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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CNLS Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg 1690)

Smart Grid

Can California meet its renewable goals for 2030 and 2050?

Ram Rajagopal
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Stanford University

The California state legislature has set aggressive Green House Gas emissions reduction goals of 60% by 2030 and 80% by 2050. Achieving these goals requires combining strategies that significantly rethink how we plan and operate our power networks. In this talk I address how to rethink the dispatch of conventional generation, how to design and operate demand shaping strategies and the challenges to manage autonomous distribution system clusters in the presence of significant penetration of renewable generation. I present Risk Limiting Dispatch that significantly reduces integration cost of wind power compared to current operation procedures, without requiring ample redesign of markets. I then discuss demand shaping program targeting opportunities based on smart meter and appliance load data. I conclude the talk introducing two measurement and automation platforms for distribution side cluster management based on integrated power sensing.

Host: Misha Chertkov, chertkov@lanl.gov, 665-8119