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SmartGridIreland (SGI)

Paddy TurnbullChairman of Smart Grid Ireland

Growth Strategy Leader GE Energy - Digital Energy

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SmartGridIreland (SGI)

SmartGridIreland (SGI) - is a network oforganisations based in or operating out ofNorthern Ireland and the Republic of Irelandseeking to jointly exploit the benefits and newopportunities in the smart grid sector

regionally,nationally and internationally. Member organisations are drawn

from industry,research bodies, universities and government

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SGI Strategic Themes

Advocacy

FacilitationNew Business

Public / PrivatePartnerships

Cleaner, Smarter, More Efficient

Shaping a Low Carbon Future- A set of Complex ChallengesPaddy TurnbullGE Energy

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GE leadership in Smart Grids

GridWise AllianceGE role: Former Board

Member; Committee Members Mission: To transform the electric grid to achieve a sustainable energy future.

Demand Response and Smart Grid CoalitionGE role: Board Member

Mission: To educate and provide information to policymakers, utilities, the media, the financial community and stakeholders on how demand response and smart grid technologies such as smart meters can help modernize our electricity system and provide customers with new information and options for managing their electricity use.

Smart Meter Manuf Assoc of AmericaGE role: Board Member

Mission: To educate legislators, regulators, media and other stakeholders about the benefits of smart meters and to advocate for federal and state policies that support their deployment within an overall utility smart grid program.

Smart Grid Consumer CollaborativeGE role: Board Member;

Committee Chair; Founding Member Mission: To gather all stakeholders to listen, educate, and collaborate toward modernized electric systems in the United States.

Utilities Telecom CouncilGE role: Committee

MemberMission: To create a favorable business, regulatory, and technological environment for companies that own, manage, or provide critical telecommunications systems in support of their core business.

Smart Grid Canada

GE role: Founding MemberMission: To drive innovation and leadership to advance Canada’s Smart Grid infrastructure by engaging stakeholders from multiple industries.

Mission: To serve as the official dialogue between American and European business leaders and U.S. cabinet secretaries and EU commissioners.

Transatlantic Business DialogueGE role: Exec. Board

Member

Smart Energy Demand CoalitionGE role: Board Member

Mission: To promote the active participation by the demand side in European electricity markets – ensure consumer benefits, increase security of supply and reduce carbon emissions.Friends of

the Super GridGE role: Board Member

Mission: To promote and influence the policy and regulatory framework required to enable large-scale interconnection in Europe.

Smart Grid AustraliaGE role: Committee

Member Mission: To educate, inform and lead the debate to ensure consumers, government and policy makers understand the solutions, benefits and possibilities of smart grids.

Japan Smart Community AllianceGE role: Member

Mission: To strengthen collaboration among a wide range of concerned organizations; conduct activities of mutual interest, such as dissemination of information and preparation of roadmaps to achieve global standardization.

Continental Automated Buildings AssociationGE roles Board Member

Mission: To advance intelligent home and intelligent building technologies.

Smart Grid Ireland

GE role: ChairMission: To help develop and leverage off the opportunities emerging from the global Smart Grids

Smart Grid GB

GE role: Founding memberMission: to provide an open forum to , share ideas & information and develop thinking on how smart grid can be achieved

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Market and Technology Drivers

Regulatory incentives and energy policy are impacting distribution networks which require investment to

meet the challenges

Carbon reduction

Energy security

Economic competitiveness and affordability

Renewable generation growth (Wind, Solar…)

Electrification of transport and heating (EV, heat pumps…)Small Distributed Generation, Demand Side Mgmt, Smart MetersCustomer empowering (Residential feed-in, storage, time of use tariffs…)

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The Energy Challenge

Affordability

Optimising Network Utilisation

Security of supply Decarbonisation

Sustainable Jobs & Growth

Distributed Generation

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The Leadership Challenge

Creating and maintaining a sustainable market for investment is vital

Strong domestic marketplace

Technology & Innovation

Scalable & competitive supply chain

Supportive energy policy and certainty

Source: Pew Environment Group 2011

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The Investment Challenge – Key Issues Affecting Low Carbon Investors

• Size of capital

expenditure • Rate of return

• Local grid capacity constraints

• Planning of transmission and distribution investments

• Cost recovery regulations for low carbon investments

• Clarity

Finance Infrastructure Regulation

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The Regulatory Challenges across the EU• Current focus of regional regulation is cost efficiency.

