | |||||||||
| Research Roadmap on Grid Forming Inverters | 2020 | NREL, LBNL, Univ of Washintgon, Univ of Wisconsin | Inverter Design | DOE SETO | https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy21osti/73476.pdf | ||||||||||
| 15 Jun 2022 | RTE | OSMOSE | 2022 | RTE, REE, TERNA, ELES, ELIA, REN and research orgs | 28,00 € | Inverter Design | 2. For each service defined in (1), how feasible is it to provide from IBR, what “cost” does it add and what limitations exist on its magnitude and duration of service? What implications do these have for system operations?; 7. What recommendations should be made for standard behaviours of IBR in certain frequency ranges for different power system conditions to aid system design? For example, should a contribution to damping be mandatory at certain frequencies? | 26. Are there sufficient flexibilities available in the near-term to compensate variations in load and generation (fast changes as well as long lasting extreme situations such as prolonged periods of no solar and wind)? | Grid forming demo (BESS); | https://www.osmose-h2020.eu/ | Horizpn 2020 | ||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | ReSident Resilient Synchromeasurement-based Grid Protection Platform | 2022 | TUDelft | Inverter Design | 9. How will protection systems need to change to accommodate high penetrations of IBR and what possible actions might an inverter take during a fault that would aid fault detection and location? | |||||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | Energy storage and demand-side flexibility within future electricity markets, Operation of power systems with 100% converter-based generation | 2022 | UCD | Inverter Design | 4. What design standards or dispatch guidance should be introduced to avoid instability (e.g., caused by PLL or other elements) in weak grids? This is a more widely drawn version of the question on minimum ratios of grid-forming to grid-following inverters. | 26. Are there sufficient flexibilities available in the near-term to compensate variations in load and generation (fast changes as well as long lasting extreme situations such as prolonged periods of no solar and wind)? | Grid-forming converters and synchronous condensers seen as solutions, the latter especially by the TSO | Science Foundation Ireland | ||||||
| 23 Aug 2022 | Stratis Batzelis | SOLDEV - Addressing the SOLar Integration Challenges in DEVeloping Countries | 2024 | University of Southampton | 1,00 € | Inverter Design | 5. What are the appropriate inverter capabilities and, consequently, control design methods for operation in grids with high percentage of IBR? Are standard configurations and combination of services helpful in simplifying operational decision making? | 17. What analytical methods and tools should be used to determine the appropriate mix and capabilities of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following inverters to mitigate low inertia conditions for a given power system? | Explored throughly grid-forming control for solar PV systems keeping power headroom (no batteries energy storage) | Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) | |||||
| AEMO Integrated System Plan | 2018 | AEMO | Planning | Integrated System Plan (ISP) is a cost-based engineering optimisation plan by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) that forecasts the overall transmission system requirements for the National Electricity Market (NEM) over the next 20 years. | AEMO | https://www.aemo.com.au/-/media/Files/Electricity/NEM/Planning_and_Forecasting/ISP/2018/Integrated-System-Plan-2018_final.pdf | |||||||||
| Roadmap for Planning | 2021 | CSIRO | Planning | New planning metrics, methods and tools | John Ward | CSIRO | |||||||||
| 15 Jun 2022 | DTU | PSfuture: Power system impacts of highly weather dependent future energy systems | 2022 | DTU | Planning | 45. How do system operators adequately account for extreme events in planning studies, particularly those that impact the resources used in a high renewable energy future (wind, solar, demand side flexibility)? | Matti Koivisto, DTU Wind and Energy Systems | La Cour Fellowship, DTU Wind Energy | Research collaboration on how to analyses weather dependent future energy systems, incuding imapct of climate change | https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/projects/power-system-impacts-of-highly-weather-dependent-future-energy-sy | |||||
| 01 Apr 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | ADOreD EU funded Industrial PhD network 'Accelerating the Deployment of Offshore wind using DC technology’ | DTU, ORE Catapult, … | Planning | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | ||||||||||
| 15 Jun 2022 | DTU | BaltHub: Interconnecting the Baltic Sea countries via offshore energy hubs | 2022 | DTU, Tallinn University of Technology, SINTEF, Kaunas University of Technology | Planning | 48. What changes can be incorporated into the transmission planning process to accommodate new drivers of uncertainty in electricity demand (e.g., large growth due to electrification or low growth due to increased use of DER)? | Matti Koivisto, DTU Wind and Energy Systems | Nordic Energy Research | Research collaboration on how to analyse offshore energy hubs as part of future energy systems, including plant-to-plant wakes | https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/projects/interconnecting-the-baltic-sea-countries-via-offshore-energy-hubs | |||||
| HH | plan4RES and OpenEntrance | 2023 | EdF, Sintef, Comillas,Imperial college,.. | Planning | 39. What additional methods and tools are necessary to incorporate resilience concepts and the ability to recover from adverse conditions considering uncertain future states into planning a power system with a high share of renewables? | Plan4RES methodologies and modeling tools to provide functionalities of planning and simulating system management with flexibilities available. OpenEntrance open source tools developed in plan4RES, use cases include DR, flexibility, sector coupling | Horizon 2020 | ||||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | ClimateREADi | 2025 | EPRI | $ 5,00 | Planning | 45. How do system operators adequately account for extreme events in planning studies, particularly those that impact the resources used in a high renewable energy future (wind, solar, demand side flexibility)? | |||||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | DER in RA | 2023 | EPRI | $ 1,00 | Planning | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources? | |||||||||
| 29 Sep 2023 | A Tuohy | IBR in system restoration | Ongoing | EPRI | 1 | Planning | 41. How should sufficient black-start capability and the performance and integrity of the protection system be modeled in long term reliability studies? | Vikas Singhvi | |||||||
