Rethinking DER Integrations: Lessons Learnt and Upcoming Challenges

Trending integration of distributed energy resources (DERs), such as renewable generations, electric vehicles, and battery energy storage system into the power grid poses many technical challenges for control and communication. This panel brings together leads from vendors, utilities, and academia to review most recent DER integration projects from different technical perspectives. It opens dialog for diverse stakeholders working together in the same field to learn from existing projects and collaboratively address challenges for enabling more resilient and cost-effective DER integration.