Course description
The ERRA online course “Introduction to Regulation of Flexibility in the Power grid” aims to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the different sources of flexibility in the power system, market trends, flexibility services, barriers to flexibility and related regulatory solutions. Participants will learn how regulation can support flexibility in the power system, and how the regulatory and legal framework can be setup for this purpose. The course covers both transmission and distribution flexibility issues, barriers and solutions, and explains the importance of flexibility in operating the power system. The course is designed to ensure the active engagement of the students via individual project work relevant for their professional activities, and class interaction with the other students.
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Course Programme & Faculty Team
WEEK 1 start: February 21 |
WEEK 2 start: February 28 |
WEEK 3 start: March 07 |
Setting the scene on flexibility and battery storage:
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Barriers to flexibility:
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Regulatory solutions to barriers:
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Additionally on Week 2: Tuesday, March 1, will be dedicated to a specialized, technical workshop provided by Energy Exemplar in PLEXOS:
Modelling and Optimizing Flexibility across Sources and Markets |
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Methodology
Proposed average weekly engagement: 10-12 hours | |||
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Instructor-led real-time recorded presentations | Online Tutoring | Weekly Assignments | Final Test |
The training is based on a self-paced collaborative e-learning platform that features a combination of real-time interactive presentations by the instructors, online tutoring at pre-announced times, reading material related to the course modules and weekly assignments.
Live Sessions are starting at 09:00 CET (GMT+1, Budapest time). | Convert to your time zone.
The course will run for 3 weeks with the following weekly sequence:
Day 1:
Real-time presentations on the presented materials. Presentations will be followed by Q&A sessions. Presentations will be recorded and made available to those who could not join the real-time presentations. Distribution of weekly assignments.
Day 2:
Online tutoring for volunteers.
Day 3:
Self-paced work.
Days 4-5:
Student’s presentations.
Day 5 (of last week):
Final test and submission of final assignment (paper).
10 CER credits will be awarded to those participants who successfully completed the course. For more information on the ERRA Certified Energy Regulator Programme please refer to: https://erranet.org/trainings/cer/