Friday, October 11th, 2024 | 10:30 am – 11:50 am
Jan Kleissl, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego
Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA
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Through CalFlexHub, we demonstrated how highly dynamic prices can schedule the dispatch of Distributed Energy Resources (DER), particularly a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations, to enhance flexibility and reduce peak loads. Comprehensive field tests show that DERs can adapt to fluctuating electricity prices under the proposed dispatch algorithm, resulting in increased electricity cost savings. I will discuss how the National Science Foundation DERConnect testbed for distributed control of thousands of DERs will enable more advanced tests in the future.
Jan Kleissl is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. Kleissl is also the Director of the Center for Energy Research. Kleissl received a PhD from the Johns Hopkins University in Environmental Engineering. Kleissl’s lab researches novel optimization techniques for solar power integration into power systems. Kleissl currently oversees the construction of the $42M DERConnect distributed flexible load research facility sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
