Special Seminar on Energy Storage System: Optimizing Solar and Energy Storage Systems Using Grid-aware Strategies Across Local and Countrywide Scales
Abstract
The Swiss Energy Strategy 2050 aims to meet half of the country’s electricity demand through solar generation and energy storage integration. However, the capacity of electrical distribution systems, which will host most of the solar plants, is limited by physical and operational constraints, presenting significant integration challenges. While energy storage systems (ESS) offer a promising solution, existing approaches often neglect critical network constraints of the power infrastructure. Advanced grid-aware methods for the optimal control of integrated renewable and energy storage systems are crucial to address the operational challenges associated with their large-scale integration. This talk presents various strategies that consider power grid constraints in the planning and operation of solar and energy storage systems at both local and national scales, aimed at meeting different renewable integration targets. It also explores scenarios where solar generation curtailment is permitted, assessing whether curtailment offers a more cost-effective solution compared to deploying additional energy storage. Additionally, the talk discusses the challenges of curtailing solar generation, including the need for fair curtailment schemes. The presentation concludes by outlining future research directions for the integration of multi-energy storage systems at both national and local levels.
Biography
Rahul Gupta is an Assistant Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at Washington State University (WSU), USA. His research focuses on the modeling, operation, and planning of multi-energy systems within electrical distribution networks, addressing various types of uncertainties, measurement and model-less control schemes, model-identification techniques, and synthetic energy system generation. Dr. Gupta earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in 2018 and 2023, respectively. His doctoral research was awarded the EPFL PhD Thesis Distinction in Electrical Engineering in 2023. Prior to his current position, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA from October 2023 to December 2024, supported by the Postdoc.Mobility grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
The Swiss Energy Strategy 2050 aims to meet half of the country’s electricity demand through solar generation and energy storage integration. However, the capacity of electrical distribution systems, which will host most of the solar plants, is limited by physical and operational constraints, presenting significant integration challenges. While energy storage systems (ESS) offer a promising solution, existing approaches often neglect critical network constraints of the power infrastructure. Advanced grid-aware methods for the optimal control of integrated renewable and energy storage systems are crucial to address the operational challenges associated with their large-scale integration. This talk presents various strategies that consider power grid constraints in the planning and operation of solar and energy storage systems at both local and national scales, aimed at meeting different renewable integration targets. It also explores scenarios where solar generation curtailment is permitted, assessing whether curtailment offers a more cost-effective solution compared to deploying additional energy storage. Additionally, the talk discusses the challenges of curtailing solar generation, including the need for fair curtailment schemes. The presentation concludes by outlining future research directions for the integration of multi-energy storage systems at both national and local levels.
Biography
Rahul Gupta is an Assistant Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at Washington State University (WSU), USA. His research focuses on the modeling, operation, and planning of multi-energy systems within electrical distribution networks, addressing various types of uncertainties, measurement and model-less control schemes, model-identification techniques, and synthetic energy system generation. Dr. Gupta earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in 2018 and 2023, respectively. His doctoral research was awarded the EPFL PhD Thesis Distinction in Electrical Engineering in 2023. Prior to his current position, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA from October 2023 to December 2024, supported by the Postdoc.Mobility grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
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