BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241104T161747Z UID:D634A371-E162-4751-BF61-017D3E68A293 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241025T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241025T140000 DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nTraditionally\, the energy system has been unilate ral and segregated with centralised large energy generation clusters stepp ing the energy down to our houses and businesses. In our journey to Net Ze ro\, decarbonisation is a whole system matter\, in a system that is now be coming bilateral and changing towards a more decentralised model. Firstly\ , we will showcase how the electricity grid is set up and what is the gove rnance model between all the involved players\, then we will dive into how NESO keeps the lights on and why flexibility is so important at the momen t and finally we will look at some challenges we are currently facing in s etting up flexibility for success.\n\nBio: Nicolas Manea is currently serv ing as a Strategy Lead in the Distributed Flexibility team in NESO and wor king on wide flexibility coordination\, standardisation and digitalisation matters. Previous to this role\, Nicolas spend time working in a technica l consultancy\, where he focused on advising clients on their energy strat egy journey. Nicolas has experience in industry wide Net Zero strategy\, f lexibility markets and technologies and digitalisation transition and he i s a PhD candidate at Cardiff School of Engineering\, where his research ha s focused on using blockchain to digitalise electricity flexibility.\n\nBl dg: Old engineering building (Y3)\, G36\, University of Birmingham\, Birmi ngham\, England\, United Kingdom LOCATION:Bldg: Old engineering building (Y3)\, G36\, University of Birmingh am\, Birmingham\, England\, United Kingdom ORGANIZER:zxj548@student.bham.ac.uk SEQUENCE:8 SUMMARY:Distinguished Lecture: Keeping the Lights On and the Electricity Cl ean URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/440671 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="x_MsoNormal"><span data-olk-copy-so urce="MessageBody"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/medi a/display/ec01254c-0389-4176-aac1-12b40a9f18bb"></span></p>\n<p class="x_M soNormal"><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Abstract:</span></p>\n< p class="x_MsoNormal">Traditionally\, the energy system has been unilatera l and segregated with centralised large energy generation clusters steppin g the energy down to our houses and businesses. In our journey to Net Zero \, decarbonisation is a whole system matter\, in a system that is now beco ming bilateral and changing towards a more decentralised model. Firstly\, we will showcase how the electricity grid is set up and what is the govern ance model between all the involved players\, then we will dive into how N ESO keeps the lights on and why flexibility is so important at the moment and finally we will look at some challenges we are currently facing in set ting up flexibility for success.</p>\n<p class="x_MsoNormal">&nbsp\;</p>\n <p class="x_MsoNormal">Bio: Nicolas Manea is currently serving as a Strate gy Lead in the Distributed Flexibility team in NESO and working on wide fl exibility coordination\, standardisation and digitalisation matters. Previ ous to this role\, Nicolas spend time working in a technical consultancy\, where he focused on advising clients on their energy strategy journey. Ni colas has experience in industry wide Net Zero strategy\, flexibility mark ets and technologies and digitalisation transition and he is a PhD candida te at Cardiff School of Engineering\, where his research has focused on us ing blockchain to digitalise electricity flexibility.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR