Smart Grid. Spirae, grid responsive energy services - Open Smart City 2012

Enabling Grid-Responsive Energy Services The key to new products, services and markets

Dr. Sunil Cherian

CEO, Spirae, Inc.

Smart Grid The Smart Grid transformation promises to provide us with a more efficient, reliable, adaptive and service-centric electricity grid.

It will: 1. provide quality power to meet 21st century needs 2. accommodate all generation and storage options 3. enable active participation by consumers 4. enable new products, services and markets 5. optimize asset utilization and operating efficiency 6. operate resiliently against physical and cyber attacks 7. be self-healing after power disturbance events

The Promise of the

Great, so where are all those

Smart Grid Apps?

Smart Grid needs a platform for innovation

Generation Transmission Distribution Consumers

Transmission Operations

Distribution Operations

Customer & Service Mgnt

Transformation at Work

Power Communication

Prosumers Consumers Generation Transmission Distribution Consumers




Power Communication

Generation Prosumers Consumers Generation Transmission Distribution Consumers




Power Communication

Virtual Energy Resources

Energy Markets

Weather Forcasts

Financial Markets

Energy Markets

Financial Markets


Active Distribution

Management Using Distributed Energy Resources

• Active Distribution Management using Distributed Energy Resources creates opportunities for energy innovations

• The grid is able to accommodate much greater amounts of DER • Consumers and grid operators are looking for compelling value propositions

Active Distribution Management

Weather Forecasts





Power Communication


Energy Markets

Weather Forcasts

Financial Markets

Energy Markets

Financial Markets


Weather Forecasts

Enabling Hub

Energy Service

Providers Weather Forecasts





Power Communication


Energy Markets

Weather Forcasts

Financial Markets

Energy Markets

Financial Markets


Weather Forecasts

Enabling Hub

Weather Forecasts


Grid-Responsive Services Opens up the Grid to Value-Added Applications

• “Grid-Responsive” services are energy services that continuously share and react to system information from service providers, customers and the grid.

• Service Providers offer Grid-Responsive Services tailored to the needs of their customers. • Energy Services automatically respond to spikes in demand or supply, grid constraints, and

market opportunities. • Local markets clear DER transactions based on locational supply and demand.

Energy Service Subscribers

Smart Energy Services

Energy Service

Providers

Smart City Kalundborg Infrastructure

© 2012 Spirae, Inc.

Smart City Kalundborg – Current Participants


Spirae’s Bluefin™ Product Suite

12

OMS

AMI/ MDM

Spirae Bluefin Enterprise

GIS

DMS

CIS

Distribution Network Operations – Data/ Process Integration

Spirae Bluefin Embedded

Spirae Bluefin™ Nano

Spirae Bluefin Applications

SCADA



Dynamic Asset and Distribution Network Management

Custom “BlueFin Applications”

Grid-Responsive Energy Services

Choice of Service Providers and Services for Energy Consumers

Spirae Bluefin Embedded

Spirae’s BlueFin™ Suite Enables:

Conclusion

• Energy “Apps” that engage consumers require a seamless “energy services delivery platform.”

• With such a platform, technical and business innovations will flourish along the entire electric system value chain.

• Smart City Kalundborg will demonstrate an open platform and Apps from different service providers.


Thank You

Contacts

320 East Vine Drive | Fort Collins, CO 80524 | 970-484-8259 | www.spirae.com

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Sunil Cherian CEO, Spirae, Inc.

+1 970.449.8517 (o)

[email protected]

Peter Keller-Larsen European Director of Business Development

+45 4124 8660 (m)

[email protected]