| Integrated Grid Framework | 2015 | EPRI | Planning | Framework for evaluating requirements and planning of the Integrated Grid - Provides a roadmap for tools required | Daniel Brooks | EPRI Members | https://www.epri.com/research/products/000000003002004878 | ||||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | Integrated Strategic System Planning | 2023 | EPRI | $ 2,50 | Planning | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources? | www.epri.com/issp | ||||||||
| Integrating Energy Analytics and Grid Reliability Tools | 2020 | EPRI | $ 0,50 | Planning | 40. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for various levels of uncertainty and no-regrets investments in a paradigm of increasing electrification and growing IBR and DER penetrations? | Integrating Tools for Energy System Analysis | Aidan Tuohy | EPRI members | https://www.epri.com/research/products/000000003002017376 | ||||||
| Resource Adequacy for Decarbonised future | 2023 | EPRI | $ 4,00 | Planning | 38. What studies and metrics are required to identify long term scarcity of capacity to maintain reliability? | Metrics and tools for addressing grid resiliency and reliability in the presence of high pen | Aidan Tuohy | EPRI Supplemental Proejct Members | www.epri.com/resource-adequacy | ||||||
| 29 Sep 2023 | A Tuohy | Resource Adequacyand Flexibility - Annual Research Project | ongoing | EPRI | 1,5 | Planning | 38. What studies and metrics are required to identify long term scarcity of capacity to maintain reliability? | 39. What additional methods and tools are necessary to incorporate resilience concepts and the ability to recover from adverse conditions considering uncertain future states into planning a power system with a high share of renewables? | |||||||
| 30 Sep 2024 | A Tuohy | Load Forecasting Initiative | 2025 | EPRI | $1.50 | Planning | 47. What additional load and resource forecasting models are necessary to account for electrification of the transportation and building sectors? | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources? | Load Forecast Improvements | David Larson | EPRI Members | https://msites.epri.com/lfi | |||
| 30 Sep 2024 | A Tuohy | GETSET (Grid Enhancing Technologies Initiatives) | 2027 | EPRI | 10 | Planning | 57. How can system performance requirements be translated into reliable new technology solutions? | 48. What changes can be incorporated into the transmission planning process to accommodate new drivers of uncertainty in electricity demand (e.g., large growth due to electrification or low growth due to increased use of DER)? | Planning and Operating Guidelines for Incorporating GETS | Anna Lafoyiannis | EPRI Members | ||||
| EPRI Transmission Planning Research Program (40) | ongoing | EPRI (yearly) | $ 5,50 | Planning | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources? | 39. What additional methods and tools are necessary to incorporate resilience concepts and the ability to recover from adverse conditions considering uncertain future states into planning a power system with a high share of renewables? | Planning models, risk-based analyusis in planning, special planning studies, advanced power flow and contingency analysis methods | Anish Gaikwad | EPRI members | https://www.epri.com/research/programs/027570 | |||||
| 11 Jun 2022 | ESIG | Capacity Valuation Methods | 2023 | ESIG and members | Planning | 44. What studies and metrics are required to evaluate resource adequacy with hybrid plants (e.g. PV-plus-storage) and virtual power plants? | ESIG | ||||||||
| 11 Jun 2022 | ESIG | Design Study Requirements for a U.S. Macrogrid: A Path to Achieving the Nation’s Energy System Transformation Goals | 2022 | ESIG and members | Planning | 48. What changes can be incorporated into the transmission planning process to accommodate new drivers of uncertainty in electricity demand (e.g., large growth due to electrification or low growth due to increased use of DER)? | ESIG | https://www.esig.energy/design-study-requirements-for-a-u-s-macrogrid/ | |||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | ESIG | RA metrics | 2023 | ESIG and members | $ 0,10 | Planning | 40. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for various levels of uncertainty and no-regrets investments in a paradigm of increasing electrification and growing IBR and DER penetrations? | ||||||||
| 11 Jun 2022 | ESIG | Redefining Resource Adequacy for Modern Power Systems | 2021 | ESIG and members | Planning | 42. What features need to be added to long-term planning methods and studies to consider other reliability services in addition to traditional resource adequacy and deliverability? | ESIG | https://www.esig.energy/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ESIG-Redefining-Resource-Adequacy-2021.pdf | |||||||
| 11 Jun 2022 | ESIG | Weather Datasets | 2023 | ESIG and members | Planning | 49. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for a system that can withstand expected or unexpected lulls in the weather driving much of the resource mix, e.g., an extended wind drought? | ESIG | ||||||||
| HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | DLR for Transmission planning | Fraunhofer IEE | Planning | 48. What changes can be incorporated into the transmission planning process to accommodate new drivers of uncertainty in electricity demand (e.g., large growth due to electrification or low growth due to increased use of DER)? | |||||||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | DLR potentials within grid expansion planning (cluster analysis of weather regimes over Germany) | 2021 | Fraunhofer IEE | Planning | ||||||||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | LongCast. Seasonal climate and energy forecasts for security of supply issues | Fraunhofer IEE | Planning | 49. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for a system that can withstand expected or unexpected lulls in the weather driving much of the resource mix, e.g., an extended wind drought? | BMWK (German national) | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | REWARDS Robust development of the energy system to maintain energy security. stochastic energy system planning | 2027 | Fraunhofer IEE, NTNU | Planning | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources? | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | R2D2: resilience of future decarbonized systems, several weeks with only little wind | Imperial College | Planning | 49. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for a system that can withstand expected or unexpected lulls in the weather driving much of the resource mix, e.g., an extended wind drought? | Goran Strbac | |||||||||
| Goran Strbac | Market and Policy Design for Ambitious Wind Generation | 2023 | Imperial College London | 0,40 € | Planning | 55. What models and methods are necessary to quantify the ability of VRE to provide essential reliability services to the grid, and how do system operators quantify the value of these reliability services (for example, as an input to system-specific market/incentive design questions)? | Future market design for ancillary services | Richard Green | EPSRC (UK) | Services | |||||
