Call for Papers

• Following our Call for Papers which ended on June 13, we received a large number of abstracts. The online submission platform is closed now for further abstract submissions. We would like to thank everybody who sent in an abstract. All abstracts are now being reviewed by the workshop’s international Advisory Committee.
  For all those who missed the deadline:
  If you are still considering to contribute a paper to the Solar Integration Workshop, please send your abstract (max. 3,000 characters) directly to u.betancourt[at]energynautics.com.
  At this point, we can offer a poster presentation for abstracts arriving after deadline.
• After a thorough reviewing process by the International Advisory Committee authors will be notified of the acceptance of their papers by the end of July 2016.
• Final papers must then be submitted online by 15 September 2016.
• As the conference language is English, all abstracts have to be written in English.
• Authors will pay a reduced workshop fee.
• All participants are responsible for paying their own travel and hotel expenses.
• All presented papers and posters will be published in the workshop proceedings (ISBN 978-3-9816549-3-6).

Project Experience

• Project experience related to PV/CSP/storage grid connection
• Innovative Smart Grid solutions with solar power and storage
• Experience with large-scale integration of PV/CSP/storage power into power systems
• IT technology for the integration of solar power and storage
• PV/CSP/storage power monitoring and prediction systems
• PV/CSP integration study experience
• PV/CSP/storage power plant performance for plant operation and interconnection with the grid
• Protection aspects of PV/CSP/storage
• PV and storage in distribution grids (distributed generation)

Integration & Design Studies

• Innovative Smart Grid solutions with solar power and storage
• Solar integration study methodologies and data requirements
• PV/CSP/storage system models for interconnection and planning studies
• Design and operation of hybrid systems with PV/CSP/storage
• PV/CSP/storage power plant performance for plant operation and interconnection with the grid
• Protection aspects of PV/CSP/storage
• PV and storage in distribution grids (distributed generation)

Modelling Aspects

• Modelling of inverters and solar power plants for system integration studies including methods of testing and verification of compliance with requirements, and technologies (on grid side and power plant side) to facilitate integration
• Modelling PV/CSP/storage plants output variability and assessing the impacts

Market Issues

• Power balancing methods and solutions, e.g. balance markets, to manage solar power variability in power systems
• Evaluation of rules and mechanisms for integrating of PV/CSP/storage in electricity markets

Forecasting

• PV/CSP/storage power monitoring and prediction systems
• Demand forecast with distributed PV and storage
• State-of-the-art solar resources forecasting and opportunities for improvement

Grid Codes

• Interconnection standards for solar systems, solar system models for system planning and interconnection studies

Each year, the best papers from the Solar & Wind Integration Workshop will be selected for a special issue of the IET Renewable Power Generation. The selected papers nevertheless have to go through the review process of the journal, which will lead to changes compared to the original version presented at the conference.

Selected Solar Papers 2015 for “IET Special Issue”:

• Analysis of Options for the Future Allocation of PV Farms in South Africa
  M. Pöller, M. Obert (M.P.E., Germany), G. Moodley (DIgSILENT Buyisa, South Africa) SIW15-122
• Reaching New Solar Heights – Mitigating the Duck Curve in California
  D. Lew, M. Schroder, N. Miller, M. Lecar (GE Energy Consulting, USA) SIW15-62
• Solar Power Forecasting Trials and Trial Design: Experience from Texas
  E. Lannoye, A. Tuohy (EPRI, USA), J. Sharp (Sharply Focused, USA), V. Von Schamm, W. Callender, L. Aguirre (CPS Energy, USA) (SIW15-35)
• Comparative Analysis of Various Configurations for Large PV Power Plants
  M. de Prada Gil, J. L. Domínguez-García, L. Trilla, O. Gomis-Bellmunt (IREC — Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Spain), V. Aga, F. Miquel, M. Shafiee-Khoor (ALSTOM Renewable, Switzerland) (SIW15-84)
• Impact of High Levels of Solar Generation on Steady State and Dynamic Behavior of the Transmission System: Case Studies and Lessons Learned
  V. Singhvi, P. Pourbeik, J. C. Boemer, A. Tuohy (EPRI, USA) (SIW15-24)
• Operational Impacts of Operating Reserve Demand Curves on Production Cost and Reliability
  I.Krad, E. Ibanez (NREL, USA), E. Ela (EPRI, USA), W. Gao (University of Denver, USA) (SIW15-178)

Further links:

IET Special Issue with selected papers of the 2014 workshops (Volume 10, Issue 1, 2016) NEW!

IET Special Issue with selected papers of the 2013 workshops (Volume 9, Issue 1, 2015)