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We are happy to announce the Xpress Award Winner Webinar “Using Xpress for the Green Energy Transformation” and call for nominations for the next FICO Xpress Best Paper Award edition.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:DE">Date: 6th of December 2023, 11 am EST (8 am PT, 5 pm CET)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:DE">The FICO Xpress Best Paper Awards Winner 2023, Alexandre Moreira, will present his work on "Climate-aware generation and transmission expansion planning: A three-stage
robust optimization approach".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:DE">With the developed methodology, planners and system operators can optimize the expansion of power systems while considering how climate phenomena impact the short-term
behavior of renewable generation and the different responses of the system operator to each case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:DE">They have implemented the methodology with the FICO Xpress IDE Workbench using the MOSEL modeling language and benefited from the great efficiency of the Xpress solver
and the excellent capabilities of the MOSEL language to execute parallel tasks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:DE">Furthermore, we are excited to announce the call for submissions for the upcoming FICO Xpress Best Paper Award 2024. This prestigious award, established to recognize
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