| 30 Sep 2024 | Mark O'Malley | EPICS - RD4 Thrust 4 Modeling and endogenizing deep uncertainty for long-run resource and grid planning | 2028 | Imperial College, CSIRO, Melbourne Uni | $3.00 | Planning | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources? | Pierluigi Mancarella and Tim Green | https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/epics-thrust-4/ | ||||||
| 30 Sep 2024 | Mark O'Malley | EPICS - RD3 Thrust 3 Short run operations and long run investment markets | 2028 | JHU, Georgia Tech, Imperial College, CSIRO, Melbourne Uni | 3.00€ | Planning | 43. How can system security be balanced against lower costs for operation and investment? | Ben Hobbs | https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/epics-thrust-3/ | ||||||
| Johns Hopkins | Enabling DER Integration via Redesign of Information Flows | 2024 | Johns Hopkins University | Planning | 46. What mechanisms are necessary to accurately model and account for DER in planning exercises to ensure a reliable power system is being planned? What data is necessary to accurately model various levels/paradigms of DER control, including influence on under frequency load shedding schemes? | Enrique Mallada | NSF? | GPST support letter | |||||||
| 09 Apr 2022 | Grazia Todeschini | Impact of Renewable Energy Sources on Harmonic Levels in the Future UK Power Grid | 2022 | King's College London, The University of Texas at Austi | 0,30 € | Planning | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources? | 8. What impedance requirements should be placed on IBR to suppress negative-sequence and low order harmonic currents? | This project showed the importance to model correctly the inverter impedance for harmonic studies, the impact of the use of various harmonic summation rules, and the transfer of harmonics between transmission and distribution systems. | Grazia Todeschini | EPSRC | National Grid | Harmonic studies are currently carried out in the frequency domain. There is a concern that this approach may not be suitable in large power grids with numerous inverters. The study of harmonic interactions is an urgent topic. | https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/future-power-grid/ | |
| HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | PhD: Optimal aggregation of distributed renewable production | 2022 | LNEG, | Planning | 46. What mechanisms are necessary to accurately model and account for DER in planning exercises to ensure a reliable power system is being planned? What data is necessary to accurately model various levels/paradigms of DER control, including influence on under frequency load shedding schemes? | ||||||||||
| Goran Strbac | NetworkPlus – A green, connected and prosperous Britain | 2024 | London South Bank University, Imperial College London, University of Essex, University of Sussex | 1,30 € | Planning | 50. What are appropriate aggregate DER models and methods for inclusion in transmission-level modeling? | Goran Strbac | EPSRC (UK) | Control Room of the Future | Collaborations with Tsignhua University | |||||
| 23 Aug 2022 | David Greenwood | CLEARHEADS: CLimate-Energy modelling for Assessing Resilience –HEAt Decarbonisation and the Northwest European Supergrid | 2022 | Newcastle University, University of Reading, AFRI | 0,15 € | Planning | 49. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for a system that can withstand expected or unexpected lulls in the weather driving much of the resource mix, e.g., an extended wind drought? | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources? | EPSRC/Supergen Energy Networks Hub | ||||||
| CPH | Probabilistic models for RA | NGESO, Edinburgh Uni | Planning | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources? | Chris Dent | ||||||||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | Resilient, Quantify how variations in weather and climate affect the future largely-electrified energy systems towards 2050 | 2026 | NMBU, DTU | Planning | 48. What changes can be incorporated into the transmission planning process to accommodate new drivers of uncertainty in electricity demand (e.g., large growth due to electrification or low growth due to increased use of DER)? | Norway national | https://www.nmbu.no/en/research/projects/resilient-eng | |||||||
| 100% by 2035 Study | 2022 | NREL | Planning | 49. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for a system that can withstand expected or unexpected lulls in the weather driving much of the resource mix, e.g., an extended wind drought? | Paul Denholm | DOE SA | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 2024 | Brian Sergi | Advanced Transmission Modeling - Resource Adequacy | 2025 | NREL | $ 0,4 | Planning | 49. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for a system that can withstand expected or unexpected lulls in the weather driving much of the resource mix, e.g., an extended wind drought? | Brian Sergi | DOE - GDO | ||||||
| Energy Security Variables for Modeling | NREL | Planning | 39. What additional methods and tools are necessary to incorporate resilience concepts and the ability to recover from adverse conditions considering uncertain future states into planning a power system with a high share of renewables?; 42. What features need to be added to long-term planning methods and studies to consider other reliability services in addition to traditional resource adequacy and deliverability? | Eliza Hotchkiss | Proposed work | ||||||||||
| Extreme Weather Analysis | NREL | Planning | 45. How do system operators adequately account for extreme events in planning studies, particularly those that impact the resources used in a high renewable energy future (wind, solar, demand side flexibility)? | Josh Novacheck | |||||||||||
| Hierarchical Engine for Large-scale Infrastructure Co-Simulation (HELICS) | 2023 | NREL | $ 2,10 | Planning | Bringing together multiple existing modeling tools to simulate operations across traditional scale boundaries | DOE SETO/OE - GMLC | |||||||||
| Hybrid Capacity Credit | NREL | Planning | 44. What studies and metrics are required to evaluate resource adequacy with hybrid plants (e.g. PV-plus-storage) and virtual power plants? | Caitlin Murphy, Paul Denholm? | DOE SA | ||||||||||
| LA100 - Los Angeles 100% Renewable Energy Study | 2021 | NREL | $ 10,00 | Planning | plan to modernize its electricity system infrastructure—aiming for a 100% renewable energy supply by 2045, along with aggressive electrification targets for buildings and vehicles. | LADWP | https://www.nrel.gov/analysis/los-angeles-100-percent-renewable-study.html | ||||||||
