High-Performance Computing Lessons Learnt and Way Forward for PES

As the penetration of controllable loads and generators through power electronics rise in the power grid, there is increased need for more computational resources in planning, operations, and automatic control of future power grids. Some examples of the increased need for computational resources include the need for distributed optimization in operations with rise of distributed energy resources and controllable loads, requirement to perform large-area electromagnetic transient (EMT) studies in planning, need for dynamic stability assessment with increased fidelity of models and in small timescales, digital twin needs, among others. Towards the same, the power and energy society (PES) will benefit from learning the ongoing developments to utilize high-performance computing (HPC) in other applications and identify potential needs in power grid with increased presence of power electronics. These will include, but not limited to, application of HPCs in predictive wind farm modeling, multi-physics simulations, power electronics, among others.