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Energy Exemplar's premiere Energy Modeling & Simulation Summit.

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2023 Event Agenda

Explore our 2023 agenda to find out more about the program. The agenda is packed full of two and a half days of PLEXOS training, networking, presentations, case study sessions, user roundtable discussions and our PLEXOS LAB (additional details below). 

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09:00 - 10:15

PLEXOS Basic Training

Integrated Planning Horizons & Chronology

Room: Ballroom 1

 
PLEXOS offers the capability to integrate and simulate different planning horizons as follows:
  • Long Term Planning (10 - 50+ years)
  • Reliability and System Adequacy (1 - 5 years)
  • Medium Term Schedule (1 - 10 years)
  • Short Term Schedule (1 day - 1 year)
In this session, the possibilities in PLEXOS to run the different horizons separately, as well as together in an integrated approach will be discussed. The simulation settings and chronologies will be detailed, and how PLEXOS handles the different phases will be elaborated.

09:00 - 10:15

PLEXOS Intermediate/Advanced Training

PLEXOS Cloud

Room: Ballroom 2

 
PLEXOS Cloud is an intuitive and powerful cloud-based software solution designed to help energy companies, utilities, and other organizations manage their energy and operational activities. With its cloud-based platform, PLEXOS Cloud enables users to access data from anywhere, anytime, and from any device. By leveraging its advanced analytics and optimization capabilities, users can quickly identify, assess, and plan for the best energy and operational strategies. PLEXOS Cloud is designed for energy organizations of all sizes, from small to large, and provides a secure, reliable, and cost-effective solution.
In this session, members from Energy Exemplar's product team will share about features of PLEXOS Cloud.

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break

Room: Foyer

10:30 - 12:00

PLEXOS Basic Training

Resource Adequacy & Reliability

Room: Ballroom 1

 
With the increase of Renewable energy into the system, the Resource Adequacy and System Reliability are essential metrics that need to be considered in the modelling approach of the system expansion and operation. PLEXOS offers the functionality to include and analyze this metrics in both long term expansion studies and medium term and short term operations.
In this session, we will discuss the Project Assessment of the System Adequacy (PASA) in PLEXOS, as well as some practical examples of Resource Adequacy and Reliability.

10:30 - 12:00

PLEXOS Intermediate/Advanced Training

RTC Renewables & Storage, PPA/Energy Import

Room: Ballroom 2

 
With the introduction of Renewables into the system, more countries enfore different rules and obligations to ensure assets are able to provide Round-The-Clock (RTC) uninterrupted power in line with the contractual obligations. Furthermore, companies need to assess and mitigate the risk when analyzing different contracts and PPA contracts.
In this session, the modelling of an RTC model in PLEXOS with different contractual obligations will be presented. The risk analysis and the management of different contracts and PPA contracts will be discussed.

 

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

Room: Foyer

13:00 - 14:30

PLEXOS Basic Training

Custom & Policy Driven Constraints

Room: Ballroom 1

 
With the ongoing energy transition, there is an emphasis on many different policies and technical limitations required to be considered in the modelling and simulations. PLEXOS offers the flexibility to model and simulate such customized and advanced constraints.
In this session, the modelling of custom constraints will be discussed and the application for different policies or obligations will be presented.

13:00 - 14:30

PLEXOS Intermediate/Advanced Training

Markets, Financial Contracts & Bid-Based Modeling

Room: Ballroom 2

 
The deragulation of the energy markets and the technological breakthroughs in the energy transition bring many more stakeholders in the energy markets. Many countries are moving to and some have already introduced completely deregulated market structures where different players can freely participate in the markets. PLEXOS provides and engine to model and simulate the energy market behaviour and offers the functionality to maximize the company's portfolio profits, or provide a market clearing engine as well as balancing optimization approach to the market operators.
In this session, the modelling of Markets and the approach to bid-based modelling in PLEXOS will be discussed.

14:30 - 14:45

Coffee Break

Room: Foyer

14:45 - 17:00

PLEXOS Basic Training

Modeling Uncertainty for Renewables & BESS

Room: Ballroom 1

 
The increased penetration of Renewables brings many uncertainties into the system. Very often, Batteries (BESS) or other energy storage systems are required to guarantee the uninterrupted supply for such intermitted energy sources. PLEXOS provides the functionality to model and consider the uncertainty in the decision making process.
In this session, the modelling of uncertainties, renewables and BESS will be discussed. The use of Monte Carlo sampling and Stochastic optimization will be presented. Although the practical examples will be mostly focused on renewables and BESS, the same modelling approach of uncertainty can apply to for ex. Gas Prices, Load, Market Prices, etc.

 

14:45 - 17:00

PLEXOS Intermediate/Advanced Training

Gas & Power2X, Hydrogen & NH3

Room: Ballroom 2

 
Modelling integrated systems including Power, Gas and Hydrogen are becoming the new norm as a more holistic approach to the energy future. PLEXOS offers the functionality to capture the different commodities and their infrastructure and processes in a single modelling approach. It can further accomodate the modelling of ammonia or any other Power2X commodity that may be required.
In this session, the approach to modelling Gas and Hydrogen system will be presented from different aspects and different long term planning and short term operations horizons.

