Agenda
DAY 1 - 27 November 2024
Wired for Tomorrow – Study Findings, Recommendations, and Use Cases
The study explores how DSOs across Europe leverage digitalisation in grid build-out, operations, and maintenance. • It looks back at DSO experiences and learnings, and forward by providing policy and strategical recommendations. • We will also highlight concrete use cases demonstrating benefits from innovative technologies.
Jessica Garcia / Policy Advisor / Eurelectric
Data Centricity from the Perspective of a Transmission System Operator
Alexander von Selasinsky
Group Head of Data Platform, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
As transmission system operators, Elia and 50Hertz lead the way for a successful energy transition in a sustainable world. Trustworthy data, such as forecasts of feed-in from renewable energy sources, is essential for maintaining a reliable electricity system in our rapidly changing environment.
In this session, you can get insights into what it means to become a datacentric company in the energy sector. These insights will focus on strategic and organizational challenges of a platform approach to make data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable).
This can help you to identify the right levers in your organization to improve decision quality, accelerating application development, unlocking unused innovation potential, and increasing operational efficiency.
Join this session to better understand strategic and organizational challenges of becoming a datacentric company using a platform approach, get insights into the most important data domains of the energy sector, and learn about data-driven use cases of transmission system operators.
Entrepreneurs Facing Grid Congestion Help Drive the Energy Transition
Heleen Groenenberg / Independent Consultant / SustainBrain
Decentralization of the Energy System – Challenges from a TSO Perspective
Niels Ehlers
Senior Manager Digitalization, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
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Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS
Jorrit Nutma
Researcher, TNO
Today, different kinds of (in-home) energy management are already happening, but they do not necessarily include Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS). Being part of the digitalization of our power system, we see a pivotal role for the HEMS to further advance the application of energy flexibility, being it based on incentives from dynamic tariffs, as result of direct control by energy retailers and/or aggregators or because of grid limitation regulation. We note that there is not a single blueprint for a HEMS. So, what are the factors that stimulate a HEMS to be developed and adopted? What kind of different architectures for a HEMS are possible and what are the pros and cons of them? And of course, what is the role of the DSO in the story and what are the consequences for the DSO? In this talk we’ll address those questions.
One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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Operational Challenges
Mark Beukeboom
Product Manager Virtual Power Plant, Eneco
- Operational challenges of flexible steering of any type of asset
- From EV charging to off shore wind park flex: challenges in connectivity
- Small in size, great in number: scaled optimization and safety in numbers
V2G Technology
Rainer M. Bachmann
CEO and Co-Founder, E:E Consulting GmbH
- Actual development in the low voltage grid
- Actual developments in the highest voltage grids in Germany
- Stabilization of the low voltage grid by compensation of reactive power based on V2G technology.
- Stabilization of the low voltage grid by compensation of grid harmonics based on V2G technology.
- Injection of primary reserve in the highest voltage grid based on battery farms and potentially EVs
How Digitization of Grid Operations Drives Efficiency and Profitability for Utilities
Valerie Layan
VP, Power & Grid Europe, Energy Management Business, Schneider Electric
- The Main challenges faced by DSOs across Europe
- Real life examples of efficiency & savings achieved through Digitization
- Learnings and REX to build reliable business case
- The path to implementing a successful Digitization Strategy
Energy Data
Dr. Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal
Associate Professor, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
- In this presentation, we focus on energy data and discuss the following open questions:
- Why is data sharing an important matter in energy systems?
- What is the value of data and how can it be used as an incentive for data sharing?
- What are the KPIs and concerns in designing an efficient and secure energy data market?
- What are the feasible data sharing mechanisms (peer2 peer, central, .)
Lunch Time Break
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ML Application - GRID Technical Loses Application after 1 year live - results.
