Background
In the face of increasing electricity demand, power sector planners may be reluctant to consider adding renewable energy capacity because of the perceived challenge of variability. They may automatically assume that renewables require energy storage, or that only fossil fuels can provide reliability. However, evidence from around the world shows that employing system flexibility measures can enable reliable integration of larger shares of renewables and can also slow demand growth. Flexibility measures range from lower cost options like changes in system operation to higher cost options like adding storage or transmission capacity. Comparing flexibility options helps to identify least cost solutions for each power system.
Join leading experts for a review of the options for power system flexibility that may unlock solutions for reliably adding larger shares of renewables to meet demand growth, thereby avoiding unnecessary lock-in of fossil fuel solutions and helping to achieve both economic and environmental goals.
Objectives
- Describe system flexibility solutions that have been demonstrated globally
- Explain how these solutions can contribute to slowing demand growth and allowing for increased penetration of variable renewables to meet demand
- Provide an idea of the relative costs of the solutions and how those costs may vary depending on particular circumstances
Agenda
| Time (Manila) | Activities |
|---|---|
| 08:00-08:10 p.m. | Introductions |
| 08:10-08:20 p.m. | Regional Perspective on Demand Growth and Solutions |
| 108:20-08:30 p.m. | Overview: Why System Flexibility Matters for the Energy Transition |
| 08:30-09:20 p.m. | Representative Examples from Around the World |
| 09:20-09:30 p.m. | Q&A |
About Organizers
The Clean Power Hub provides free guides and expert advice to support professionals’ work on clean power policymaking, regulation, system operations, project development and finance, and more. The four core programmatic areas of the Hub integrate with and reinforce each other. Clean Power Hub Guides offer clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step guidance on the work it takes to achieve the clean energy transition. Developed with leading international institutions, they are designed to help professionals quickly and efficiently figure out what to do and how to do it. Professional Development Courses offer practical instruction on important, locally-relevant topics in clean power for cohorts of 20 to 30 competitively-selected local professionals. These offerings are supplemented by the Clean Power Hub Community Forum, a free, open-source online discussion platform where clean power experts and practitioners are encouraged to ask and answer questions, network, and otherwise learn from one another. The Forum is available to all, and is moderated to maintain a productive dialogue. Finally, the Ask an Expert service provides power sector practitioners with free, short-term advisory engagements with some of the world’s best experts on clean power.
Point of Contact
Graham Pugh, Clean Power Hub
Email: [email protected]
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