Recent advancements in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs) have opened new avenues for processing qualitative data. This development is particularly interesting for power systems as they have an enormous amount of untapped qualitative data. Decision-making in the power system sector has relied on quantitative data. However, qualitative data…
This study explores the impact of weather features on short to medium electricity load prediction across diverse geographical locations. Using hourly load data, we evaluated the effectiveness of several feature selection methods, including Mutual Information (MI), Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Lasso, and Heatmap correlation. We benchmarked these feature selection methods with a hybrid deep learning model to investigate the impact of choosing…
This article introduces emissions response, the widespread use of real-time emissions factors in electricity grids as a signal for a dynamic response to facilitate decarbonization and system efficiency. Many publications have suggested dynamic approaches to addressing systemwide emissions, reducing emissions through time-sensitive consumption and aiding in the adoption of renewable and low-emissions technologies. With emissions…
The integration of wind energy into the power grid has been on the rise, becoming an increasingly important source of electricity. However, the intermittency of wind energy output, particularly the wind power ramps (the rate at which wind energy output increases or decreases) can pose challenges for the grid and its operators. The first step…
The U.S.-Canada Center on Climate-Resilient Western Interconnected Grid brings together leading experts in power engineering, climate, forestry, data analysis, policy and social sciences from a network of 35 partners. This new interdisciplinary center is aimed at fortifying the region’s power infrastructure against the floods, high winds, drought, even cold snaps that are also taking a…
The University of Calgary and the University of Utah will establish and co-lead the U.S.-Canada Center on Climate-Resilient Western Interconnected Grid through $5M funding by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and $3.75M funding by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Commonly known as “the Western Interconnection,” it is one of two…