JST-NSF-DFG Workshop on Future Power System Architectures and Control Paradigms, Arlington VA, April 22-24, 2015

本次研讨会将汇集来自德国、日本和美国的主要国际研究人员，讨论如何解决电网快速变化的需求。最近，越来越多的可再生能源被部署和整合到电网中，再加上一些国家关闭核电机组或从煤炭转向天然气，给世界各地的电网带来了前所未有的压力。本次研讨会将研究新的系统架构和控制范例来应对这些挑战。减少对化石燃料的依赖是实现可持续能源未来的任何有意义的方法的核心。令人鼓舞的是，可再生能源发电近年来增长迅速。到2014年底，美国的风电装机容量将达到65吉瓦，预计未来几年将持续快速增长。太阳能光伏成本大幅下降。在国际上，出于安全、国家安全和环境考虑，我们看到了类似的趋势以及关闭核能发电。这些变化都对现有的输电基础设施提出了新的要求。德国和日本在迈向低碳未来方面有一些最激进的计划。在日本科学技术机构（JST）和德国研究基金会（DFG）的支持下，本次研讨会将汇集来自全球的电力能源和可持续发展领域的研究人员和教育工作者，讨论与这些变化相关的问题。研讨会的一个主要目标是了解来自不同国家的电力和能源研究活动，并讨论如何利用正在进行的努力和发展合作。具体来说，我们希望利用德国、日本和美国在电力来源方面的渐进式变化，并从中学习。讨论的主题包括可再生能源发电、智能电网、需求响应、储能、高压直流输电和超级电网、分布式控制、微电网和各种新的控制范例。讲习班将审查控制、通讯、计算科学、环境、能源、电力系统以及电能和可持续性的社会方面。将生成一份报告，讨论研讨会的成就以及行动项目。

This workshop will bring together leading international researchers from Germany, Japan and the United States to discuss how to address the rapidly changing demands being placed on the power grid. The recent deployment and integration of more renewable energy sources to the electric power grid coupled with the shutting down of nuclear units in some countries or switching over from coal to natural gas is placing unprecedented stresses on the power grids around the world. This workshop will investigate new system architectures and control paradigms to address these challenges.An electricity supply less reliant on fossil fuels is central to any meaningful approach to a sustainable energy future. Encouragingly, renewable generation has grown rapidly in recent years. The US will have 65 GW of installed wind capacity by the end of 2014 with anticipated continued rapid growth for several years. Solar PV costs have dropped dramatically. Internationally for reasons of safety, national security and environmental concern, we see similar trends as well as the shutting down of nuclear generation. These changes all place new demands on the existing power transmission infrastructure. Germany and Japan have some of the most aggressive plans for moving to a low carbon future. This workshop with the support of the Japan Science and Technology (JST) Agency and the German Research Foundation (DFG) will bring together researchers and educators in electric energy and sustainability from across the globe to discuss relevant issues to these changes.A primary goal of the workshop is to learn about research activities in power and energy from the different countries and to discuss ways to leverage the on-going efforts and develop collaborations. Specifically, we wish to take advantage of the progressive changes in electricity sources occurring in Germany, Japan and the US and learn from these developments. Topics for discussion include renewable energy generation, the smart grid, demand response, energy storage, HVDC and supergrids, distributed controls, microgrids and various new control paradigms. The workshop will examine control, communication, computational science, environmental, energy, power systems and social aspects of electric energy and sustainability. A report will be generated discussing accomplishments of workshop along with action items.