| Energy storage and hybrid configurations are becoming more important as operators seek flexibility, resilience and better ways to optimize generation portfolios. This topic examines storage integration, controls, dispatch strategy, project economics, reliability considerations and the practical lessons emerging from paired and hybrid systems. It is relevant to utilities, IPPs and large power users looking to capture more operational and commercial value from their assets.
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250B120 minsThese courses are included for all-access badge holders. You can pre-register for your preferred course; however, seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Battery …
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250A50 minsThe proliferation of distributed batteries, behind-the-meter assets and aggregated virtual power plants is reshaping how grid operators think about flexibility. This series of presentations covers ope …
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Exhibit Hall - Data Center & New Demand Zone Booth #500450 minsData centers are arriving on utility interconnection queues faster than the grid was designed to absorb them, and the default responses, behind-the-meter isolation or large inflexible load requests, a …
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251A50 minsThe challenge in a competitive utility renewable tender is not simply submitting the lowest cost. It is developing a project that can be financed, constructed and operated on the assumptions embedded …
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250C50 minsNERC has raised specific concerns about the grid stability implications of large-scale inverter-based resources, and co-located data center BESS deployments are at the center of that conversation. As …
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250A50 minsMilitary installations operate under reliability requirements that most utilities and IPPs rarely face: uninterrupted power during grid outages, cyber events, and extreme weather, with no tolerance fo …
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Exhibit Hall - Data Center & New Demand Zone Booth #500450 minsThe IRA's domestic content bonus adders and growing geopolitical scrutiny of Chinese battery supply chains have fundamentally altered how developers source and structure BESS projects. This panel will …
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250A50 minsAs utility-scale BESS deployments accelerate, the gap between evolving fire codes and on-the-ground implementation remains a critical industry challenge. This session draws on submissions from the Fir …
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251A50 minsHyperscale data centers require five-nines reliability while facing interconnection queues that stretch years and permitting timelines that compress development windows. Renewable generation paired wi …Chairperson
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250A50 minsCommunity opposition is one of the most underestimated risks in utility-scale BESS development, with projects facing delays or cancellations not due to technical or regulatory failure, but due to erod …
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251A50 minsIn high-resource solar areas, co-locating oversized solar arrays with long-duration battery storage can produce firm capacity factors that rival geothermal or nuclear, at substantially lower cost. A 1 …Chairperson
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250C50 minsHyperscale data center load is arriving on timelines that conventional interconnection and transmission development cannot match. The structural mismatch between when capacity is needed and when it ca …
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250A50 minsHow much of a battery storage system's lifetime performance is determined at the cell level, and how much can be recovered through operational intelligence? That question has direct implications for w …
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250A50 minsHow a battery storage system is accredited in a capacity market, whether under an effective load-carrying capability framework or a unforced capacity construct, directly affects project economics and …
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Exhibit Hall - Data Center & New Demand Zone Booth #500450 minsAI is driving the largest load growth the grid has seen in decades, and data centers are often cast as the problem. This panel argues that they can also be part of the solution. Panelists will discuss …
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Exhibit Hall - Data Center & New Demand Zone Booth #500450 minsInterconnection queues in many regions now run five to eight years. Data center campuses are arriving in 50 to 300 MW blocks on 12 to 24 month timelines. The mismatch is a system planning problem that …
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