| Maui 100/MIDAS Solar | 2022 | NREL | $ 3,50 | Planning | Examining operations of Maui with 100% inverter-based resources, building large scale fast, inertia constrained, dispatch planning and investigating options for realizing stable grid operation on the transient time-scale. | DOE Solar Program | |||||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | National Transmission Planning Study (NTPS) Resource Adequacy Task | NREL | Planning | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources? | |||||||||||
| North American Energy Resilience Model | NREL | Planning | 39. What additional methods and tools are necessary to incorporate resilience concepts and the ability to recover from adverse conditions considering uncertain future states into planning a power system with a high share of renewables? | 45. How do system operators adequately account for extreme events in planning studies, particularly those that impact the resources used in a high renewable energy future (wind, solar, demand side flexibility)? | Josh Novacheck | ||||||||||
| 21 Jun 2022 | Greg Brinkman | North American Renewable Integration Study | 2021 | NREL | $ 6,10 | Planning | pathways to modernize the North American power system through the efficient planning of transmission, generation, and demand | Greg Brinkman | DOE, NRCan, SENER | https://www.nrel.gov/analysis/naris.html | |||||
| 24 Sep 2024 | Brian Sergi | Uncertainty enhancement in ReEDS | 2026 | NREL | $ 0,4 | Planning | 40. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for various levels of uncertainty and no-regrets investments in a paradigm of increasing electrification and growing IBR and DER penetrations? | Brian Sergi | DOE - GDO | ||||||
| 30 Sep 2024 | Elaine Hale | Prototype Long-term Load Forecasting Tool for Global Power System Planning Applications | 2025 | NREL | $0.40 | Planning | 47. What additional load and resource forecasting models are necessary to account for electrification of the transportation and building sectors? | 40. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for various levels of uncertainty and no-regrets investments in a paradigm of increasing electrification and growing IBR and DER penetrations? | Prototype, user-facing tool for assembling county-level, hourly load forecasts that account for electrification impacts (including load shape changes) as well as other basic trends | Elaine Hale (NREL) | Equinor US Operations LLC | Equinor | Upon successful completion of this project, (a) the tool will be made open source, and (b) the team will be looking for Phase 2 collaborators to fund and otherwise participate in further tool development | ||
| 30 Sep 2024 | Elaine Hale | Managing Increased Electric Vehicle Shares on Decarbonized Bulk Power Systems | 2025 | NREL | 1.40€ | Planning | 47. What additional load and resource forecasting models are necessary to account for electrification of the transportation and building sectors? | 59. How can transmission-level services provided by DER be valued? What DER transmission-level service valuation methodologies are best suited as a compromise between simplicity and full cost-reflectiveness? | National scale analysis and supporting data (for the US) describing multiple EV charging management options and impacts under different cost and performance assumptions. The data are highly resolved, consisting of sample vehicle data for all on-road electric vehicle segments out to 2050 and for three adoption scenarios. | Brennan Borlaug and Elaine Hale (NREL) | U.S. DOE EERE Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) | ||||
| 30 Sep 2024 | Elaine Hale | DECARB Task 2-1, Electricity Supply, Demand, and Flexibility | 2025 | NREL, LBNL, ANL, ORNL | 1.90€ | Planning | 47. What additional load and resource forecasting models are necessary to account for electrification of the transportation and building sectors? | 40. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for various levels of uncertainty and no-regrets investments in a paradigm of increasing electrification and growing IBR and DER penetrations? | High resolution load data describing multiple scenarios of demand-side change over all major sectors (i.e., buildings, transportation, industry); capacity expansion modeling under different demand scenarios | Andy Satchwell (LBNL), Elaine Hale (NREL) | U.S. DOE EERE | https://data.openei.org/submissions/6010 | |||
| Bri-Mathias Hodge | Scientific Machine Learning for Simulation and Control in Large Scale Power Systems | 2023 | NREL, LBNL, CU Boulder, UC Berkeley, MIT | $ 1,30 | Planning | 1. What are the needs of a power system (to achieve security and good regulation) expressed in technology neutral form and how do these needs map to services that any resource, including IBR or synchronous machine, can provide? | Bri-Mathias Hodge | DOE OE | |||||||
| 20 Sep 2024 | Bethany Frew | Resource Adequacy project | 2025 | NREL/ESIG/EPRI | $ 1,70 | Planning | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources? | Bethany Frew | DOE Grid Technical Assistance program | ||||||
| 24 Aug 2022 | Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez | Hybrid Hydropower-Storage Units for Greater Operational Flexibility | 2025 | Oregon State University, University of Utah, US Army Corps of Engineers | $ 2,40 | Planning | 44. What studies and metrics are required to evaluate resource adequacy with hybrid plants (e.g. PV-plus-storage) and virtual power plants? | 18. What are the appropriate analytical methods and tools to determine – for a given power system – the extent to which very fast frequency response can substitute for inertia. Relatedly, what tools and methods are needed to effectively compose a mix of Δf and df/dt responses? | US Department of Energy | ||||||
| 25 Sep 2023 | ESO | Trasmission Owner Tools for EMT Modelling (TOTEM) | 2023 | SSEN_Transmission, SPT, NGET, NationalgridESO | 0,58 | Planning | 42. What features need to be added to long-term planning methods and studies to consider other reliability services in addition to traditional resource adequacy and deliverability? | ||||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | Modelling demand response and power2x into power systems, power2H2, power2mobility and power2heat, 2019–2023 | 2023 | TNO | Planning | 47. What additional load and resource forecasting models are necessary to account for electrification of the transportation and building sectors? | 40. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for various levels of uncertainty and no-regrets investments in a paradigm of increasing electrification and growing IBR and DER penetrations? | ||||||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | Muessli Multi-Energy System Smart-Linking Integration. Integrating VRE forecast error uncertainty in pan-European energy system planning | 2027 | TU Delft, DTU, RTE and Comillas | Planning | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources? | CRESYM | https://cresym.eu/muessli/ | |||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | PhDs for predicting Dunkelflaute and extreme ramps | 2022 | TUDelft | Planning | 45. How do system operators adequately account for extreme events in planning studies, particularly those that impact the resources used in a high renewable energy future (wind, solar, demand side flexibility)? | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | System services contribution from offshore renewables | 2026 | UCD | Planning | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | SEAI | ||||||||
