Power System Flexibility in Operations and Planning

As the penetration of installed variable renewable generation continues to grow around the world, research institutions and industry have developed new methods and metrics for assessing and managing the variability of system demand and the output from variable generation, which together may result in increased ramping requirements on various time scales. This panel session will combine academic research into the area of power system flexibility with summaries of the methods and policies being employed by power systems experiencing significant ramping requirements. Specifically the session will concentrate on the issue of system flexibility requirements in both a long-term planning context and in the context of electricity markets.