4th International Conference on Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources

Background

The 4th International Conference on Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources, held December 6 - 10, 2010, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, gathered researchers, industry leaders and policy-makers from around the world to review advances and share experiences related to integration of renewable and distributed energy resources onto the evolving electric transmission and distribution system. Specific objectives of the conference were to discuss results and status of national programs, research and demonstration activities; to stimulate coordination and cooperation among international and regional activities; and to identify research needs and potential solutions related to technical, market and regulatory issues.

In addition to the main conference technical program, a poster presentation session highlighted over 60 posters detailing a wide range of research and project developments germane to the grid integration of distributed and renewable energy resources. The posters, available for download below, were organized according to five core topics and nine sub-topic areas (also listed below).

Core Topic Areas

Future Vision (e.g., novel proposals on large-scale DER integration projects)
Regulations and Standards (e.g., innovative regulations and rulemaking conducive to DER expansion)
Integration Planning (e.g., inventive business models and system planning involving DER aggregation)
Engineering, Implementation, System Operation and Markets (e.g., results of on-going large- and small-scale experiments involving DER aggregation)
Advances in Equipment, Topologies and Reliability (e.g., innovative IC technology enhancing DER expansion, such as control, metering, and electricity storage)

Poster Presentations

1. Application and Demonstration Projects

1.01 Advanced Mobile Micro Grid Energy Architecture: Electronic Power Control & Conditioning Technology Development and Demonstration

Max M. Dorflinger, Roland G. Kibler, William L. Siddall, NextEnergy

1.02 The Community Power Project - Flagstaff Pilot

Eran Mahrer, Michelle Lehman, Arizona Public Service

1.03 Fighting Clouds with Clouds

Guy AlLee, Intel Labs

1.04 Addressing Solar PV Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Challenges: A Survey of Current Knowledge and Practices

Nadav Enbar, Aminul Huque, Tom Key, Electric Power Research Institute

2. Lab/Field Monitoring, Forecasting, and Testing

2.01 High Voltage Modules Using Microsystems-enabled Photovoltaics (MEPV) for Improved Shading and Spectral Performance

Anthony L. Lentine, Gregory N. Nielson, Murat Okandan, William C. Sweatt, Jose L. Cruz-Campa, Vipin Gupta, Sandia National Laboratories

2.02 Intra-Hour Forecasting with a Total Sky Imager at the UC San Diego Solar Energy Testbed

Bryan Urquhart, Chi Wai Chow, Matt Lave, Jan Kleissl, Janet Shields, University of California, San Diego

2.03 Distribution Photovoltaic Monitoring Program

Chris Trueblood, Gary Aumaugher, Tom Key, Electric Power Research Institute; Elizabeth Philpot, Southern Company

2.04 Testing Commercial PV Inverters for Standard Effectiveness

Daniel Martin, Kuan-Hung Wu, Jih-Sheng Lai, Chien-Liang Chen, Chris Hutchens, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2.05 Hi-Penetration PV Initiative

Elaine Sison-Lebrilla, Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Dora Yen Nakafuji, Hawaiian Electric Company; Ronald Davis, BEW Engineering

2.06 Experiences with Validation and Large-Scale Deployment of Smart Grid Demonstration Projects

E.C.W. de Jong, F.W. Bliek, P.M. Kropman, P.T.M. Vaessen, KEMA Consulting B.V.

2.07 Architectural Design and First Results Evaluation of the PowerMatching City Field Test

René Kamphuis, Bart Roossien, Energy research Centre of the Netherlands; Frits Bliek, Albert van den Noort, KEMA/Gas Consultancy Services; Jorgen van de Velde, Johan de Wit, HUMIQ; Marcel Eijgelaar, Essent NV

2.08 A European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratory: the DERri Infrastructure

Paolo Mora, Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A; Maria-Luciana Rizzi, Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A. and DERlab e.V.

2.09 PV System Evaluations for High Penetration Deployment

A. Huque, C. Trueblood, T. Key, Electric Power Research Institute; S. Kuszmaul, S. Gonzalez, Sandia National Laboratories

3. Enabling Technology (Communications & Control)

3.01 Towards a Semantic Communication Interface between Information and Automation Layer in Smart Grids

Sebastian Rohjans, Mathias Uslar, Astrid Nieße, OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology

3.02 Cybersecurity for Renewable Energy Systems

Annie McIntyre, Sandia National Laboratories; Laurie Burnham, Dartmouth College

3.03 Elements Enable High-level Communication in Power Systems

Daniel Kullmann, Henrik Bindner, Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy

3.04 Robust Broadcast-Communication Control of Electric Vehicle Charging

Konstantin Turitsyn, Nikolai Sinitsyn, Scott Backhaus, Michael Chertkov, Los Alamos National Laboratory

3.05 Implementation and Testing of Topology-aware Aggregators for Power Balancing in Distribution Grids

Manos Psychogyiopoulos, Oliver Gehrke, Henrik Bindner, Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy

