Grid Flexibility Workshop 2024, Ensuring Flexible and Resilient Grid

28-29th May 2024 | Cyberview Resort & Spa

Background:

Earlier this year, PETRA has announced on solar PV installation initiatives where Malaysia
is aspired and committed to achieve 70% in Renewable Energy installed capacity by
2050. These are parts of our nation's bigger plan to achieve Net Zero 2050 as laid out in
the National Energy Transformation Roadmap (NETR).

Prior to the above, in 2020, GSO has conducted a comprehensive study to determine the
variable renewable energy (vRE) penetration limit that the planned grid system can safely
integrate without enhancement to the system or additional supporting enablers. The
study concluded that the Peninsular Malaysia grid system can safely integrate 6036MW
of vRE; i.e. solar PV. The study finding also recommended that beyond this limit, the grid
system requires enablers such as BESS, solar curtailment, and demand response
mechanisms; as well as enhancement to the existing conventional generating asset
fleets to be more flexible and ensure that the grid system remains secure, reliable and
stable under high vRE scenarios as aspired by NETR.

The aspirational NETR and Net Zero 2050 target signals for more holistic and
comprehensive assessment on the grid readiness and required flexibility needed to be in
place to support the aspiration, at the same time ensure that the grid system remains
safe, secure and reliable.

Therefore, as preparation to gear up for the next consultancy aimed at identifying the
required grid flexibility as mentioned above, GSO is excited to invite you to join our Grid
Flexibility workshop this May.

This 2-day-workshop has lined up speakers from power plants and their OEMs to
deliberate on different aspects of flexibility that conventional generating plants could
provide as well as papers on technological advancement e.g. Energy Storage systems
(ESS), Hydrogen/Ammonia Co-firing etc.

Details:

Date : 28th & 29th May 2024

Venue : Cindai Ballroom 1 and 2, Cyberview Resort & Spa, Cyberjaya
 Grid Flexibility Workshop 2024, Ensuring Flexible and Resilient Grid
28-29th May 2024 | Cyberview Resort & Spa

Day 1: 28th May 2024 (Tuesday)

Time Agenda
08:30 Registration - Welcoming Refreshment
Welcoming Notes
09:00
▪ Ir. Shanmugam Thoppalan, Head of Grid System Operator (GSO)
Opening Remarks
09:15 ▪ Mrs. Mareena binti Mahpudz, Under-Secretary of Electricity Supply Division,
Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation (PETRA)
Illuminating Tomorrow: A Glimpse into Malaysia’s Energy Evolution
09:35 ▪ Mohd Najib bin Mohd Shah, Deputy Director, System Operations Unit, Energy
Commission (EC)
10:15 Morning Coffee Break
Case studies: Cyclic Operation and Minimum load Operation
JEP Boiler Flexible Operation
▪ Mio Okazaki, General Manager - Planning & Development Dept., IHI Power
System Malaysia (IPSM)
10:30
▪ Yutaka Hosoya, Commissioning Engineer, IHI Power System Malaysia (IPSM)

Overview of Coal Plant

▪ Amir Redzuan bin Mohd Ibrahim, Operation Manager GF2 (M5), TNB GenCo
11:45 Q&A Session
Biomass Co-firing at 2100MW Tanjung Bin Coal Fired Power Plant (“TBPP”)
12:00
▪ Sanny Abu Bakar, Head (Project Management Services), Malakoff Corp.
12:30 Q&A Session
13:00 Lunch
Enduring Robust Cyclic Operation (Start/Stop) Under High Variable
14:15 Renewable Energy Penetration
▪ Anbarasan Sellappan, Deputy Chief Operation Officer, EDRA Energy
14:55 Q&A Session
Reliability of CCPP with H2 Co-firing
15:10
▪ Ajit Nambiar, Business Development Manager, Siemens Energy
15:50 Q&A Session
16:05 Evening Coffee Break
17:00 Adjourn
 Grid Flexibility Workshop 2024, Ensuring Flexible and Resilient Grid
28-29th May 2024 | Cyberview Resort & Spa

Day 2: 29th May 2024 (Wednesday)

Time Agenda
Unlocking the Potential of Renewables with Advanced Grid
Integration Technologies
09:00
▪ Dr. Jin Chi, Chief Technology Officer, Smart PV & ESS Product Line, APAC -
Huawei Digital Power
09:40 Q&A Session
Pumped Storage Hydropower (PHS)
10:00 ▪ Ir. Punitha Rajan Doraisamy, Managing Director, Snowy Mountains
Engineering Corporation (SMEC)
10:40 Q&A Session
11:00 Morning Coffee Break
Ancillary Services as Flexible Component
11:15 ▪ Kennedy a/l Soloman, Deputy Chief Engineer-SCE, GSO
▪ Nasrul Hadi bin Mahmad, Senior Engineer-Generation Dispatch, GSO
11:55 Q&A Session
Keynote Speech by CEO Energy Commission
12:25
▪ YBhg. Dato' Ir. Ts. Razib Dawood, CEO Energy Commission (EC)
12:50 Group Photo Session
13:00 Lunch
Roles of Market & Market Reforms as Enabler to Enhance Flexibility
14:15 ▪ Mike Thompson, Managing Director, The Lantau Group (LTG)
▪ Dave Carlson, Director, The Lantau Group (LTG)
14:50 Q&A Session
Preparing Grid Flexibility for Higher Variable Renewable Energy:
Lesson Learnt from Operators' Perspectives: Plan vs Actual, and
15:05 Gap Analysis
▪ Dr. Puneet Chitkara, Chief Analytics Officer, Energy Markets – India, The Lantau
Group (LTG)
15:45 Q&A Session
16:00 Closing Remarks
16:30 Evening Coffee Break
17:00 Adjourn