The Power Grid Model Story

We're delighted to invite you to join us for a webinar on the history of Power Grid Model on Monday, 20 January 2025.

We'll cover:

• why Alliander started Power Grid Model and how it grew
• how it's currently used outside Alliander
• the community's ambitions for the future 

There will be an opportunity for live questions from the audience. The webinar will also be recorded and available afterwards.

About Power Grid Model

The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.

Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.

Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.

Agenda

15.30-15.35 - Welcome and Introduction - Peter Salemink

15.35-15.45 - Part 1: Power Grid Model Origins: The Case for In-House Investment in Distribution Power System Calculations - Werner van Westering

15.45-15.55 - Part 2: Professionalizing Power Grid Calculations with the Power Grid Model - Tony Xiang

15.55-16.05 - Part 3: Alliander's Strategic Commitment to Open Source and the Power Grid Model Journey to open source - Arjan Stam

16.05-16.15 - Part 4: Scaling Up the Application of the Power Grid Model at Alliander - Jaap Schouten

16.15-16.25 - Part 5: Using Power Grid Model for research at TU Eindhoven (speaker TBC)

16.25-16.35 - Part 6: Future vision for Power Grid Model - Tony Xiang and Jonas van den Bogaard

16.35-16.45 - Closing - Peter Salemink

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