The Role of Long-Duration Storage in Decarbonizing China’s Power Sector

Thursday, Jan 30, 2025, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Pierce Hall, Room 301, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
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A Harvard-China Project Research Seminar with Haiyang Jiang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-China Project

Abstract: The increasing integration of renewable energy sources introduces significant long-term uncertainty to power systems, creating challenges for maintaining energy balance over extended periods. Traditionally, coal-fired generation has provided the flexibility needed to address these imbalances. However, as coal-fired generation is phased out, long-duration storage emerges as a promising solution to mitigate the risks of long-term imbalances in renewable-dominated power systems. This talk will explore the critical role of long-duration storage in advancing the decarbonization of China’s power sector.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Haiyang Jiang is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Harvard-China Project at Harvard University. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2023 and was a visiting student at the Harvard-China Project in 2022. His research focuses on power system modeling and planning, long-duration energy storage, and assessing long-term inadequacy risks in the power sector.
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