Visualization of the Eastern Renewable Generation Integration Study
SessionScientific Visualization and Data Analytics Showcase
Session ChairsChris JohnsonKristin Potter
Event Type
Scientific Visualization & Data Analytics Showcase
Data Analytics
Introductory
Visualization
TimeWednesday, November 16th11:30am - 11:45am
Location155-C
DescriptionThe Eastern Renewable Generation Integration Study (ERGIS), explores the operational impacts of the wide spread adoption of wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) resources in the U.S. Eastern Interconnection and Québec Interconnection (collectively, EI). In order to understand some of the economic and reliability challenges of managing hundreds of gigawatts of wind and PV generation, we developed state of the art tools, data, and models for simulating power system operations using hourly unit commitment and 5-minute economic dispatch over an entire year. Using NREL’s high-performance computing capabilities and new methodologies to model operations, we found that the EI could balance the variability and uncertainty of high penetrations of wind and PV at a 5-minute level under a variety of conditions. A large-scale display and a combination of multiple coordinated views and small multiples were used to visually analyze the four large highly multivariate scenarios with high spatial and temporal resolutions.
