ICCI 2018 PROPOSED THEME AREAS AND SUB TOPICS:
New Trends in Power Generation
- Gas Turbines and Reciprocating Engines
- Waste to Energy – a practical solution to large cities
- Biomass – Gasification and Incineration approaches
- PC and CFB Combustion Boilers
- Coal – Advanced Technologies to reduce environmental effects
- Natural Gas: new international pipelines with TANAP and Turkish Stream, storage increasing LNG terminals, a new market: FSRU’s
- HRSGs & BOP
- Hydro Plants and Water storage – Basis to system balance
- Is Pump Storage feasible for Turkey
- Wind and Solar – Booming around the World
- New trends in Wind turbines – larger scale turbines, improved blade and tower designs
- Turkish equipment manufacturers for Wind and Solar systems.
- Solar – Costs are reducing while efficiency is increasing; when will the grid parity satisfy the economics?
- Energy Storage Technologies – small and large scale storage applications
- Hybrid Solutions
- Planning the Flexible generation Operations.
- Future of Nuclear power as base loads
- Battery Technologies
Digitalization & Data
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Cybersecurity
- Grid Management Automation Solutions
- Plant Digitalization, Automation & Controls
- Real Time Data Technology and Analyses
Distributed Electricity Generation Resources
- Distributed Energy Resources Management Systems (DERMS)
- Electric Vehicles (EV): Charging Infrastructure and storage capabilities
- Electricity Generators’ and Distributors’ role in Smart Cities
- Energy Storage at homes and commercial places
- Heating, Cooling and cogeneration system integration
- Small Scale Renewables: Technologies, Project development and Grid Integration
- Solar Roof-Top Applications
Environmental Issues
- NOx, SOx and Particle emissions: Control Strategies and Technologies
- Strategies and Technologies to Reduce Water Usage
- Environmental adaptation of growing renewable power
- Weather & Climate Issues
Asset Management & Optimization
- Asset Optimization and new Project Development
- Asset Management, Well planned Maintenance programs
- Data Driven O & M Strategies
- Decommissioning, re-location and Re-purposing
- Digitalization of Assets (Grids, Conventional or Renewable plants)
- Grid Architecture repowering and reinforcement
- Life Extension and Refurbishments
- Disaster Planning
- Workforce Management & Optimization
Customer Strategies, Technologies and Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Behind-the-Meter Strategies
- Energy Management
- Consumer Engagement and Management
- Energy Efficiency Programs
- Internet of Things
- Products and Energy Services
- Prosumers
- Smart Buildings and Smart Cities
- Understanding of Turkish Consumer Tariffs and purchasing power from the liberal market
- Advanced Customer services, Billing and Payment Systems
Smart Grid & Smart Infrastructure
- Advanced Distribution Management Systems
- Communication and Network Technologies
- Energy Storage and the Grid
- Grid Planning Strategies – Real-Life Examples
- Grid’s Role in Security of Supply
- HV Infrastructure and Interconnectors
- Integrating Centralized and Decentralized Energy into the Grid
- Operating the Green Grid
Energy Strategies Turkey
- Policy and Regulatory Issues (2030 Climate & Energy Framework, Energy Roadmap 2050)
- Paris Agreement (COP21)
- Tariffs and Incentives for Renewable Energy Development-(feed-in tariffs beyond 2020-YEKDEM)
- Capacity Markets and other Mechanisms
- Regulations for hybrid power plants
- Future of Unlicensed Power Plants – what will happen after 10th year of operation?
- Financing Infrastructure Investments: How strong is the local financing sector?
- Mergers and Acquisition Activities
- Optimized Power Generation
- Sector horizontal and vertical Coupling
- Offering Shares to “Borsa Istanbul”
- Local Manufacturing of power plant equipment: Which manufacturing technologies are expected to be localized resulting from the executed wind and solar tenders. What is the future tenders driving local manufacturing?
- Women in Energy Sector