ICEBΕRG Interim Workshop: Scalable Optimization of Power Systems with Flexible Demand and Renewable Supply

Amalia Hotel, Leof. Vasilisis Amalias 10, Athens, Greece

This event is an interim workshop of the ICEBERG ERC Starting Grant which aims at presenting the intermediate results of the project, and also featuring talks from experts beyond our group on related topics.

Dates: June 13-14, 2024

Location: Amalia hotel, Athens

Program June 13

09:30-10:00Coffee
10:00-10:15Welcome and Presentation of the ICEBERG project (video, presentation)
Anthony Papavasiliou (NTUA)
10:15-11:15Plenary 1
Market-Based Reserve Planning under Predominantly Uncertain Renewable Generation (video, presentation)
Michael Caramanis (Boston University)
11:30-13:30Session 1: Optimization under Uncertainty
11:30-12:10Exact Mixed-Integer Programming Approach for Chance-Constrained Multi-Area Reserve Sizing (video, presentation)
Jehum Cho (UCLouvain)
12:10-12:50Applying High-Performance Computing to the European Resource Adequacy Assessment (video, presentation)
Daniel Avila (UCLouvain)
12:50-13:30Capacity Expansion Planning under Uncertainty subject to EENS Constraints (video, presentation)
Marilena Zambara (NTUA)
13:30-14:30Lunch break
14:30-15:30Plenary 2
Main Challenges of the European Electricity Market Design, and
Consumers’ Place: Engaging Consumers in Energy Regulation (video, presentation)
Athanasios Dagoumas (University of Piraeus and RAEEY)
15:40-17:00Session 2: Balancing Markets
15:40-16:20Interactions between Imbalance Settlement and System Security in Cross-Border Balancing (video, presentation)
Dimitris Chatzigiannis (NTUA)
16:20-17:00Adders and Real-Time Market for Reserve in Integrated European Balancing Markets (video, presentation)
Jacques Cartuyvels (UCLouvain)

Program June 14

08:30-09:00Coffee
09:00-10:00Plenary 3
The Emerging Multi-Tier Hierarchical Energy Market Architecture Suitable for the Energy Transition: Challenges and Potential Solutions (video, presentation)
Alex Papalexopoulos (ECCO International)
10:15-12:15Session 3: TSO-DSO Coordination and Flexibility Platforms
10:15-10:55Distribution Locational Marginal Pricing under Generation and Network Scarcity Conditions (video, presentation)
Ruan Zejun (NTUA)
10:55-11:35Flexibility Activation with Direct Load Control in Distribution Grids (video, presentation)
Quentin Lété (ETH Zurich)
11:35-12:15Grid-Aware Flexibility Aggregation for Zonal Balancing Markets (video, presentation)
Efthymios Karangelos (NTUA and ULiège)
12:15-13:30Lunch break
13:30-14:30Plenary 4
From Automation to Autonomy: Infrastructure for Intelligent Protection, Control, Optimization and Operations (video, presentation)
Sakis Meliopoulos (Georgia Tech)
14:30-16:30Session 4: Market Design
14:30-15:10Welfare Benefits of Co-Optimizing Energy and Reserves (video, presentation)
Marco Pavesi (ACER)
15:10-15:50On Some Advantages of Convex Hull Pricing for the European Electricity Auction (video, presentation)
Nicolas Stevens (UCLouvain)
15:50-16:30Computation of Convex Hull Prices in Electricity Markets with Non-Convexities using Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition (video, presentation)
Panagiotis Andrianesis (Boston University and Mines Paris PSL)
16:30-18:30Cheese and wine cocktail