 

18:00 - 20:30

Welcome Reception

Lantern, located at the Fullerton Bay Hotel, is a stunning rooftop venue that offers breathtaking views of the city skyline and the Marina Bay area. Join us for cocktails and canapes as we celebrate the start of our 2023 Xcelerate event series in Singapore!

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09:00 - 09:10

A Warm Welcome to Xcelerate APAC 2023

Stuart Kelly
SVP, Global Marketing / Customer Success and Asia Pacific

Room: Ballroom

09:10 - 10:00

Global Update and Vision - The Energy Analytics and Decision Platform

David Wilson
CEO, Energy Exemplar

Prajval Parthasarathy
COO, Energy Exemplar

 

Room: Ballroom

Empowering Decision-Making with Energy Analytics: A Path to Clarity Amid Uncertainty.

10:00 - 10:45

Long-Term Planning for Hydro and Large-scale Systems

Glenn Drayton
Founder & Chief Scientist, Energy Exemplar

 

Room: Ballroom

In this presentation, Energy Exemplar's Founder and Chief Scientist, Glenn Drayton, will discuss techniques for solving large-scale and complex LT Plan problems with an example stochastic hydro LT Plan. 

10:45 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:30

India Panel Discussion - Thermal Balancing with a Focus on Renewable Power

Devanand Pallikuth
Chief Technical Services & PSCC, The Tata Power Company Ltd. 

Dr. K. Balaraman
Executive Director, Idam Infrastructure Advisory Pvt Ltd. 

Prajval Parthasarathy
COO, Energy Exemplar

 

Moderated by: Dr Dante Recalde, VP Solutions - APAC, Energy Exemplar

 

Room: Ballroom

11:30 - 12:00

Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO): Medium-term projected assessment of system adequacy (PASA) for the WEM

Anthony Gallo
Data Scientist, Australian Energy Market Operator

 

Room: Ballroom

AEMO is using PLEXOS to build a medium-term (3-year) view of security and reliability risk in the Western Australian Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM).

 

12:00 - 12:20

Go2Power: Price forecasting in WEM with machine learning model in PLEXOS

Stanko Vujnovic 
Senior Power System Engineer, Go2Power

Danilo Komatina
Senior Power System Engineer, Go2Power

 

Room: Ballroom

Proof of concept for machine learning model setup in the WEM PLEXOS dataset and training the model for price forecasting on historical data. Utilization of trained machine learning model for short-term price forecasting based on forecast data from AMEO and forecast renewable generation from third-party providers.

12:20 - 12:40

University College Cork: Modeling Net Zero Energy Systems in PLEXOS

Dr Paul Deane
Senior Research Fellow, University College Cork

 

Room: Ballroom

This presentation shares experiences, technical tips, case studies, and lessons learned in using PLEXOS to model Energy Systems that are aligned with Climate Targets of Net Zero. Dr Paul Deane will share how you can get the most out of PLEXOS to meet your decarbonization goals.

12:40 - 13:40

Lunch Break

13:40 - 14:00

Endgame Economics: Developing a market modelling capability - making your team PLEXOS ready

Joseph Nunez
Director, Endgame Economics

 

Room: Ballroom

Endgame will present how they help users to look at the process, procedures and framework for developing an internal capability in market modelling using PLEXOS.

14:00 - 14:20

Jacobs: Optimising the design of an integrated solar/BESS plant using PLEXOS

Paul Nidras
Principal Consultant, Jacobs

 

Room: Ballroom

PLEXOS was used to model a proposed integrated solar/BESS power plant that would export its energy to an Asian market. The design of the plant was constrained by stringent performance standards requiring constant energy output to be sustained for each trading interval. Using PLEXOS we were able to minimise the size of the BESS for maximum delivery of solar output.

14:20 - 14:40

Wärtsilä: Rethinking Energy in Southeast Asia: Shaping our future with a clear roadmap to net zero

Tri Nguyen
Manger Market Development, Wärtsilä

 

Room: Ballroom

As the global shift to net zero accelerates, countries across Southeast Asia have an enormous opportunity to decarbonise. Using PLEXOS, Wärtsilä has modelled the future power systems in Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia and provided a clear cost-optimal roadmap to net zero.

14:40 - 14:55

Coffee Break

14:55 - 15:15

Powerchina Huadong Engineering Corp Ltd (HDEC): Pumped storage capacity in need with rapid development of PV and wind power

Jian Liu
Senior Engineer, Powerchina Huadong Engineering Corp Ltd (HDEC)

 

Room: Ballroom

There is a rapid development of PV and wind power in China to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality in 2060, which inspires a large demand of pumped storage. PLEXOS is used to simulate the operation of power system in future and analyze the pumped storage capacity in need.

