Recording of Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | The smarter E Europe Conferences 2025 | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 11:37 .

Taiwan Power Company Enhances Grid Stability with Foxwell and SAF's Dynamic Frequency Regulation Project

In a recent session, two use cases were discussed to enhance understanding of energy management. The first case involved SAF collaborating with Foxwell Power and Taiwan Power Company (TPC) to address grid congestion in Taiwan due to increased chip manufacturing and AI data center demands. This project entailed implementing a 75-megawatt power system with a 172.5-megawatt-hour battery resource, commissioned in April 2024. It focused on energy shifting—transferring excess midday energy to peak periods—and frequency control for short-term imbalances caused by local congestion issues. The ED reg reserve was introduced as part of this initiative, facilitating dynamic frequency regulation during high-demand times from 4-7 p.m., ensuring executed power matched the real-time needs within transactional limits set between TPC and Foxwell. Additionally, the presentation highlighted how fast response times are crucial when disturbances occur; batteries can quickly inject necessary megawatts into the grid upon detecting frequency drops below standard levels (e.g., an earthquake scenario). These efforts align with broader strategies across Europe like EFFRR secondary reserves or FCAS/FFR services that provide rapid responses during low inertia situations seen recently between France and UK interconnections tripping events leading National Grid ESO launching new quick-reserve systems alongside existing ones aimed at maintaining stability amidst evolving challenges globally faced today regarding synchronization loss risks posed weaker inertial conditions requiring advanced damping controls compensations preemptively planned ahead successfully mitigating potential impacts effectively over time moving forward sustainably overall ultimately achieving desired outcomes efficiently eventually long term comprehensively indeed conclusively finally thank you very much Sankara!

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Speaker

Dr. Sankara Subramanian
Utility Market Leader
Saft Batteries
France

Talk of session: Tackling Transmission and High-Capacity Connection Challenges

Grid planners face the complex challenge of transmitting energy from emerging renewable generation hubs to demand centers, while also addressing the growing need for high-capacity connections for storage plants, electrolyzers, and data centers. These developments present significant challenges for grid planners, grid operators, service providers and project developers. This session will explore the technical, regulatory, and logistical hurdles involved in managing these demands and examine innovative solutions to ensure reliable, efficient grid integration and future-proof energy systems. It also discusses the importance of system planning and examines how different stakeholders can contribute to optimization efforts that enable better prioritization of investments and the achievement of European goals.

Further Talks of this session:

Welcome and Introduction

Speaker

Dr. Andrzej Ceglarz
Director Energy Systems
Renewables Grid Initiative
Germany

To Talk

No Transition Without Transmission

Speaker

Dr. Anser A. Shakoor
Executive Leader
GE Vernova
United Kingdom

To Talk

Grid Planning Optimization: How to Save Resources and Deliver on Targets

Speaker

Dr. Alexandre Oudalov
Manager Power Systems of the Future
Hitachi Energy Germany AG
Germany

To Talk

Evaluation of the Economic Surplus Generated by the European Balancing Platforms

Speaker

Dr. Dominik Schlipf
Team Manager System Balance
TransnetBW GmbH
Germany

To Talk

Advantages and Challenges of Balancing Power Cooperation With a Focus on Fcr Cooperation

Speaker

Matthias Kuring
Senior Expert Balancing Concepts
50Hertz Transmission
Germany

To Talk

Panel Discussion

Speaker

To Talk

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