Sept. 26 - Sept. 28, 2022 | New Delhi, India
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Our Speakers
Killian McKenna
Senior Research Engineer, PhD
Killian McKenna is a member of the Distribution Edge Group in the Grid Planning and Analysis Center where he leads research into distributed energy resources (DERs), electrical distribution system planning and operation, and demand-side resources. As a principal investigator he has led projects on smart inverters, DER and solar PV integration, lithium-ion and flow battery energy storage, demand-side management, customer modeling, and volt-VAR optimization. His expertise includes modeling and simulation, field data analysis, technoeconomic analysis and laboratory testing of distributed energy resources.
Erik Pohl
Research Engineer, MS
Erik is a research engineer within NREL’s Grid Planning and Analysis Center. His research focus is distribution system modeling and DER integration. Erik began his professional career as a distribution engineer at a major U.S. utility, becoming intimately familiar with the challenges of maintaining a reliable distribution system in today’s climate of rapid technological change. Erik joined NREL in May of 2022, and he holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Colgate University and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from The University of Colorado, Boulder.
Agenda
Day 1 (September 26)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Distribution networks: Assessing the opportunities and challenges of solar integration for India DISCOMs
Led by Killian
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
The Value of Modeling and Analysis for Distributed Energy Resource Integration for India DISCOMs
Led by Killian
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Working Session – Bring Your Laptop – Introduction to Open-Source Power-Flow Models: Voltage Quality and Loss Assessment
Led by Erik
Day 2 (September 27)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Power-Flow Model Requirements: Populating the Model, the role of GIS, Billing and Irradiance Datasets
Led by Killian
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Working Session – Bring Your Laptop – Demonstration Snap-Shot and Time-Series Power-Flow Tools for Solar Integration
Led by Erik
Day 3 (September 28)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Smart inverter functions and standards, solar integration hosting capacity, interconnection and utility voltage control.
Led by Killian
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Working Session – Bring Your Laptop – Introduction to Using GIS to Populate Power-Flow Models and Visualizing Solar Integration in Power-Flow
Led by Killian
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Other NREL Tools for DISCOMs; Net Load Profile Modeling, Time-of-Use Tariffs and Synthetic Distribution Network Models
Led by Erik and Killian
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Open-Session Q&A and Hands-On
Led by Erik & Killian