Martin Kult / Head of Digital / Ceps
AI for Automated Inspection
- Automated power grid inspection with drones
- Process improvement through deployment of AI
Lorenzo Arizzoli-Bulato / Head of Automated Inspection / Axpo Grid AG
Utilizing AI for the Future of Energy: Practical Strategies for Grid Operators
Ensie Hosseini
Researcher & coordinator at AI for Energy Grids Lab, Alliander
- Introduction to AI in Energy Grids
- Strategies for maintaining grid stability
- Enhancing grid reliability through automation.
Utilizing AI for the Future of Energy: Practical Strategies for Grid Operators
Kira Engelhardt
Head of Data & AI - Energy Networks, E.ON Digital Technology
Tackling Energy Transition Challenges: Explore how AI can address the unique challenges faced by grid operators in the energy transition.
Identifying High-Impact Use Cases: Learn strategies to pinpoint the right AI use cases that ensure significant business impact and avoid AI implementation for its own sake.
Building Transformative Teams: Discover methods to attract and develop the right talent essential for driving AI-driven transformations in your business.
Setting Up for Success: Understand the best practices for organizing and structuring teams to effectively implement AI solutions and achieve sustainable business transformation.
One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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AI-Enabled Grid Enhancing Technologies for Higher Transmission Capacity
Matthias Heinecke
Head of Innovation Management at Digital Grid, Siemens Energy
- Introducing the concept and benefits of Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) that leverage AI to optimize the use of existing grid infrastructure
- Explaining how AI driven thermal asset twins can provide real-time ampacity prediction for transmission equipment such as transformers and switchgears
- Sharing insights on the development and first validation examples of these AI based digital twins - from internal testing results to initial field validation activities
Enhancing Utility Grid Protection: Leveraging AI and Data Analytics Across Departments
Elie Abou Assaf
Head of Electrical Network and Third-Party Security Department, Enedis
- Centralized Data Collection and Analysis
- Advanced Predictive and Preventive Measures
- Improved Inter-Departmental Communication
- Optimization of Resources and Network Reliability
Using a Digital Twin to Enhance Network Resilience
Dan Wilson
Asset Analytics Manager, Electricity North West Ltd
- Combining GIS, EAM and DMS data to build a digital twin support asset management
- Using a digital twin to assess the resilience of electrical networks to severe weather
- Optimising and justifying investment in resilience
Introducing Innovation into the Control Room
- The challenging journey to introduce innovations in a highly secured environment
- How a Digital Transformation Program meets the Control Room of the Future
- How to short-cut the long lead times of innovations
Marnick Huijsman / Lead Digital & Data / TenneT
Hurdles and Upsides from Digitalisation
- Why go digital and what does it hold for TSO’s and DSO’s?
- How system operators look at and can structure digitalisation
- Digitalization might disturb the organisation - why do you do it?
- When digitalizing: What are recipes to fail?
- Upsides: What to gain from digitalization
- How to approach digitalization practically (from sensor data to practical use)
- What are the challenges and opportunity for the supply chain & digital innovation?
- Without Digital, Will system operators achieve ambitious net zero targets?
- How can we harness power of digital and data to reduce costs, improve efficiency and resilience, and reduce emissions?
Panelists
Magnus Cormack / Senior Manager, AI & Analytics / National Grid ESO
Niels Ehlers / Senior Manager Digitalization / 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
Ensie Hosseini / Researcher & coordinator at AI for Energy Grids Lab / Alliander
Kira Engelhardt / Head of Data & AI - Energy Networks / E.ON Digital Technology
Dan Wilson / Asset Analytics Manager / Electricity North West Ltd
Moderator
Magnus Cormack
ESO Senior Manager – AI and Automation, National Grid ESO
Panelists
Kira Engelhardt
Head of Data & AI - Energy Networks, E.ON Digital Technology
Elie Abou Assaf
Head of Electrical Network and Third-Party Security Department, Enedis
Ensie Hosseini
Researcher & coordinator at AI for Energy Grids Lab, Alliander
Dan Wilson
Asset Analytics Manager, Electricity North West Ltd
Chairman’s Closing Remarks and End of Conference
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