3.06 Agent-based Informatics for Autonomous Microgrids

Steven Goldsmith, Sandia National Laboratories

4. Enabling Technology (Inverters & Storage)

4.01 Enabling Microgrid and Demand Response through Advanced Inverter Technology: Demand Response Inverter (DRI)

Darren Hammell, Princeton Power Systems

4.02 A Multi-Source Hybrid System with Li-ion Storage for Smart Buildings

M. Ferraro, F. Sergi, G. Brunaccini, N. Randazzo, G. Napoli, V. Antonucci, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’Energia (CNR-ITAE)

4.03 SOFC/Battery Hybrid System

M. Ferraro, G. Napoli, F. Sergi, G. Brunaccini, G. Dispenza, V. Antonucci, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’Energia (CNR-ITAE)

4.04 Development of a 100 kWh/100 kW Flywheel Energy Storage Module

Norman J Sendler, Jr, Beacon Power

4.05 Demonstration of Energy Networks and Fuel Cells in Apartment Buildings

Hirohisa Aki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Yukinobu Taniguchi. Unaffiliated; Itaru Tamura, Akeshi Kegasa, Hideki Hayakawa, Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.; Shigeo Yamamoto, Yoshiro Ishikawa, KRI Inc.; Ichiro Sugimoto, Center for Promotion of Natural Gas

4.06 Grid Tied PV Battery Systems

Tom Hund, Sigifredo Gonzalez, Keith Barrett, Sandia National Laboratories

4.07 Implementation of a Long-Lifespan, Two-Stage Photovoltaic AC-Module

Christopher Hutchens, Jih-Sheng Lai, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

4.08 Batteries? We Don’t Need No Stinking Batteries! Using Building HVAC Components to Support Distributed PV Generation

Hans Barsun, Andrea Mammoli, Rick Burnett, University of New Mexico

4.09 Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS): Toward Commercialization of Intelligent Interconnect Advances for Photovoltaic Systems

Ward Bower, Scott Kuszmaul, Sig Gonzalez, Abbas Akhil, Sandia National Laboratories

5. Demand (Flexibility, Response, and Management)

5.01 EIT-KIC InnoEnergy BeNeLux: Intelligent Energy-Efficient Buildings and Cities

Johan Driesen, Tom De Rybel, Alain Smolders, Ronnie Belmans, K.U.Leuven; Donald Vanbeveren, Edwin Haesen, Eandis; Guy Vekemans, Carlo Mol, Gerrit Jan Schaeffer, VITO; Lucienne Krosse, Henk Miedema, TNO; Marius Monen, Lex Lemmens, Jan Blom, TU/e

5.02 Vehicle to Micro-Grid: Leveraging Existing Assets for Reliable Energy Management

Michael Simpson, Tony Markel, and Michael O’Keefe, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

5.03 Integrative Energy Management in the Distribution Grid

Astrid Nieße, Ontje Lünsdorf, Christoph Mayer, Stefan Scherfke, Steffen Schütte, Martin Tröschel, Carsten Wissing, OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology; Michael Sonnenschein, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg

5.04 A Control Room Demonstration Suite (CoRDS) to Investigate Management Issues of Active Distribution Networks

Stepahnie Hay, Graham Ault, University of Strathclyde

5.05 The Role of Demand Response in Offsetting the Variability of Wind Power

Torsten Broeer, Dan Wang, Ned Djilali, Andrew Rowe, University of Victoria

5.06 Achieving a Synergy by Integrating Air Conditioners with Photovoltaics: An Evolutionary-Algorithm Approach

Cristian Perfumo, Julio Braslavsky, University of New Castle; Glenn Platt, John Ward, Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)

5.07 The Aggregation of Demand Flexibility in the ADDRESS European Project

R. Belhomme, Ph. Eyrolles, Électricité de France (EDF); R. Cerero, Iberdrola Distribución

5.08 Home Energy Management System for Adjusting Supply and Demand Balance of the Power System

Takashi Ikegami, Kazuto Kataoka, Yumiko Iwafune, Kazuhiko Ogimoto, University of Tokyo

5.09 Developing an Operational Eye on Solar

Dora Nakafuji, Hawaiian Electric Company; Lisa Dangelmaier, Hawaii Electric Light Company; Elaine Sison-Lebrilla, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

5.10 Multi-Objective Power Network Planning Tool for High Penetrations of Distributed Energy Resources with Specific Emphasis on Electric Vehicles

Steven Inglis, G.W. Ault, S.J. Galloway, University of Strathclyde

6. Modeling/Analysis of Distributed Energy Resources

6.01 Innovative Solutions to Optimise Low Voltage Electricity Systems: Power Snap-Shot Analysis by Meters (PSSA-M)

H. Brunner, B. Bletterie, M. Stifter, A. Viehweider, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT); A. Abart, Energie AG Oberösterreich Netz; J. Lichtnekert, R. Pitz, Salzburg Netz; R. Pointner, Siemens AG Österreich; H. Taus, Wien Energie Stromnetz

