Renewable Energy Analysis Lab - Talks

Talks

• Prof. Kirschen discusses rebuilding Puerto Rico's power grid using solar energy.
• Prof. Kirschen describes research on using batteries to address the challenges of incorporating renewable energy into the grid.
• Prof. Kirschen seminar in University of Utah on Flexibility in Power Systems

• CEF Transactive Campus Innovation in Pacific Northwest

• CEF Energy Storage Impact in Pacific Northwest

Lectures

Prof. Kirschen discusses various topics in the book "Fundamentals of Power System Economics".

• Introduction to Power System Economics
• Organization of Electricity Markets
• Introduction to Optimization and Economic Dispatch
• Optimization: Convexity, NLP, LP
• Unit Commitment
• Optimal Power Flow
• Fundamentals of Markets
• Organization of Electricity Markets
• Participating in Electricity Markets
• Ancillary Services
• Effects of the Transmission Network

Showcases

• Control Room in Washington Clean Energy Testbeds
• Postdoc Chanaka Keerthisinghe works with Snohomish PUD on the design and assessment of a solar + storage microgrid partly funded by the Washington State Clean Energy Fund. This microgrid consists of a 500kW solar array and a 1000kW, 1000kWh Lithium-ion battery. It will also involve a demonstration of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging station. For more details on this microgrid, see the project website.