| HH | Energy modelling Hub EMH | Uni Victoria and others from Canada | $ 5,00 | Planning | 40. What additional planning models and methods are needed to plan for various levels of uncertainty and no-regrets investments in a paradigm of increasing electrification and growing IBR and DER penetrations? ; 38. What studies and metrics are required to identify long term scarcity of capacity to maintain reliability? | Madeleine McPherson | Canada | Pillar 5 Open source tools collaboration | |||||||
| Roadmap for DER | 2021 | University of Melbourne | Planning | 50. What are appropriate aggregate DER models and methods for inclusion in transmission-level modeling? | Challenges and opportunities from highh levels of DER | John Ward | CSIRO | ||||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | EU Mopo | 2026 | VTT, DTU, UCD, KU Leuven, Fortum, … | 6,00 € | Planning | 42. What features need to be added to long-term planning methods and studies to consider other reliability services in addition to traditional resource adequacy and deliverability? | |||||||||
| 14 Jun 2022 | Bethany Frew | GMLC Technical Assistance to U.S. ISOs/RTOs | 2023 | ANL, NREL, LBNL, EPRI, Johns Hopkins Univ. | $ 1,30 | Planning; Flexibility & Services | 37. What additional probabilistic planning methods and tools are necessary for planning a power system with a high share of IBRs and in particular, variable renewable energy resources?; 38. What studies and metrics are required to identify long term scarcity of capacity to maintain reliability?; 44. What studies and metrics are required to evaluate resource adequacy with hybrid plants (e.g. PV-plus-storage) and virtual power plants? | 55. What models and methods are necessary to quantify the ability of VRE to provide essential reliability services to the grid, and how do system operators quantify the value of these reliability services (for example, as an input to system-specific market/incentive design questions)? | Todd Levin and Bethany Frew | https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy21osti/77521.pdf | |||||
| 26 Sep 2024 | Sourabh Dalvi | Long Duration Energy Storage | 2024 | NREL | $ 1,80 | Planning; Flexibility & Services | 51. What models and methods are necessary to quantify the need and requirements for long duration energy storage? | Understanding how to LDES device in Production Cost Models, like Sienna and PLEXOS. Also explains what value LDES can contribute to power system under extreme weather events | Sourabh Dalvi | DOE SETO/OE - GMLC | Pillar 5 Open source tools collaboration | https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.16605. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.11379 | Currently developing two reports that will be published in the coming months | ||
| 29 Sep 2024 | CRESYM | Restoration: BESS contribution to restoration | CRESYM | Restoration & Black Start | 52. How do system operators black start a system with very few (or no) synchronous machines? | https://cresym.eu/project/ | |||||||||
| Roadmap for Restoration & Black Start | 2021 | CSIRO | Restoration & Black Start | 52. How do system operators black start a system with very few (or no) synchronous machines? | New procedures and tools for restoration with high or 100% IBR | John Ward | CSIRO | ||||||||
| 01 Apr 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | Black start and islanding of WTs PhD | 2022 | DTU | Restoration & Black Start | 52. How do system operators black start a system with very few (or no) synchronous machines? | |||||||||
| Guide to Grid Protection During System Restoration | 2023 | EPRI | Restoration & Black Start | 52. How do system operators black start a system with very few (or no) synchronous machines? | main grid, generator, and inverter protection systems and how they may perform during system restoration. | EPRI Members | https://www.epri.com/research/products/000000003002018205 | ||||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | SOLACE black start, plus inverter control algorithms to help with voltage balancing and provide in-rush currents | 2023 | EPRI | $ 2,00 | Restoration & Black Start | 52. How do system operators black start a system with very few (or no) synchronous machines? | DoE | ||||||||
| System Restoration Navigator and Optimal Blackstart Capability Tools for System Restoration Planning and Operations | 2023 | EPRI (yearly) | $ 0,5 | Restoration & Black Start | 52. How do system operators black start a system with very few (or no) synchronous machines? | Continued development of blackstart tools and system restoration planning and support | EPRI Members | https://www.epri.com/research/products/000000003002019265 | |||||||
| 30 Sep 2024 | A. Tuohy | Offshore Wind Black-Start Feasibility Framework for System Restoration Planning | 2026 | EPRI, USF, NYPA | 1.5 | Restoration & Black Start | 52. How do system operators black start a system with very few (or no) synchronous machines? | a generalized framework which can be used on a system-wide basis in identifying the areas of the network that are most suitable for restoration with offshore wind under a range of different operational and contingency scenarios.. This work will identify advanced inverter control (e.g. grid forming) strategies needed to integrate the offshore wind farm in restoration plans including providing black-start services and develop easy to use metrics for system operators to use during restoration activities involving offshore wind. | Vikas Singhvi | NOWRDC | National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium | ||||
| 01 Apr 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | SysAnDuk2 System requirements for decentralized generation plants for support in critical network situations and network restoration | Fraunhofer IEE | Restoration & Black Start | 52. How do system operators black start a system with very few (or no) synchronous machines? | ||||||||||
| SuperFACTS | 2022 | NREL | $ 0,80 | Restoration & Black Start | 52. How do system operators black start a system with very few (or no) synchronous machines? | Vahan Gevorgian | |||||||||
| PR100 - Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study | 2023 | NREL, PNNL, SNL, ANL, ORNL, LBNL | Restoration & Black Start | FEMA | https://www.energy.gov/gdo/puerto-rico-grid-resilience-and-transitions-100-renewable-energy-study-pr100 | ||||||||||