15:15 - 15:35

Macquarie, Eku Energy: Modelling a path towards NetZero for Taiwan & Japan

Bo Hesselbaek
Development Director, Eku Energy

 

Room: Ballroom

EkuEnergy will share how they are modelling energy systems of Taiwan and Japan towards their NetZero target and how it affects the system cost and curtailment of renewables. they will also address how these changes affect the investments in renewables and how it can be improved with for example battery energy storage.

15:35 - 15:55

Konkuk University, Seoul: The 10th Korean National Basic Plan of Electricity Demand and Supply, and ESS Modeling

Jae Hyung Roh
Professor, Konkuk University, Seoul

 

Room: Ballroom

Konkuk University Energy System Lab is using PLEXOS to evaluate the impact of ESS portfolio on renewable energy generation curtailment, carbon emission, fuel cost etc.

15:55 - 16:10

Coffee Break

16:10 - 16:30

Department of Energy Philippines: Updates on the Philippine Power Development Plan

Mark Christian Marollano
Supervising Science Research Specialist, Department of Energy Philippines

 

Room: Ballroom

Mark from DOE Philippines will provide updates and development on the preparation of the Long-term Capacity Expansion Planning in the Philippine Power Development Plan of the Department of Energy using PLEXOS software during his session. 

16:30 - 16:50

Baringa: Transitioning towards Net Zero power systems in South Korea and Japan

Zhi Qin Low
Modelling Manager, Baringa Partners

 

Room: Ballroom

Baringa presents the South Korea and Japan power markets and lessons learnt using Plexos to model the transition towards Net Zero power systems in these two countries.

16:50 - 17:10

University College Cork: Modelling Global Trade of Hydrogen and its Derivatives in the Universal Class

Duncan Mathews
PhD Researcher, University College Cork

 

Room: Ballroom

It won’t be news to the attendees that the future of Hydrogen, the extent to which it will be traded globally and how it will be moved are hotly debated topics. Considering this, we are developing modelling tools using the PLEXOS Universal Class to allow for scenario-based examination of the future trade of hydrogen and its derivatives across a global domain.
Our progress to date will be presented.

19:00 - 23:00

Special Dinner Event

Join us for our special gala dinner event where you will experience a night to remember with great food and a live band. Our dinner will be hosted in the iconic Chijmes Hall. Transportation will be provided from the Conrad Centennial.  

09:00 - 09:10

Welcome to Our Final Day

Stuart Kelly
SVP, Global Marketing / Customer Success and Asia Pacific

Room: Ballroom

09:10 - 11:00

Build the Backlog - Interactive Session

Collaborate with fellow PLEXOS users about key challenges you're facing, share best practices and collectively brainstorm the future. Working alongside you, we’ll be there listening, documenting, and ultimately utilizing your feedback to make our product even better for not only your organization – but for the energy community overall. 

Product Team, Energy Exemplar

Room: Ballroom

11:00 - 11:15

Coffee Break

11:15 - 13:00

Energy Exemplar Hackathon Review - Interactive Session

The Energy Exemplar product engineering team will be on standby all week, implementing customer-defined product improvements, live from the conference. ​

You'll have a chance to review and provide on-the-spot feedback as we showcase the report outs to you in real time.​

Product Team, Energy Exemplar

Room: Ballroom

13:00 - 13:30

Grab and Go Lunch

Meet the Speakers from Energy Exemplar

 

 

Glenn Drayton

Glenn Drayton

Founder & Chief Scientist

David Wilson

David Wilson

CEO

Prajval Parthasarathy

Prajval Parthasarathy

COO

Stuart Kelly

Stuart Kelly

SVP, Global Marketing / Customer Success and Asia Pacific

Dante Recalde

Dante Recalde

VP, Solutions – APAC

Our Guest Speakers

 

 

Kannan Balaraman

Kannan Balaraman

Idam Infrastructure

Paul Deane

Paul Deane

University College Cork

Pallikuth Devanand

Pallikuth Devanand

Tata Power

Anthony Gallo

Anthony Gallo

AEMO

bo hesselbaek

Bo Hesselbaek

Eku Energy (Macquarie)

Danilo Komatina

Danilo Komatina

Go2Power

Jian Liu

Jian Liu

Power China (HDEC)

Zhi Qin Low

Zhi Qin Low

Baringa Partners

Mark Christian Marollano

Mark Christian Marollano

DOE Philippines

Duncan Mathews

Duncan Mathews

University College Cork

Tri Nguyen

Tri Nguyen

Wärtsilä

Paul Nidras

Paul Nidras

Jacobs

Joseph Nunez

Joseph Nunez

Endgame Economics

Jae Roh Konkuk

Jae Hyung Roh

Konkuk University

Stanko Vujnovic

Stanko Vujnovic

Go2Power

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PLEXOS Lab

In March during our flagship PLEXOS Lab in Singapore The Lab was open on Day 2 & 3 and delegates had the opportunity to pop in and speak to our experts 1:1.

There were four pods equipped with screens running PLEXOS. Our team had prepared a list of use cases and features to learn more about. 

  • Pod 1: Innovation in Modelling
  • Pod 2: Gas, Hydrogen & Sector Coupling
  • Pod 3: PLEXOS Cloud
  • Pod 4: Data
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