We are pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Belgian Energy Transition Workshop: Shaping the Future Grid, organized by the Energy Transmission Competence Hub Etch.
The third edition of the Belgian Energy Transition Workshop will bring together researchers, industry experts, policymakers, and grid stakeholders to discuss the key challenges and opportunities shaping the future of Europe's electricity networks and energy transition.
Check out the insights of last year's edition here.
Programme
- 08h30 – 09h00 Registration and coffee
- Host: Dirk Van Hertem - Director Etch & professor KU Leuven
- 09h00 – 09h15 Opening words - Dirk Van Hertem - Director Etch & professor KU Leuven (room 6)
- 09h15 – 09h45 Keynote: Prof. dr. ir. Jan Desmet, Gewoon-Hoogleraar Elektrotechniek UGent (room 6)
- 09h45 – 10h45 parallel sessions
- Session 1 - Uncertainty: Part 1 (room 6)
- Oscar Damanik, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Quantification of transmission grid resilience improvement through underground HVDC connection
- Cuiling Wang, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Physics-Informed Data-Augmented Transfer Learning for Building Thermal Dynamics Prediction
- Kaan Yurtseven, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Risk-Based Congestion Management Under Non-Gaussian Uncertainty in Hybrid AC/DC Grids
- Session 2 - Protection & control: Part 1 (room 13)
- Marco D’Onofrio, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - A Model-Driven State Machine Framework for Automated Verification of Digital Substations
- Emmanuel Eragbe Sule, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Impact of HB-MMC fault current limiting control on DC Reactor sizing for partially selective HVDC protection
- Amr Saad, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Impact of Negative Sequence Current Control on MMC Performance: A Small-Signal Perspective
- Session 1 - Uncertainty: Part 1 (room 6)
- 10h45 – 11h05 Coffee
- 11h05 – 11h45 parallel sessions
- Session 1 - Uncertainty: Part 2 (room 6)
- Giacomo Bastianel, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Grid Topology Optimization for Congestion Management Under High Renewable Penetrations and Discrete Load Growth
- Xiaoyu Jin, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Flexible Supercomputing Loads for Future Electricity Grids: Risk-Aware Scheduling at the Flemish Supercomputer
- Session 2 - Protection & control: Part 2 (room 13)
- Francisco Javier Cifuentes Garcia, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - AC voltage control performance analysis in the frequency domain
- Luis Müller, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Impact of Grounding Location on DC-Side Stability in Bipolar Multi-Terminal HVDC Systems Under Asymmetric Operation
- Session 1 - Uncertainty: Part 2 (room 6)
- 11h45 – 14h10 Visit to the lab in small groups + Lunch and poster session
- 14h10 – 14h40 Keynote: Kurtis Toews, RTDS technologies (room 6)
- 14h40 – 15h40 Parallel sessions
- Session 3 - Protection & control: Part 1 (room 6)
- Jan Kircheis, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - High-frequency Interactions of Grid-Forming MMCs
- Jeroen Tant, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - BriskSim: a next-generation EMT simulation tool for converter-dominated grid
- Francesco Giacomo Puricelli, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - An EMT Benchmark Model for Interaction Studies in Modern Power Systems
- Session 4 - Stability and congestion constrained system operation: Part 1 (room 13)
- Juan Camilo Castaño, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Joint Provision of Frequency Containment Reserve by HVDC Links, Battery Storage, and Electrolysers in AC/DC Electricity-Hydrogen Systems
- Ehsan Kazemi-Robati, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - High-voltage distribution networks with MVDC links: operation management under reactive power neutrality
- Jinwen Xiang, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Steady-state Harmonic Solution of Closed-loop Voltage-source Converters using Harmonic-balance Method
- Session 3 - Protection & control: Part 1 (room 6)
- 15h40 – 15h55 Coffee
- 15h55 – 16h35 Parallel sessions
- Session 3 - Protection & control: Part 2 (room 6)
- Dongyeong Lee, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Grid-Friendly Design and Requirements of Grid-Forming Control Assets for Modern Power System Stability
- Paulin Eliat-Eliat, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Stability Analysis of Bipolar VSC-HVDC Connected Offshore Wind Farms
- Session 4 - Stability and congestion constrained system operation: Part 2 (room 13)
- Ricardo Gallo Caicedo, Etch/EnergyVille/KU Leuven - Congestion Management for Offshore Hybrid AC/DC Grids Using Hierarchical Power Flow Scheduling
- Gabriel Malmer, Lund University - VSC-HVDC setpoint rule for maximum AC system loadability
- Session 3 - Protection & control: Part 2 (room 6)
- 16h35 – 17h00 Moderators’ summary of the parallel sessions (room 6)
- 17h00 Reception
Related events
We organize a series of events centered around the official opening of the new Etch Simulation Lab:
- 6 October: Third Annual Belgian Energy Transition Workshop (09.00-18.00h)
- 7 October: Industry Day (09.00-15.00h)
- 7 October: Official Opening Simulation Lab (15.00-18.00h)
When registering, you can indicate which events you wish to join.