PES Day Webinar: Modeling A Clean Energy Future for the United States
IEEE PES Region 2 welcomes you to join this PES Day webinar provided by Dr. Yixing Xu, the Research Director of Breakthrough Energy Sciences. 1 PDH will be provided to attendees who will be tracked and proven to be in attendance for this entire webinar.
Abstract: The United States power grid will have to undergo a radical transformation for the deep decarbonization necessary to avoid the worst effects of climate change. To help guide the consideration of the plethora of options for how to conduct this transformation, the Breakthrough Energy Sciences team is working to develop, validate, and publish high-resolution models of the U.S. grid, capable of investigating a variety of future grid configurations. To demonstrate the utility of these models, we investigate how to meet the current 2030 clean electricity goals, as well as a more ambitious set of goals consistent with deep decarbonization. Four designs for a ‘Macro Grid’ are developed, capable of strengthening the connections between the regions of the grid today; each of these designs is capable of achieving 70% clean electricity via different infrastructure choices. The software architecture used to conduct these studies is also presented, as well as ongoing efforts to refine and enhance the model.
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- Date: 29 Apr 2021
- Time: 08:55 PM UTC to 10:00 PM UTC
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- Columbus, Ohio
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- Co-sponsored by IEEE PES Region 2
- Starts 28 March 2021 04:00 PM UTC
- Ends 29 April 2021 06:00 PM UTC
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Speakers
Dr. Yixing Xu
Biography:
Yixing joined Breakthrough Energy as the Chief Scientist and system architect of the energy system modeling project at Breakthrough Energy Sciences in 2020. Yixing works with a talented and diverse team of research scientists, data scientists, and software engineers to explore potential pathways to 100% clean energy and build open-source software. His research focuses on clean energy technology and energy policy. The goal of his open-source software effort is to support industry experts, policy makers, and academic researchers in studying the future energy system. Yixing also collaborates with researchers at universities and experts in the industry to solve the most challenging problems in the clean energy transition.
Yixing has spent the entirety of his academic and industrial career working in clean energy field, starting in 2014 at Intellectual Ventures where he founded the grid modeling project, and led a diverse team of experts to build a high-resolution electric grid model to support large scale clean energy integration. Previously, he worked at Alstom Grid to build energy market clearing engines for the energy industry. Yixing has published over 10 papers, book chapters, and technical reports in top journals and conferences, and delivered invited talks.
Yixing finished his PhD and postdoc at Texas A&M University, bachelor’s degree at Tsinghua University, all focusing on clean energy. Yixing is based in Seattle, Washington.
Agenda
04:55 - 05:00 PM: Welcome & Introduction
05:00 - 05:55 PM: Lecture
05:55 - 06:00 PM: Q&A