6.02 Optimizing Dispatch and Location of Distributed Energy Resources: Breaking the Box

George Simons, Collin Elliot, Stephan Barsun, ITRON; Emma Stewart, Billy Quach, Ron Davis, BEW Engineering

6.03 High-Penetration PV Impact Analysis on Distribution Systems

Jeff Smith, Roger Dugan, Tom Key, Electric Power Research Institute

6.04 Analysis of a High Penetration of DER and Electric Vehicles on Residential Distribution Networks

Shahin Abdollahy, Olga Lavrova, Andrea Mammoli, University of New Mexico; Manuel Sanchez, John Hawkins, Steve Willard, Brian Arellano, Public Service Company of New Mexico

6.05 Integration of PV into the Electricity Grid

Ann Peterson, Smita Gupta, Itron, Inc.

6.06 Voltage Profile Variations in Residential Sub-urban Feeders with High PV Penetration

R. Tonkoski, D. Turcotte, T. EL-Fouly, Natural Resources Canada

6.07 Advanced Techniques for Modeling Distributed Renewable Resources for Distribution Impact Analysis

Jeff Smith, Roger Dugan, Wes Sunderman, Electric Power Research Institute

6.08 Options for Control of Reactive Power by Distributed Photovoltaic Generators

Konstantin Turitsyn, Petr Sulc, Scott Backhaus, Michael Chertkov, Los Alamos National Laboratory

6.09 Load-Side VAR Compensation without the Reliability Problems of a Capacitor-based Solution for a Distributed Energy System

Divya Balakrishnan, Robert S. Balog, Texas A&M University

6.10 PV Output Variability Modeling Using Satellite Imagery

Matthew Reno, Joshua S. Stein, Abraham Ellis, Sandia National Laboratories

6.11 Solutions for Deploying PV Systems in New York City’s Secondary Network System

Michael H. Coddington, Benjamin D. Kroposki, Kate H. Anderson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

7. Transmission Grid (Integration & Operations)

7.01 A New Method and Apparatus to Prevent Voltage and Transmission Angle Instability of HVDC Systems

Walter Kuehn, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

7.02 The Impact of Energy Storage in Systems with High Wind Penetration

Aidan Tuohy, Electric Power Research Institute; Mark O’ Malley, University College Dublin

7.03 Dynamic Impact Studies for Integration of Large (Utility-Scale) Solar Photovoltaic Systems onto Distribution Systems

Farid Katiraei, Atousa Yazdani, Farbod Jahanbakhsh, Julio Romero Aguero, Quanta Technology

7.04 Quantifying the Value of Hydropower in the Electric Grid

Tom Key, Lindsey Rogers, Electric Power Research Institute; Patrick March, HPPi

7.05 Notional Dynamic Model of Florida Grid for Assessing the Impact of Renewable Energy Integration

T. Alquthami, H. Ravindra, J. Langston, K. Schoder, M. O. Faruque, M. Steurer, R. Meeker, S. Dale, T. Baldwin, P. McLaren, Florida State University

8. Future Electricity Network Architectures

8.01 LINEAR: Local Intelligent Networks and Energy Active Regions

E. Peeters. VITO; H. Lenaerts, J. Driesen, R. Belmans, KU Leuven; C. Develder, Ghent University; J. Das, IMEC

8.02 Open Architecture for Secondary Nodes of the Electricity SmartGrid

Andreas Lugmaier, Friederich Kupzog, Elisabeth Broneder, Siemens AG Osterreich

8.03 Multi Agent Platform for Active Network Management

M.J. Dolan, E.M. Davidson, C. Morris, G.W. Ault, S.D.J. McArthur, University of Strathclyde

8.04 A Stochastic Optimisation Approach for the Expansion Planning of Active Distribution Networks

Robert MacDonald, Graham Ault, University of Strathclyde

8.05 Integration of Intermittent and Variable Renewables: Ongoing Work at Carnegie Mellon University

Paulina Jaramillio, Carnegie Mellon University

8.06 An Analysis of U.S. Energy Portfolio through 2050

Rahim Khoie, Victoria Yee, Vikas Azad, Matt Varni, Evan Angeli, University of the Pacific

9. National/International Programs and Standards

9.01 NEDO’s Demonstration Projects for Integration of Renewable Energy

Keiichi Watanabe, Michio Seita, Satoshi Morozumi, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

9.02 Bringing Together International Research on High Penetration PV in Electricity Grids - The New Task 14 of the IEA-PVPS Programme

C. Mayr, R. Bründlinger, Austrian Institute of Technology; H. Fechner, Institute for Renewable Energy; M. Braun, Fraunhofer IWES; K. Ogimoto, Collaborative Research Center for Energy Engineering (CEE); K. Frederiksen, Energimidt; B. Kroposki, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; G. Graditi, ENEA - Centro Ricerche Portici; I.F. MacGill, University of NSW