ISSST-IE Day joint session: Electric Infrastructure Planning in North America
This ISSST session features presentations evaluating the impact of various sustainability changes on electric infrastructure planning in North America. The topics discussed include transitioning residential buildings from gas to electric, the impact of climate change on electricity generation, the shift to renewable microgrids, and the economic feasibility of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors.
Session program:
- Minute 0-5: Welcome by session chair and introduction to topic.
- Minute 5-20: “The nonlinear shift to renewable microgrids: Phase transitions in electricity systems“ by Dr. Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology.
- Minute 20-35: “Assessing the impact of climate change on electricity planning in Ontario, Canada” by Elise Emma Lagace, University of Toronto.
- Minute 35-50: “Effects of Climate Change on Capacity Expansion Decisions of an Electricity Generation Fleet in the Southeast U.S.” by Dr. Michael Craig, University of Michigan.
- Minute 50-65: “The gas to electric heating transition: electric infrastructure planning for residential building electrification in California,” by Salma Elmallah, University of California, Berkeley.
- Minute 65-80: “Economic modeling of autonomous Small Modular Nuclear Reactors supplying electricity and industrial process heat“ by Deep Patel, University of Michigan.
- Minute 80-85: Final remarks and closing
Organizers and session chairs: This session is organized by ISSST and is shared exclusively with the ISIE. It will be chaired by Braden Limb (Colorado State) and Daniel Posen (University of Toronto)
To view the full ISSST program and register for the conference, please visit https://issst.net/issst-2021/
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