| 18 Sep 2024 | Lukas Sigrist | PERAL - Development of a new voltage control system for the penetration of renewable electricity production, storage and demand flexibilisation | 2026 | Comillas, Iberdrola España, S.A, Iberdrola Energía España, S.A, Iberdrola Renovables Energía, S.A | Stability Tools & Methods | 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? | 19. What tools and methods are needed to identify the best mitigation strategies for voltage-collapse problems under high IBR conditions? And how effective is IBR in recovering from deep voltage dips (bearing in mind lack of short-term overload current)? | Developing a voltage control system for renewable energy sources, storage and flexible demand that complies with the procedure of voltage control in the Spanish mainland transmision grid | |||||||
| 25 Aug 2022 | Ziang "John" Zhang | Asynchronous Distributed and Adaptive Parameter Tuning (ADAPT) for Hybrid PV Plants | 2024 | Binghamton University, Stony Brook University, New York Power Authority, BNL, NREL | 2,60 € | Stability Tools & Methods | 12. What approaches can be taken to near real-time system modelling with large quantities of IBR that make design for system stability sufficiently accurate and still tractable? | 4. What design standards or dispatch guidance should be introduced to avoid instability (e.g., caused by PLL or other elements) in weak grids? This is a more widely drawn version of the question on minimum ratios of grid-forming to grid-following inverters. | The project aims to improve the transient stability of grids with high penetration of IBRs through inverter parameter tuning. | Ziang "John" Zhang | US DOE | Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) | The proposed technique will be tested on New York transmission system, we are looking for more transmission system models to test our algorithm. | ||
| 18 Sep 2024 | Lukas Sigrist | RE2IPS - REliabatility and REsilience of Island Power Systems | 2027 | Comillas | Stability Tools & Methods | 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? | 43. How can system security be balanced against lower costs for operation and investment? | Addressing reliability and resilience of islands under high penetration of RES from an operation planning point of view by considering both preventive and corrective actions | |||||||
| 18 Sep 2024 | Lukas Sigrist | WOFL-I - Wide-area oscillation of low frequency & IBRs | Comillas, CRESYM, RTE | Stability Tools & Methods | 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? | 7. What recommendations should be made for standard behaviours of IBR in certain frequency ranges for different power system conditions to aid system design? For example, should a contribution to damping be mandatory at certain frequencies? | Analysis of the impact of inverter based resources on low frequency oscillarions and solutions to improve damping | https://cresym.eu/project/ | |||||||
| 29 Sep 2024 | CRESYM | BiGER: bridging the gap btw RMS/EMT | CRESYM | Stability Tools & Methods | https://cresym.eu/project/ | ||||||||||
| 29 Sep 2024 | CRESYM | Harmony: harmonic stability assessment tool | CRESYM | Stability Tools & Methods | https://cresym.eu/project/ | ||||||||||
| 29 Sep 2024 | CRESYM | LaRISA: large RES insertion stability analysis | CRESYM | Stability Tools & Methods | https://cresym.eu/project/ | ||||||||||
| Roadmap for Stability Tools and Methods | 2021 | CSIRO | Stability Tools & Methods | New Tools and Methods Required for Reliability, Security and Stability | John Ward | CSIRO | |||||||||
| 29 Apr 2022 | Energinet | DANPAC | 2024 | DTU | 3,00 € | Stability Tools & Methods | 16. What tools are needed for operational analysis of higher impedance grids? | Joachim Niemann-Larsen | Innovation Fund Denmark, Energinet | DTU, Energinet | DANPAC 2020 is a research project aimed towards a safe installation and operation of UGCs on all voltage levels. Operation in high IBR system is a part of the research focus. | ||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | HH CPH | Monitoring stability of generators | DTU | Stability Tools & Methods | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? | Jacob Östergaard | |||||||||
| 01 Apr 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | Offshore enegy hubs: topologies and control, protection, stability of multi terminal, 100% IBR systems, | DTU, | Stability Tools & Methods | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | topologies and control of hubs, offshore wind requirements | DK national | ||||||||
| 30 Sep 2024 | A. Tuohy | Oscillation Screening and Detection Tools | ongoing | EPRI | 1.5 | Stability Tools & Methods | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? | Ongoing EPRI Research in its Transmission Planning program is focused on screening for potential oscialltions due to control interactions. Several tools are being developed across frequency and time domains to screen and identify potential mitigation | Sudipta Dutta | EPRI Members | |||||
| Advanced Contingency Analysis Methods and Tools | 2023 | EPRI (yearly) | $ 0,5 | Stability Tools & Methods | 14. What type of on-line contingency and stability analyses should be conducted at changing levels of IBR? | Contingency Screening and Ranking Tool Development that includes an Angular Stability Module | Eknath Vittal | EPRI members | https://www.epri.com/research/products/000000003002018802 | ||||||
| HH CPH | Frequency domain simulation tools SSAT | ERCOT, Rensselaer Polytechnic | Stability Tools & Methods | ||||||||||||
| 10 Nov 2022 | ESIG | Oscillations guide | 2024 | ESIG and members | $ 0,05 | Stability Tools & Methods | 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? | This work provides a guide for a practicing engineer on how to perform analysis of the oscillation events, help them find a root cause and possible mitigation measures. | Nick Miller | ESIG | |||||
| Tim Green | Technology Transformation to Support Flexible and Resilient Local Energy Systems | 2023 | Imperial College London, Cardiff Univerisity, Tsignhua University, Zhejiang Univerisity | 0,96 € | Stability Tools & Methods | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? | 6. Are the black-box models (impedance-spectrum and binary code) favoured by manufacturers for disclosure sufficient for stability assurance and system design across all problem types? | Tim Green | EPSRC (UK) | Existing collaborations with China (Tsignhua and Zhejiang Univerisities) | |||||
| 30 Sep 2024 | Mark O'Malley | EPICS - RD2.1 Dynamic modeling of IBR-dominated power grids | 2028 | Imperial College, JHU, Uni Melbourne, Strathclyde, CSIRO | 2 | Stability Tools & Methods | 12. What approaches can be taken to near real-time system modelling with large quantities of IBR that make design for system stability sufficiently accurate and still tractable? | 6. Are the black-box models (impedance-spectrum and binary code) favoured by manufacturers for disclosure sufficient for stability assurance and system design across all problem types? | Balarko Chaudhuri, Enrique Mallada | https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/epics-thrust-2/ | |||||
