Program

Topic: Resilience and Stability in Power Systems with Very High Shares of Renewable Energy Sources

Day 1 (June 24th, 2025 from 14:00-18:00 CEST)

Session 1: Policies and Programs 

14:00-	14:10	Welcome Remarks	Philipp Strauss	Director Power Systems Stability and Converter Technology Division Fraunhofer IEE, Germany Spokesperson for the European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories Association (DERlab e.V.)
14:10-	14:15	Introduction	Moderation: Graeme Burt	Professor and Director, Institute for Energy & Environment Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering University of Strathclyde, Scotland
14:15-	14:25	European Commission	Mark van Stiphout	Deputy Head of Unit for Research, Innovation, Competitiveness and Digitalisation at DG Energy European Commission, Belgium
14:25-	14:35	USA	Michael Pesin (tbc)	Deputy Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of Energy
14:35-	14:45	Canada: Power Systems with very high Shares of Renewable Energy	Tim Weis	Deputy Director for the Smart Grid & Renewable Energy Program NRCan’s Office of Energy Research and Development, Canada
14:45-	14:55	UK	Rob Saunders	Director for Net Zero Systems UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), United Kingdom
14:55-	15:05	Germany’s System Stability Roadmap	Alexander Folz	Deputy Head of Division System Security Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany
15:05-	15:15	Japanese Government Project on Power Systems including Flexibility and Inertia Issues caued by Inverter based Distributed Generations	Kazuhiko Ogimoto	University of Tokyo, Japan
15:15-	15:40	Discussion

Session 2: Stability and Resilience 

15:40-	15:45	Introduction	Moderation: Mark McGranaghan	Fellow at Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Europe, Ireland
15:45-	15:55	Power System Stability Needs in the Netherlands	Jorrit Bos	Grid Strategist – Power System Stability Energy System Planning | System Integrity NL TenneT TSO B.V., Arnhem, The Netherlands
15:55-	16:05	UNIFI Consortium for Grid Forming Inverters	Ben Kroposki	Director – Power Systems Engineering Center National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA
16:05-	16:15	Future Black Start Restoration from Low Carbon Technologies	Danny Barlow	Future Network Technology Manager ScottishPower Energy Networks, Scotland
16:15-	16:25	Grid Forming Applications: Experiences and Outlook	Thorsten Bülo	System Development Engineer SMA Solar Technology AG, Germany
16:25-	17:00	Discussion and Questions
17:00-	17:15	Break

Session 3: Flexibility and Interoperability 

17:30-	17:35	Introduction	Moderation: Thomas Strasser	Senior Scientist, Power and Renewable Gas Systems Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (AIT), Austria
17:35-	17:45	Integration of large Data Centers (DCFlex Project)	David Porter (tbc)	Vice President, Electrification & Sustainable Energy Strategy, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA
17:45-	17:55	Plug & Play Energy Management for Hybrid Energy Storage – PARMENIDES	Mark Stefan	Senior Research Engineer, Power and Renewable Gas Systems Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (AIT), Austria
17:55-	18:05	Int:net -Interoperability Network for the Energy Transition	Antonello Monti	Director of the Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems (ACS) E.ON Energy Research Center RWTH Aachen University Center for Digital Energy, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany
18:05-	18:15	The Red Sea Microgrid in Saudi Arabia	Hongwu She	Deputy Chief Expert Huawei Digital Power
18:15-	18:30	Discussion
18:30-	18:35	Closing Remarks for Day 1	Peter Vaessen	Innovation Manager Labs Development KEMA Labs, The Netherlands

Session 4: Technical Solutions for Flexibility Provision 

8:30-	8:40	Welcome Remarks and Wrap-up of the First Day	Philipp Strauss	Director Power Systems Stability and Converter Technology Division, Fraunhofer IEE, Germany Spokesperson for the European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories Association (DERlab e.V.)
8:40-	8:55	wildcard: current affairs
8:55-	9:00	Introduction	Moderation: John Ward	Research Director at CSIRO Energy Centre, Newcastle, Australia
9:00-	9:10	Flexibility Requirements in the European Power System	José Pablo Chaves Ávila	Deputy Director for Research Development at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, ICAI School of Engineering – Institute for Research in Technology – IIT, Spain
9:10-	9:20	Grid Interactive Energy Efficient Buildings	Stephen White (tbc)	CSIRO Energy Centre, Newcastle, Australia
9:20-	9:30	Electrolysis Grid Code Requirements – Challenges and Implications based on the German Connection Rules	Sven Schumann	Head of Primary Electric in the Electrolysis Business Unit “Sustainable Energy Systems” at Siemens Energy, Germany
9:30-	9:40	FLEX Overview	Brian Seal (tbc)	Senior Program Manager, DER Integration at EPRI, USA
9:40-	9:50	Enhanced Voltage Management & Emergency Backstop for South Australia	N.N.
9:50-	10:10	Discussion

Session 5: Regions with very high RES Shares 

10:10-	10:15	Introduction	Moderation: Peter Vaessen	Innovation Manager Labs Development KEMA Labs, The Netherlands
10:15-	10:25	NEOM	Nand Singh	Director – System Design & Planning NEOM, Saudi Arabia
10:25-	10:35	Example of very high Shares of RES and Management	N.N.
10:35-	10:45	Danish Case	Per Munch Jakobsen	Head of Laboratories, Department of Wind and Energy Systems PowerLabDK Power and Energy Systems Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
10:45-	10:55	Options for Managing DER Active Power to enable Interconnection	Tom Key	Senior Technical Executive Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA
10:55-	11:15	Discussion
11:15-	11:30	Break

Session 6: Power Systems Stability and Interoperability (Modeling and Laboratory Results)

11:30-	11:35	Introduction	Moderation: Diana Strauss-Mincu	Group Manager of Grid Control and Grid Dynamics Fraunhofer IEE, Germany
11:35-	11:45	EMT Analysis of large Systems, Challenges and future Trends	Mohammed EINozahy	Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), Canada
11:45-	11:55	Open Source Modelling; CRESYM	Antonello Monti	Director of the Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems (ACS) E.ON Energy Research Center RWTH Aachen University Center for Digital Energy Fraunhofer FIT, Germany
11:55-	12:05	Inertial Response of the Grid-Forming Converter: Testing and Validation	Andres Tarraso-Martinez	Scientist in the Power Electronics Group Austrian Institute for Technology (AIT), Austria
12:05-	12:15	Online Inertia Estimation for Dynamic Security Assessment	Simon Eberlein	Senior Scientist and Deputy Group Manager System Stability in the Grid Integration Department Fraunhofer IEE, Germany
12:15-	12:35	Discussion
12:35-	12:55	Closing Discussion and Announcement of next IREDonline