ETNO Workshop Smart grids projects in europe M Masera EC

ETNO Smart Grids, Brussels, 23 November 2011 1

M. Masera Head of Unit, Energy Security

Institute for Energy and Transport European Commission’s Joint Research Centre

Smart Grids projects in Europe:

Lessons learned from a survey


Outline

Introduction Motivation of the JRC study

Catalogue of Smart Grid projects Information received from projects Critical review of projects

Way ahead ENER-JRC Report and international

collaboration Expanding role of JRC-IET on Smart Grids


The IET is one of the 7 scientific Institutes of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission.

It provides support to Community policies related to energy and transport.

IET, Petten IET, Ispra

The Institute for Energy and Transport (IET)


• Smart Grids projects:

− Growing number: deployment, demonstration/pilots, R&D

− Participants: Grid operators, service providers, R&D actors..

− Wide scope: smart meters, super grid, integrated systems, etc.

• No inventory of Smart Grid projects in Europe available:

− Limited sharing of project experiences and lessons learned

− Need to monitor the developments on the field

Background and motivation


2011 Communication on Smart Grids: Smart Grid investments in Europe

Projects can span over more than country and can include more than one category. The picture does not include the Smart Meter Roll-out in Sweden, spanning approx. 150 projects and amounting to approx.1500 M€, as a detailed description of the projects was not received.

Uneven distribution

of investments

across Europe. Most

of investments in

EU-15 Countries

Over 5 billions of

investments, but still

at the beginning of

the Smart Grid

transition


Smart Grid investments across countries

Bulk of investment in a few countries


1. Smart Meter and Advanced Metering Infrastructure 2. Grid Automation Transmission 3. Grid Automation Distribution 4. Integrated System 5. Home application / Customer Behaviour 6. Specific Storage Technology 7. Other

In line with the mapping exercise of Smart Grid projects currently

ongoing in the US (Virginia Tech Clearinghouse)

Categories


Number of projects Budget (M€)

Share of R&D, demo and deployment projects

Deployment projects: greatest part of investment, main focus: Smart Meters roll-outs

R&D and Demonstration projects: mostly small-medium scale (4.5 and 12 million € of average budget respectively), wider portfolio of technologies and applications


Budget (M€) across leading organization and development stage M

€

Distribution System Operators (DSOs) are the main investors


Areas of investment

•DSO •Mainly tariff based •Areas: Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Integration of DERs and Demand Response

• TSO • more strengthening than “smartening” •exploring new technologies (e.g. High Voltage Direct Current -HVDC,Flexible AC Transmission Systems-FACTS) and new tools to increase transfer capacity, enhance cooperative and flexible operation and cope with permit limitations and high costs of new grid infrastructures

• Funding and incentives for RD&D are important for further progress in the development of Smart Grids


Smart meters: •45 million already installed by 2011 •240 million by 2020 (€ 51 billion)

•Regulatory push in 3rd Energy package •Cost-benefit analysis crucial

•Current business justification: •Expected reduction of DSO’s operational expenditures •Not based on future functionalities

•SM vs. Energy Management devices •Metering for billing vs. full communication interface

Some data & facts: smart meters


• Investments depend crucially on regulation, generation and consumption structures in each country

• large penetration of RES may favour developments that increase hosting capacity (i.e. Transmission Automation, Integrated System, Storage)

• high share of flexible electricity use (e.g. space and water heating) may favour investments that promote Demand Response (i.e. Distribution Automation, Integrated System, Home Application, Smart Meters)

• Integrated System projects represent about 34% of the projects and about 15% of the total budget

• Integration of Physical and Market layers • Communications and control are crucial

• SG for electric vehicles: • Will be charging structure be regulated?

Lessons learned


• Final applications: 1.Safe integration of Distributed Energy resources

• Physical, operational and market-related challenges • One or more types • Potentially linked to electric vehicles and storage

2.Safe integration of large-scale renewables • Limits physical capacity, protections, etc • Challenges from intermittency • Demonstrators of reserve capacity increase, balancing area expansion,

redesigned market mechanisms, load shifting and storage integration…

3.Capability for Demand Response and dynamic pricing • Very gradual active participation of commercial/domestic consumers in the

market • Role of aggregators

Lessons learned /2


• JRC-DG ENER Reference Report “Smart Grid projects in Europe: lessons

learned and current developments” (Results used in the 2011 Smart Grids Communication)

• JRC-EURELECTRIC cooperation on smart grids knowledge sharing platform

• Development of a cost-benefit assessment framework − JRC collaborating with the US Department of Energy on assessment

methodologies (EU-US Energy Council) − JRC working with EURELECTRIC and other partners to test the EPRI smart

grid cost-benefit methodology on a European case study

• Ongoing research into the financing of Smart Grid projects and into consumer engagement.

Smart Grid projects assessment Achievements and next steps


The Institute for Energy and Transport and the activities on Smart Grids

JRC –IET, Smart Electricity Systems http://ses.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

Collaboration with Eurelectric


Thank you for your attention

Institute for Energy and Transport

http://iet.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

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