Global Power System Transformation Consortium: Goals and Progress on the Ground

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

The Global Power System Transformation Consortium (G-PST) seeks to dramatically accelerate the transition to low-emission, low-cost, secure, and reliable power systems, contributing to >50% emission reductions from 2020 to 2030, with $2 billion of government and donor support for technical, market, and workforce solutions that unlock $10 trillion+ of private sector investment.

G-PST’s mission is to bring together key actors to foment a rapid clean energy transition at unprecedented scope and scale by providing coordinated and holistic “end-to-end” support and knowledge infusion to power system operators across the 5 Action Pillars: system operator research and peer learning; system operator technical support; foundational workforce development; localized technology adoption support; and open data and tools.

In this webinar, you will hear an overview of G-PST's goals, activities and accomplishments.

SPEAKERS

Karin Wadsack
Program Manager, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Karin Wadsack is a program manager for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, where she directs the Global Power System Transformation Consortium and performs applied analysis for energy system decarbonization and resilience projects around the world. She has more than 15 years of experience in energy analysis, policy project development. 

Dr. Hannele Holttinen
Partner, Recognis, Operating Agent, IEAWIND Task 25, and Pillar 5 Lead, G-PST

Dr. Hannele Holttinen is a Partner at Recognis, acting as Operating Agent of IEAWIND Task 25, and Pillar 5 lead at the Global Power System Transformation Consortium. She received her MSc and PhD from Helsinki Technical University. She worked at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland for more than 25 years in different fields of wind energy and energy system integration research. She also chaired IEAWIND from 2011-2012 and has been active in European Wind Energy Platforms ETIP and TPWIND as well as in Nordic energy research.

Amy Rose
Senior Researcher, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Amy is a senior researcher in the Grid Systems Group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Her work focuses on decision support tools t inform power sector policy and regulatory decisions, grid integration of renewable energy and international best practices for regional power sector planning and operations. Amy has worked with governments, utilities and regulators in Africa, South Asia and Central Asia.