| 30 Sep 2024 | Mark O'Malley | EPICS - RD2.2 Stability Analysis Under Uncertainty | 2028 | Imperial College, JHU, Uni Melbourne, Strathclyde, CSIRO | 2 | Stability Tools & Methods | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? | 16. What tools are needed for operational analysis of higher impedance grids? | Balarko Chaudhuri, Enrique Mallada | https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/epics-thrust-2/ | |||||
| 24 Sep 2023 | ESO | Enhanced RMS (E RMS) Models for Stability Assurance | 2025 | Imperial College, Nationalgrid ESO | 0,5 | Stability Tools & Methods | 12. What approaches can be taken to near real-time system modelling with large quantities of IBR that make design for system stability sufficiently accurate and still tractable? | ||||||||
| 25 Sep 2023 | ESO | Strength to Connect | 2023 | Imperial College, Nationalgrid ESO | 0,32 | Stability Tools & Methods | 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? | ||||||||
| 15 Sep 2023 | Tim Green | Enhanced RMS (e-RMS) models for stability assurance | 2025 | Imperial College, NG ESO | £400k | Stability Tools & Methods | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? | Balarko Chuadhuri | NG ESO (NIA) | ||||||
| 30 Sep 2024 | Mark O'Malley | EPICS - RD1 Thrust 1 High-fidelity models for 'towards 100% RE' grids and power management with ML | 2028 | JHU, Georgia Tech, Imperial College, CSIRO, Melbourne Uni | 3 | Stability Tools & Methods | 12. What approaches can be taken to near real-time system modelling with large quantities of IBR that make design for system stability sufficiently accurate and still tractable? | 50. What are appropriate aggregate DER models and methods for inclusion in transmission-level modeling? | Yuri Dvorkin, Pierre Pinson | https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/epics-thrust-1/ | |||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | HECO 100% stability study | NREL | Stability Tools & Methods | |||||||||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | HH/IEAWindTask25 | Impedance scanning | NREL | Stability Tools & Methods | |||||||||||
| Shahil Shah | WindStability: Advanced Modeling, Dynamic Stability Analysis, and Mitigation of Control Interactions in Wind Power Plants | 2024 | NREL | $ 1,05 | Stability Tools & Methods | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations?; 17. What analytical methods and tools should be used to determine the appropriate mix and capabilities of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following inverters to mitigate low inertia conditions for a given power system?; 16. What tools are needed for operational analysis of higher impedance grids? | 6. Are the black-box models (impedance-spectrum and binary code) favoured by manufacturers for disclosure sufficient for stability assurance and system design across all problem types? | Shahil Shah | DOE WETO | Flatirons Campus, NREL - Impedance Scan of up to 4 MW wind turbines and Inverters | We are working on collaboration agreements with system operators AEMO and UK National Grid to apply the impedance scan tool developed in this project for their system stability analysis. | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9468325 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9371238 | |||
| Shahil Shah | Modeling and Control of Solar PVs for Large Grid Disturbances and Weak Grids | 2023 | NREL, University of South Florida | $ 1,20 | Stability Tools & Methods | 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? | Shahil SHah | DOE SETO | Flatirons Campus, NREL - Control Interactions between megawatt-scale PV and Storage Plants | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9761159 | ||||
| 23 Aug 2022 | Alex McEachern | GridSweep | 2023 | PNNL, McEachern Laboratories Inc., LBNL, LLNL, ORNL, NREL | $ 3,00 | Stability Tools & Methods | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? | A new instrument for measuring, in situ, incipient instability of distribution grids with high IBR penetration | Alex McEachern | U.S. Dept of Energy | U.S. utilities | |||
| 15 Jun 2021 | RTE | MIGRATE | 2019 | Tennet, RTE, TERNA, REE, ELES, Fingrid + 4 other TSOs, 12 research organizations, 1 manufacturer | 17,90 € | Stability Tools & Methods | 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? | 14. What type of on-line contingency and stability analyses should be conducted at changing levels of IBR? | High IBR share simulations with grid forming capabilities for IE and GB systems; 2050 Scenarios based on Future Conditions and Strategies, Grid development and technology requirements | https://www.h2020-migrate.eu | Horizon 2020 | https://www.h2020-migrate.eu/ | |||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | Design of oscillation damping controller using ring-down measurements for the Italian power grid | Terna, EPRI | Stability Tools & Methods | 20. How can operators identify critical stability situations in real-time and optimize system security? | ||||||||||
| 25 Sep 2023 | ESO | Automated Identification of Sub-Synchronous Oscillations (SSO) Events | 2023 | TNEI Consultancy, NationalgridESO | 0,3 | Stability Tools & Methods | 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? | ||||||||
| 25 Sep 2023 | ESO | Stability Requirements Calculation Towards Net-Zero (STARTZ) | 2024 | TNEI Consultancy, NationalgridESO | 0,35 | Stability Tools & Methods | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? | ||||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | FUTURESYSTEM OFfshore mUlti-energy hub To sUppoRt powEr SYSTEM stability | 2024 | TUDelft | Stability Tools & Methods | 56. What roles can offshore wind and HVDC clusters play in providing energy system flexibility? | |||||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | Electromagnetic transient modelling and stability analysis of Ireland 2030 | UCD | Stability Tools & Methods | 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? | SEAI | |||||||||
| 22 Sep 2023 | HH/IEAWindTask25 work plan | Multi scale multi temporal hardware in the loop network analysis for high IBR | UCD | Stability Tools & Methods | IRC | ||||||||||
| 18 Sep 2024 | Lukas Sigrist | JSPFPI (A pre-doctoral contract to study the contribution of rotating synchronous compensators in power systems with a high penetration of IBR) | 2027 | Universidad Pontificia Comillas | Stability Tools & Methods | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? 17. What analytical methods and tools should be used to determine the appropriate mix and capabilities of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following inverters to mitigate low inertia conditions for a given power system? 18. What are the appropriate analytical methods and tools to determine – for a given power system – the extent to which very fast frequency response can substitute for inertia. Relatedly, what tools and methods are needed to effectively compose a mix of Δf and df/dt responses? | 10. What is the future of frequency control as the synchronous generation fraction reduces? Might tightened or loosened frequency limits lead to a more reliable, secure, lower cost IBR-based power system? | A laboratory demonstrator to investigate the performance of rotating synchronous compensators and its comparison with STATCOMS and virtual-inertia providers. | |||||||
