In this installment of our Global Energy Transition Summit series, the panel will look at the role of AI-Driven Grid Scale Battery Energy Storage Optimization in the global energy transition.

The Problem: Many parties who have vested interests in keeping things the way they are don’t want to transition grids to high renewable content, claiming that wind energy and solar energy are unreliable and not available when they are needed. On their own, there may be some reality to this, but being able to predict what quantity and when wind and solar energy are available and moving grid needs to when they are available, or moving that energy to when the grid needs that energy solves the problem.

Global energy demand is predicted by IEA.org to expand to 5900 TWh by 2030, while renewables in electricity generation rise from 28% in 2021 to about 50% by 2030 and 80% by 2050 while electrification of the energy transport sectors are increasing demand. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are crucial for meeting global energy demands and ensuring the reliability of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. BESS converts intermittent solar and wind energy into dispatchable power, helping utilities manage electricity needs effectively and avoid costly infrastructure upgrades.

The Solution: Managing BESS effectively requires a system that is grid-aware, that understands what is happening in the whole grid, not just locally at the BESS site. This involves predicting demand, generation and grid conditions, providing in real-time the best strategy to optimally charge and discharge the battery cost-effectively and to better support the grid: A system that can communicate effectively with basic battery management software, ensuring it operates efficiently and responds dynamically to fluctuating grid conditions.

Storage in the grid can be in residences, at industrial sites at substations or large-scale batteries connected to the transmission grid. They all have a role individually and on the collective to enable onboarding of more wind and solar and paving the path to this future grid.

DATE

TUESDAY NOV 5

TIME

11 am
Eastern Time

REGISTER

Global Energy Transition Summit:

AI-Driven Grid Storage Optimization: the Key to Meeting Global Energy Demand

 

In-PERSON and ONLINE SUMMIT

Agenda:

  • 10:30 AM - Registration and Networking
  • 10:50 AM - Welcome Remarks from Sonya Shorey, Interim President and CEO, Invest Ottawa
  • 11:00 AM - Panel Discussion featuring:
    • Devashish Paul (Moderator): CEO and Co-Founder, BluWave-ai
    • David Short: Senior Director, Enabling Resources Program, Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
    • Raj Pattani: Director, Strategic Policy, Ontario Energy Board (OEB)
    • Geoff Wright: Head of Development, Brookfield Renewable
    • Sam Arsenault: Production Supervisor, Sunbank Renewable Energy
    • Hydro Ottawa: Jenna Gillis, Manager of Distribution System Integration
  • 11:45 AM - Audience Q+A
  • 12:00 PM - Closing Remarks

LOCATION

7 Bayview Station Road Ottawa, ON K1Y 2C5

Panelists

  • David Short: Held a series of progressive positions within the electricity sector including several key management positions focused on Operations at the IESO. Strong electric utility background in the utility sector management, regulatory, operations, IT, design, and maintenance of bulk power system equipment. Experienced with electric industry issues including Canadian and US regulatory structures, market operations, and reliability requirements.

 

  • Jenna Gillis:

 

 

  • Raj Pattani: is Director of Strategic Policy at the Ontario Energy Board.  His team advances policy initiatives to further Ontario’s energy advantage and offers resources to facilitate innovation in the energy sector.  Prior to joining the OEB, Raj worked in engineering consulting, where his team studied, planned, and delivered generation, transmission, distribution, and storage projects.

 

  • Geoff Wright: is the regional Head of Development at Brookfield Renewable where he leads the business team that is responsible for all renewable development in Canada. Prior to this role, Geoff helped to coordinate global commercial and business development strategies across a portfolio of decarbonization solutions in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Geoff has been with Brookfield since 2013 in progressively senior roles in research, business development and management and has supported Brookfield's significant renewable, infrastructure and private equity investments. With both public and private sector experience, Geoff brings a pragmatic systems perspective to the challenges and opportunities associated with the energy transition. Geoff is a volunteer director with QUEST, a national non-profit that supports communities in Canada on their pathway to net-zero and holds a Masters Degree in Economics from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and a BA from the University of Manitoba.