Workshop: Urgent Opportunities for Transmission System Enhancement: Western US and Brazilian Grids to be held September 27-28, 2001 in Palo Alto, California.

0130410刘本次研讨会将汇集来自美国和巴西的政府决策者和电力行业以及技术专家，讨论两国当前能源危机的解决方案。研讨会的组织将由NSF和EPRI指导。PI还将与巴西同事密切合作，确定成功讨论的最佳团队。研讨会的目的是确定近期和长期的基本研究需求和未来的基本解决方案。这是NSF/EPRI三个系列研讨会中的第一个，其最终目标是促进导致全球电网控制水平、智能和效率的巨大飞跃的研究，无论是集中式还是分布式。第一个研讨会将解决的一个关键问题是设备的快速开发，这些设备允许在广域电网中提高可控性水平。美国有很大的机会学习巴西在这类设备上的成功经验。未来几年，美国在电力基础设施方面面临严峻的国家挑战。这些问题在布什总统的国家能源政策：重大挑战1：缺乏输电能力；重大挑战2：在竞争激烈的市场环境中运营；重大挑战3：电力基础设施的脆弱性中进行了讨论。这些重大挑战需要基础研究，以制定国家问题的根本解决方案。必须通过基础研究回答的一些问题是：o从工程角度来看，扩大输电能力的最佳战略是什么？o在市场环境下，保卫、保护和运行受压电网的战略是什么？o确保广域电网在各种中断源面前坚不可摧的战略是什么？o需要哪些新技术来应对重大挑战？

0130410LiuThis workshop will bring together decision makers from government and the power industry and technology experts from US and Brazil to discuss the solutions to the current energy crises in both countries. The workshop organization will be guided by NSF and EPRI. The PI will also work closely with the Brazilian colleagues to identify the best team for a successful discussion. The workshop is intended to identify the basic research needs and fundamental solutions for the future both near-term and long term. This is the first of a series of three NSF/EPRI workshops, whose ultimate goal is to promote research leading to a quantum leap in the level, intelligence and efficiency of global grid control, whether centralized or distributed. A critical issue that this first workshop will address is rapid development of the devices that allow an increased levelof controllability in a wide area grid. There is substantial opportunity for the U.S. to learn from the successful experience of Brazil with such devices.The US is facing severe national challenges on the electricity infrastructure in the years to come. These issues were discussed in President Bush's National Energy Policy: Grand Challenge 1: Lack of Transmission Capability; Grand Challenge 2: Operation in a Competitive Market Environment; Grand Challenge 3: Power Infrastructure Vulnerability.These grand challenges require basic research to develop fundamental solutions to the national problems. Some questions that must be answered through basic research are:o What is the optimal strategy to expand the transmission capabilities from an engineering point of view?o What is the strategy to defend, protect and operate the stressed power grids in the market environment?o What is the strategy to ensure that wide area power grids are invulnerable facing the various sources of disruption?o What new technologies are needed to meet the grand challenges?