2022 Energy HPC Conference

The energy system that underlies our economy, our security, our relationship to the environment, and our daily lives, is changing like never before. Our energy infrastructure is rapidly evolving from an architecture of large, centralized power generation and control to a hybrid system that incorporates a variety of distributed resources near the edge of the grid. At the same time, the power grid is becoming increasingly interdependent with other infrastructures like natural gas, transportation, water, and telecommunications. Although the challenges are significant, they also create enormous potential for innovation. In this talk I focus on the challenges in energy transitions (vehicle electrification, community clean energy transitions, utility-scale energy storage, and large-scale deployment of renewables) and how advanced computing is being used to reduce the risks in this transition.