Improving Hydropower Representation in Power System Models (Summary of Technical Workshop)

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1726280· OSTI ID:1726280

Voisin, Nathalie ^[1]; Bain, Dominique ^[2]; Macknick, Jordan ^[2]; O'Neil, Rebecca S. ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

In March 2019, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) held a workshop to discuss the characterization of hydropower resources within electric power system models. The workshop took place at the Western Electricity Coordinating Council in Salt Lake City, Utah, and was sponsored by the Water Power Technologies Office of the US Department of Energy. The intention of the workshop is to support the federal energy research initiative HydroWIRES. The Initiative has a specific technical objective to advance the representation of hydropower resources in relevant water and power models and to address the seams between the two. This report describes the workshop, contributions from attendees, a summary of the findings of the event and proposed next steps. The themes and recommendations from this workshop have provided foundational guidance for future research and program strategy.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830; AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1726280
• Report Number(s): PNNL--29878
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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