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NEW! 2024 December: Advances in Hosting Capacity

A 3-day course that offers a thorough and international overview of the fundamental, advanced, and practical aspects of assessing the ability of existing electricity distribution infrastructure to accommodate distributed energy resources.

Topics include:

  • Basics of Hosting Capacity
  • Hosting Capacity Challenges
  • Making Large-Scale Hosting Capacity Calculations a Reality
  • Online Platform “DER and Network Vision”
  • Data-Driven Advances in Hosting Capacity
  • What is next for Hosting Capacity?

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2024 March: Operating Envelopes and Their Implementation

A 2-day course that covers fundamental, advanced, and practical aspects related to the use of operating envelopes (OEs) by distribution companies.

Topics include:

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2022 May: Advanced Modelling of DER-Rich Active Distribution Networks

A 5-day PhD-level course that covers fundamental and advanced modelling of active distribution networks with deep penetration of distributed energy resources (DER).

Topics include:

  • Power flow and optimal power flow algorithms suitable for diverse applications of active distribution networks with DER
  • Consideration for uncertainty arising from renewables
  • Orchestration of DER, operating envelopes (Project EDGE), model-free approaches (Project Model-Free Operating Envelopes at NMI Level)
  • Provision of flexibility and grid services from DER, distributed multi-energy systems and community energy systems
  • Fundamentals of distributed energy markets

2021 July: Advanced Modelling of DER-Rich Active Distribution Networks

A 5-day PhD-level course that covers fundamental and advanced modelling of active distribution networks with deep penetration of distributed energy resources (DER).

Topics include:

  • Power flow and optimal power flow algorithms suitable for diverse applications of active distribution networks with DER
  • Consideration for uncertainty arising from renewables
  • Provision of flexibility and grid services from DER, distributed multi-energy systems and community energy systems
  • Fundamentals of distributed energy markets

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