Abstract: Power and systems worldwide are changing rapidly in the face of the global challenge of decarbonization and the subsequent addition of more distributed and variable renewable energy sources. Since the power system is enormous in scale, has very long investment horizons, and stringent reliability requirements, changes to the system need to be thoroughly validated through computational simulations before being implemented in practice. This talk focuses on the challenges of renewables integration related to power system dynamics, and how the power system stability paradigm that underpins grid reliability is rapidly changing.

Bio: Dr. Bri-Mathias Hodge is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering and an Associate Director and Fellow of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is also a Chief Scientist and a Distinguished Member of the Research Staff in the Grid Planning and Analysis Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Abstract: Power and systems worldwide are changing rapidly in the face of the global challenge of decarbonization and the subsequent addition of more distributed and variable renewable energy sources. Since the power system is enormous in scale, has very long investment horizons, and stringent reliability requirements, changes to the system need to be thoroughly validated through computational simulations before being implemented in practice. This talk focuses on the challenges of renewables integration related to power system dynamics, and how the power system stability paradigm that underpins grid reliability is rapidly changing.

Bio: Dr. Bri-Mathias Hodge is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering and an Associate Director and Fellow of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is also a Chief Scientist and a Distinguished Member of the Research Staff in the Grid Planning and Analysis Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).