Albuquerque, NM

Day 1: Wednesday May 2, 2018

1. Applying IEEE Standard 1547-2018

	Applying IEEE Standard 1547-2018 (669 downloads)	Tom Key	EPRI
	Smart Inverters and Grid Support Requirements IEEE 1547-2018 (644 downloads)	Aminul Huque	EPRI
	Updating the Sandia Islanding Guidelines Document (693 downloads)	Michael Ropp	Northern Plains Power Technologies
	IEEE Draft Standard P1547.1 Status Update Validating Conformance to IEEE 1547-2018 (617 downloads)	Jesse Leonard	Clemson University
	DER Connection Application and Screening (669 downloads)	Tom Key	EPRI
	IEEE Standard 1547™— Communications and Interoperability: New Requirements Mandate Open Communications Interface and Interoperability for Distributed Energy Resources (879 downloads)
	IEEE 1547 – New Interconnection Requirements for Distributed Energy Resources Fact Sheet 1 (915 downloads)

2. Understanding DERMS – DER Aggregation, Optimization, and Integration

	Introduction to DERMS (670 downloads)	Ajit Renjit & Dean Weng	EPRI
	DERMS with IOU-Owned Assets (722 downloads)	Daniel Spaizman	SDG&E
	Open Discussion Forum: Understanding DERMS - Applications, Deployment Strategies, Research Needs (618 downloads)

Day 2: Thursday May 3, 2018  Firming and Shaping Renewables

1. Welcoming Address

Welcoming Address from Charlie Gay (754 downloads)

Charlie Gay

US Department of Energy

2. PV and Storage at the Bulk and Distribution Systems

	Pursuing PV + Storage (673 downloads)	Jon Hawkins	PNM
	Renewable Integration at Tucson Electric Power (649 downloads)	Jeff Krauss	Tucson Electric
	XCEL Energy PV+Battery Pilot Projects (674 downloads)	Michelle Lim	XCEL Energy
	Economic dispatch for DC-connected battery systems on large PV plants (1689 downloads)	Will Hobbs	Southern Company
	Solar + Energy Storage Controls (664 downloads)	Ray Byrne	Sandia National Laboratories

3. Solar + X = Higher Value

	Utilizing Energy Storage to Improve Distribution Reliability (644 downloads)	Arindam Maitra	EPRI
	Energy Resilience for Puerto Rico (635 downloads)	Robert Broderick	Sandia National Laboratories
	Identifying Best Mitigation Options for Higher PV Penetration in New York Distribution Grid (624 downloads)	Huijuan Li	EPRI

4. Monitoring and Control with High PV Penetration

	Impact of Reactive Power Control Functions on Active Power Generation (654 downloads)	Aminul Huque	EPRI
	Parameter and Topology Estimation using Utility AMI Data (630 downloads)	Matthew Lave	Sandia National Laboratories
	Predictive Data Analytics for Enhanced Observability at Grid Edge (646 downloads)	Yingchen Zhang	NREL
	Optimizing Voltage on Feeders with Distributed PV Using Dynamic Secondary Voltage Controllers (646 downloads)	Rohit Moghe	Varentec

5. Planning, Operating, and Protecting the System with Advanced Inverters

	DRIVE and PowerClerk Interface Tool to Expedite DER Interconnection Screening Process (660 downloads)	Nick Heine	EPRI
	Fast Grid Frequency Support from Distributed Inverter-based Resources (645 downloads)	Andy Hoke	NREL
	Advanced Inverter Planning: Voltage and Protection (667 downloads)	Matt Reno	Sandia National Laboratories

 

Posters (including Performance Track)

Determination of Sandia Thermal Model Coefficients and ΔT for PV Modules with New Backsheet Types (768 downloads)	Jaewon Oh	ASU-PRL
Eliminating Back-of-Module Temperature Sensors for Reference Modules Using Voc Temperature Measurement (798 downloads)	Bill Stueve	Atonometerics
Fast In-Field Imaging of PV Modules for Crack Detection: Methods, Results, and Modeling Implications (850 downloads)	Will Hobbs	Southern Company
Degradation Rate Modeling for Encapsulant Discoloration of Photovoltaic Modules Discoloration (741 downloads)	Archana Sinha	ASU-PRL
An International PV Collaborative to Advance Multi-climate and Performance Research (759 downloads)	Laurie Burnham	Sandia
EU COST Action PEARL-PV: Performance and Reliability of Photovoltaic Systems: Evaluations of Large-Scale Monitoring Data (716 downloads)	Marios Theristis	University of Cyprus
Bifacial Solar Photovoltaic Panel Performance at High Latitudes (785 downloads)	Erin Whitney & Chris Pike	University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Towards routine measurement and use of solar spectral irradiance data (739 downloads)	Richard Beal	Spectrafy Inc.
The Effect of Short-Term Inverter Saturation on PV Performance Modeling (994 downloads)	Jon Allen	Allen Analytics
Improved Model of Solar Resource Variability Based on Regional Aggregation by Climate Zone (691 downloads)	Patrick Keeling	Clean Power Research
Comparison of Bifacial Solar Irradiance Models with Field Validation (1494 downloads)	Silvana Ayala	University of Arizona
Performance and Prediction: Bifacial vs. Mono-Facial Technologies (815 downloads)	Jaya Mallineni & Chris Raupp	Solv/Swinerton
Cross-validation of PV Simulation Software (973 downloads)	Anton Driesse and Neel Patel	PV Performance Labs
PlantPredict: Incorporating Storage Modeling Capabilities (743 downloads)	Lauren Ngan and Rob van Haaren	First Solar
Modeling Technique for Reconfigurable PV Module Embedded with CMOS Switches (725 downloads)	Rakeshkumar Mahto	Calif State University, Fullerton
Irradiance-induced Ramp Rates in the Low Voltage Distribution Grid (715 downloads)	Kevin Murray	Queen’s University, Belfast
Optimum PV power forecasting modelling based on artificial neural networks (762 downloads)	Marios Theristis	University of Cyprus
EU COST Action PEARL PV: Performance and Reliability of Photovoltaic Systems: Evaluation of large-Scale Monitoring Data; WG5 PV in grids (736 downloads)	Marios Theristis	University of Cyprus
Comparison of Cloud Speed Data for Solar Ramp Rate Analysis (775 downloads)	Braden Gilleland and Will Hobbs	Southern Company