ISGAN Public Workshop in Genk

Presentations and Summary of ISGAN public workshop on "Building the flexible power systems" held in Genk, Belgium

The FPS Economy, SME, Self-Employed and Energy – DG Energy & EnergyVille, would like to invite you to the public workshop of the International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN):

Building the flexible power systems.
From analog to digital, from lorry to EV, from customers to prosumers

12 September 2017, 09:30-18:00

All over the globe, governments have set ambitious targets for the deployment of renewable energy sources. Unlocking the full flexibility potential throughout the power system is essential to enable these objectives. This ISGAN public workshop gathers world-class speakers from international organizations, public authorities, utilities and research institutes to exchange views on current and future energy policies, to showcase best practices and to bring together experts in various technologies to come to a power system vision.

At Thor Central
Thor Park 8000
3600 Genk
Belgium

Session 1 – High-level introduction
10h00 – 10h15	Jean-Marc Delporte, Chairman FPS Economy, SME, Self-Employed and Energy
10h15 – 10h30	Mark Van Stiphout, Deputy Head of Unit for New energy technologies, innovation and clean coal, European Commission SMART AND CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL (PDF, 1.1 MB)
10h30 – 10h45	Ronnie Belmans, CEO EnergyVille & CEO GSGF Research into sustainable energy and smart energy systems (PDF, 767.27 KB)
10h45 – 11h00	Karin Widegren, Chair ISGAN ISGAN in a nutshell (PDF, 1 MB)
11h00-11h30	Coffee break
Session 2 – Overview of International Activities on Flexibility
11h30 – 13h00	Moderator: Nancy Mahieu, Director General for Energy Rui Luo, CEM secretariatSusanne Ackeby, ISGAN Overview of International Activities on Flexibility ISGAN, Annex 6 Power T&D Systems (PDF, 474.79 KB) Edwin Haesen, EcofysPieter Vingerhoets, GSGF Flexibility around the world (PDF, 847.22 KB)
13h00 – 14h00	Lunch
Session 3 – Smart grids contributing to a flexible power system
14h00 – 15h30	Moderator: Roberto Zangrandi, EDSO for Smart Grids Bob Hebb, Elia Challenges and opportunities decentralised flex (PDF, 1.27 MB) Atul Bali, NSGM-PMU, INDIA Flexibility in Indian Power System (PDF, 370.48 KB) Steven Hauser, GridWise Alliance Donghan Feng, State Energy Smart Grid R&D Center of ChinaJohn Ward, CSIRO Building the flexible power systems (PDF, 1007.1 KB)
15h30 – 16h00	Coffee break
Session 4 – Towards a smart & flexible power system
16h00 – 17h30	Moderated: Michele de Nigris, IEA End-Use Working Party Vice-Chair Electricity Russ Conklin, ISGANAdrej Jentsch, DHC District Heating and Cooling as a key element of a smart power grid (PDF, 582.13 KB) Roland Bründlinger, PVPS Towards a smart & flexible power system (PDF, 528.96 KB) Bert Gysen, ECES Energy Conservation through Energy Storage (ECES TCP) (PDF, 638.9 KB) Filip Johnsson, IETSSession 1 – High-level introduction Increasing the value of wind and solar Towards smart and flexible power systems (PDF, 528.96 KB)
Session 5 – Conclusions
17h30 – 17h45	Wim Dries, Mayor of the City of Genk
17h45 – 19h00	Networking Reception

Downloads:

ISGAN-Public-workshop_agenda.pdf

isgan_booklet.pdf

ISGAN Public Workshop in Genk

Building the flexible power systems. From analog to digital, from lorry to EV, from customers to prosumers

Building the flexible power systems.
From analog to digital, from lorry to EV, from customers to prosumers