• Prices are set partially according to projections of infrastructure maintenance cost – not Smart Grid implementation costs.

• Cost reduction can lead to better margins but does not incentivize investment in infrastructure.

• New business cases will change the relationship between DSO and suppliers

• “Regulators should stick to regulating the functions of the smart grid, not the technological solutions to achieve the function” (UKERC )

• Business cases will be enabled by a two-way, reconfigurable grid, allowing a higher degree of multi-dimensional opportunity for new sources of revenues.

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Low carbon end game – the Journey

Build Foundatio

ns

Understand current network status

Network model

Switching plan

Improve Performan

ce

Improve customer service (SAIDI)

Outage management

Outage avoidance

Proactively avoid

network outages

GIS, M&D, SS Au Smart Meters

Optimise Network

Achieve max return on network assets

Active Network /

Asset Mgmt

Full Network Visibility

Understand network

power flows / voltages

Distributed power flow

Control Power Flows

Control local power flows (EVs, PV…)

DG control Integrated

DSM

`

ANM

T&C VPP

Increase Energy EfficiencyPower Quality

Low Carbon EconomyConstraint Management

DSM

Empowering Prosumers

Asset Management

Improve Customer Service

Business objectiveMain functionality

GE Value Propositions

DMS (SAIDI/SAIFI/OPEX reduction)

DMS (SAIDI/SAIFI/OPEX reduction)

Smart Grid Journey

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How Complex Can We Be in an Uncertain Investment Marketplace?

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Energy Complex Solutions Matrix

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Complex problems, deliverable solutions

• Two imminent challenges for energy sector participants include:• • Despatch of large scales distributed

generation as Virtual Power Plants

• Voltage control and quality on low voltage network

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Virtual Power Plant – foundation functionsAncillary Services Market

• Distributed energy systems despatch

• Visibility of technical and commercial parameters

• Despatch cognisant of system constraints

Energy Resources Management

• Active despatch of distributed energy resources

• Economic energy balancing

• Storage as alternative to asset replacement

Energy Aggregation

• Local and Network level aggregation

• Independent of energy type or operator

• Allows smaller players to enter ancillary service market

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GE Energy Overview

VPP Solution Architecture - aggregation

Distributed Energy

Local Aggregator RTU 1


Regional Aggregator

EMS/DMS

G1

G2

G3 G

4

G5

G6

T1

T2

V1

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GE

VPP Solution Architecture - despatch

Distributed Energy



Regional Aggregator

EMS/DMS

G1

G2

G3 G

4

G5

G6

T1

T2

V1

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LV Voltage Control

LV Monitoring

• Non intrusive while collecting network dynamic measurements

• Maintains continuity of supply

• Wireless communications

Advanced Algorithms

• Centralised or devolved for optimum asset exploitation

• Active or passive control

• Supports adoption of low carbon technologies

Despatch

• Tap changing distribution transformer

• Primary tap changing

• Embedded generation

• Energy storage

Objective: Managing the Voltage Level on the Distribution Network to enable integration of distribution generation while remaining within the statutory voltage limits.


Case Study – Enabling a Low Carbon Economy

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Problem StatementLimitations in network visibility and control constrain the uptake of low carbon technologies

Customer ObjectiveTo demonstrate and identify future business processes that Distribution Network Operators (DNO) will need to adopt to facilitate the new low carbon economy.

GE SolutionShadow control environment providing a foundation to develop a Model, Monitor and Manage approach comprising PowerOn Fusion™, SmallWorld ™and SMOS metering management application with an interface to the current operational control environment .

BenefitsDNOs could collectively expect to see a net financial benefit of ~£5bn over 32 year period through avoidance of conventional reinforcement (~£500m in a single Distribution Network) DNOs could also expect to facilitate~34 Mt CO₂ emissions reduction nationally (UK) over the same period

Enabling Low Carbon Economy

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Enabling Low Carbon Economy – Solution Architecture

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