Webinars and Videos
Featured Videos
Transmission Planning and Operations—Getting More With Less
At the CEM Senior Officials Meeting in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in March 2023, 21CPP
held a side event focused on both efficient use of existing transmission and effective
planning of new transmission.
Power System Transformation: Case Studies From Brazil, China, and Mexico
At CEM 9 in Copenhagen, 21CPP convened a side event on Power System Transformation:
Case Studies from Brazil, China, and Mexico with high-level representations by government
officials from each country.
You can find more Clean Energy Ministerial videos by visiting our CEM YouTube channel.
Featured Webinars
Capacity Value of Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) Resources
May 2018
This webinar focused on the use of capacity expansion models in long-term planning
and how they ensure "enough" capacity is built if significant quantities of variable
renewable generation exist. NREL's capacity expansion model, ReEDS (Regional Energy
Deployment System), is described. It also describes the concept of capacity value
and different techniques used to quantify it.
Large-Scale Integration of Variable Renewable Energy: Key Issues and Emerging Trends
March 2018
This webinar summarized key lessons, trends and best practices associated with integrating
utility-scale VRE into grids, with a special in-depth case study from India.
Explore these webinars from the 21CPP:
Power System Transformation: Case Studies from Brazil, China, and Mexico
At CEM 9 in Copenhagen, 21CPP convened a side event on Power System Transformation: Case Studies from Brazil, China, and Mexico with high-level representations by government officials from each country. A video of the event is available here.
You can find more Clean Energy Ministerial videos by visiting our CEM YouTube channel.
18 December 2017
This webinar co-hosted by the 21st Century Power Partnership and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, took place during a study tour from China State Grid Energy Research Institute staff to North American power system operators and research institutes, and provides a comparative overview of power transformation activities in China, India, and the United States. View the recorded webinar and the individual slide presentations below.
- Full webinar recording (Note: first 7 or 8 minutes are "audio only," followed by a full audio-visual.) View text version.
- Introduction to the 21st Century Power Partnership, Jeffrey Logan, NREL
- China's Approaches to Renewable Energy Integration and Power Market Reform Efforts, Dr. CHAI Gaofeng, SGERI
- Trends in U.S. Electricity Markets and Renewable Integration, Dr. Erik Ela
- RE Grid Integration Study with India, David Palchak, NREL
Big, Fast, and Flexible: Grid Operations for Efficient Variable Renewable Integration
11 October 2016
Following a brief introduction to the basics of power system operations and power
system flexibility, the webinar presents various methods and examples of pathways
for moving towards larger balancing areas and faster dispatch under different institutional
contexts.
Clean Restructuring: Design for Low Carbon Wholesale Markets and Beyond
30 June 2016
The webinar will review three main areas of consideration for decision makers embarking
on a clean restructuring process: planning and procurement, market operation rules,
and network expansion and grid code. The webinar, based on the Power Partnership report features case studies of clean restructuring for Mexico, Denmark, and Germany, and
the webinar will focus on current clean restructuring efforts in Mexico by the co-authors
of the case study, Hector Beltran and Jose Maria Valenzuela.
Greening the Grid: Implementing Wind and Solar Power Forecasting
21 April 2016
This webinar introduces the considerations associated with advancing the use of wind
and solar forecasts to more efficiently integrate variable renewable energy into the
grid. Discussion topics included how wind and solar forecasting enhance power system
operations; how wind and solar forecasts are produced; approaches to structuring forecasting
programs and the collection of necessary data; and policy and other actions to support
forecasting.
Greening the Grid: Implementing Renewable Energy Zones
1 December 2015
This webinar introduces the renewable energy zone (REZ) approach, including the value
of REZ to a power system, crucial components of the REZ process, technical approach
to defining REZs using geospatial analysis, and case studies to highlight examples
and key lessons for implementing REZ in other parts of the world.
Greening the Grid: Best Practices in Conducting Grid Integration Studies
6 October 2015
This webinar was presented as part launch of GreeningTheGrid.org, which is designed
to support countries in integrating renewable energy into the power system. It addresses
fundamental questions, about conducting grid integration studies, best practices for
engaging key stakeholders in them and the kinds of analysis and data that are involved
in them. It includes several case studies to highlight lessons learned.
Integrating Variable Renewable Energy into the Grid: Key Issues and Emerging Solutions
29 July 2015
This webinar reviews the challenges to integrating significant quantities of variable
renewable energy to the grid as well as the emerging solutions that policymakers,
regulators and grid operators have taken to integrate wind and solar and meet renewable
energy targets. Webinar participants learn about the myths, misperceptions, costs
and options for scaling up grid-connected renewable energy, as well as the Greening
the Grid website and technical assistance opportunities.
Open Source Energy System Modelling with OSeMOSYS
In this webinar, panelists discuss energy modelling using OSeMOSYS, a fully fledged systems optimization model for long-term energy planning that is a simple, powerful, and transparent tool for informing the development of local, national and multi-regional energy strategies.
Performance-Based Regulation: The Power of Outcomes (Part 1)
Performance-Based Regulation: The Power of Outcomes (Part 2)