| 18 Sep 2024 | Lukas Sigrist | CRESIPS (Counteracting the REduction of Synchronous Inertia in Power Systems) | 2025 | Universidad Pontificia Comillas and Universidad de Alcalá | Stability Tools & Methods | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? 17. What analytical methods and tools should be used to determine the appropriate mix and capabilities of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following inverters to mitigate low inertia conditions for a given power system? 18. What are the appropriate analytical methods and tools to determine – for a given power system – the extent to which very fast frequency response can substitute for inertia. Relatedly, what tools and methods are needed to effectively compose a mix of Δf and df/dt responses? | 5. What are the appropriate inverter capabilities and, consequently, control design methods for operation in grids with high percentage of IBR? Are standard configurations and combination of services helpful in simplifying operational decision making? 7. What recommendations should be made for standard behaviours of IBR in certain frequency ranges for different power system conditions to aid system design? For example, should a contribution to damping be mandatory at certain frequencies? 10. What is the future of frequency control as the synchronous generation fraction reduces? Might tightened or loosened frequency limits lead to a more reliable, secure, lower cost IBR-based power system? 11. At what point is it better to break from trying to replicate synchronous machine features and exploit the wider flexibility of inverters? | Thorough understanding of virtual inertia and its application in power systems with high penetration of IBR. Fundamental models of IBR to include power electronics limitations in power systems studies. | |||||||
| 18 Sep 2024 | Lukas Sigrist | OPEMRES (Improvement of tools for the analysis of AC/DC hybrid power systems with massive penetration of renewable energy sources and test-case scenarios) | 2024 | Universidad Pontificia Comillas and Universidad de Alcalá | Stability Tools & Methods | 12. What approaches can be taken to near real-time system modelling with large quantities of IBR that make design for system stability sufficiently accurate and still tractable? 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? 14. What type of on-line contingency and stability analyses should be conducted at changing levels of IBR? 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? 16. What tools are needed for operational analysis of higher impedance grids? 17. What analytical methods and tools should be used to determine the appropriate mix and capabilities of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following inverters to mitigate low inertia conditions for a given power system? 18. What are the appropriate analytical methods and tools to determine – for a given power system – the extent to which very fast frequency response can substitute for inertia. Relatedly, what tools and methods are needed to effectively compose a mix of Δf and df/dt responses? 19. What tools and methods are needed to identify the best mitigation strategies for voltage-collapse problems under high IBR conditions? And how effective is IBR in recovering from deep voltage dips (bearing in mind lack of short-term overload current)? | 1. What are the needs of a power system (to achieve security and good regulation) expressed in technology neutral form and how do these needs map to services that any resource, including IBR or synchronous machine, can provide? 3. What are the limitations of each IBR technology option to provide frequency control services and how do the various frequency services overlap and compete? 4. What design standards or dispatch guidance should be introduced to avoid instability (e.g., caused by PLL or other elements) in weak grids? 5. What are the appropriate inverter capabilities and, consequently, control design methods for operation in grids with high percentage of IBR? Are standard configurations and combination of services helpful in simplifying operational decision making? 7. What recommendations should be made for standard behaviours of IBR in certain frequency ranges for different power system conditions to aid system design? For example, should a contribution to damping be mandatory at certain frequencies? 8. What impedance requirements should be placed on IBR to suppress negative-sequence and low order harmonic currents? 10. What is the future of frequency control as the synchronous generation fraction reduces? Might tightened or loosened frequency limits lead to a more reliable, secure, lower cost IBR-based power system? 11. At what point is it better to break from trying to replicate synchronous machine features and exploit the wider flexibility of inverters? | The analysis and simulation tool developed can help highlight the relevant dynamics in a hybrid DC/AC power system with IBRs. In addition, it can carry out small-signal analysis, non-linear simulation, and small-disturbance linear simulation of such a power system . | |||||||
| 24 Sep 2023 | ESO | Data Driven Power System Model Development for Control Interaction Studies (D3) | 2023 | University of Birmingham, Nationalgrid ESO | 0,4 | Stability Tools & Methods | 15. What analytical tools and models should be provided to planners and operators for robust assessment of system performance? | ||||||||
| 24 Sep 2023 | ESO | Mini GFM | 2025 | University of Birmingham, Nationalgrid ESO | 0,5 | Stability Tools & Methods | 17. What analytical methods and tools should be used to determine the appropriate mix and capabilities of Grid-Forming and Grid-Following inverters to mitigate low inertia conditions for a given power system? | ||||||||
| 23 Aug 2022 | Panagiotis Papadopoulos | Addressing the complexity of future power system dynamic behaviour | 2013 | University of Strathclyde | 1,40 € | Stability Tools & Methods | 13. What methods can be used for off-line and on-line monitoring tools for detecting incipient instabilities? What new capabilities are needed to address these limitations? | 20. How can operators identify critical stability situations in real-time and optimize system security? | Online stability and cascading event identification | Panagiotis Papadopoulos | UK Research and Innovation | Power system dynamics and stability | https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FS034420%2F1 |