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Future Grids in Australia

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Luke Reedman | PowerFactory Users' Conference and Future Networks Technical Seminar 2013

6 September2013

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In this talk

• Where have we come from

• Some recent changes

• The next 10-20 years

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Where have we come from

(last 10 years)

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Peak and average demand


Source: CSIRO calculations from AEMO data

Electricity generation


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250T

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AUS Principal electricity generation by fuel type (TWh)

Wind

Solar

Oil products

Natural gas

Coal seam methane

Brown coal

Black coal

Biofuels

Hydro

Source: ESAA (2013), Electricity Gas Australia 2013

Wholesale electricity prices


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NSW

QLD

SA

SNOWY

TAS

VIC

$/M

Wh

Source: AEMO

Retail electricity prices


Sources: ABS 2012, Producer Price Indexes, Australia, cat. no. 6427.0; Consumer Price Index, Australia, cat.

no. 6401.0.

Some recent changes


Electricity consumption declining


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2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

Consumption (TWh)


Electricity consumption declining


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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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hConsumption by NEM State (TWh)

TAS

SA

QLD

VIC

NSW & ACT

Total Consumption


Possible reasons for NSW


Source: Intelligent Energy Systems (2013), IES Insider, Issue No. 14

Solar PV


Source: Australian PV Association

Solar PV


End of Solar Bonus

Scheme, April 2011

Reduction of solar Credits

Multiplier, June 2011

Reduction of Solar Credits

Multiplier, June 2012

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kWMW

Solar PV Capacity in Australia

Solar PV Capacity

Average PV system size

Source: Clean Energy Regulator

Peak demand



‘Strong’ La Nina on the east coast


Source: Bureau of Meteorology

Electricity generation


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50

100

150

200

250T

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AUS Principal electricity generation by fuel type (TWh)

Wind

Solar

Oil products

Natural gas

Coal seam methane

Brown coal

Black coal

Biofuels

Hydro


Average wholesale prices down


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196,000

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200,000

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204,000

206,000

208,000

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

Average price ($/MWh)Total Energy GWh

Total energy Average price


Wholesale price spikes subdued


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2011-12


The next 10-20 years


The next 10-20 years

• Will electricity consumption continue to decline?

• Will peak demand rebound?

• What about centralised generation?

• More PV?

• Prices rising?

• What about storage and EVs?

• Can retailers keep their customers?


Electricity consumption forecast


Source: AEMO, National Electricity Forecasting Report 2013

140,000

160,000

180,000

200,000

220,000

240,000

260,000

Financial yearResidential and commercial* Industrial Consumption Transmission LossesAuxiliary Loads Rooftop PV Energy EfficiencyAnnual energy - as generated Annual energy - as sent out

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Electricity consumption growth, some uncertainty



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2013 NEFR native annual energy forecasts (10-year outlook - GWh) - NEM

Peak demand rebound



Peak demand rebound


Source: Bureau of Meteorology

More rooftop PV



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2013 NEFR rooftop PV annual energy forecasts(10-year outlook - GWh) - NEM

Peak demand and solar PV: market level



Peak demand and solar PV: network level


Source: SKM (2013), Assessment of Economic Benefits of a National Energy Savings Initiative

Retail prices up some more


Source: AEMC (2013), Electricity Price Trends Report

The ‘death spiral’• Networks have fixed costs because they build capacity ($/kVA)

• They recover their costs through energy charges (c/kWh)

• If energy consumption falls (e.g., PV, energy efficiency), fewer kWh to recover fixed costs

• Creates a revenue shortfall

• In the next round, the network charge (c/kWh) has to rise

• This feeds through to higher retail prices

• This leads to greater incentive to reduce consumption

• And so on…

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Storage, just around the corner?


Can retailers keep their customers?


Source: AER (2012), State of the Energy Market 2012

Likely investment



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hydro

geothermal

solar

coal

gas

wind

Percentage of proposed power stations by fuel type (MW)

More wind, but…


Source: Reedman et al. (2012), ‘Quantifying the Impact of Setback Limits on the Possible

Deployment of Wind Farms in Australia’, Paper presented at the International Energy Workshop.

Large scale solar coming, PV…


2013 - 10 MWp at Greenough River, WAPhoto provided by First Solar

2007 - 305 kWp on Alice Springs Crown CasinoPhoto provided by SunPower Corporation

2012 - 1.22 MWp at University of QLD

2009 - 1.0 MWp on Adelaide Showground

… can solar thermal fight back?


Source: U.S. Department of Energy

What about gas?


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Natural gas 2009-10

projections

Natural gas 2010-11

projections

Natural gas 2011-12

projections

Comparison of historical Australian domestic natural gas demand forecasts


CCS and nuclear


CCS

• Number of technologies being investigated

• Delays in timeline

• CCS expected to be at commercial scale in 2020 at the earliest

Nuclear power

• Currently prohibited in some states

• No local experience

• Lack of community acceptance

• Environmental issues and catastrophic risk

New demand: electric vehicles


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Based on vehicle manufacturer projections

Based on IEA (2011)

The take away

• Considerable uncertainty

• Demand has changed and will continue to change

• More modular centralised supply

• Less network build, but still needs spend

• Decreasing utilisation needs to be tackled (‘death spiral’ in the extreme case)

• Pricing needs to change, challenge is consumer buy-in



Questions?

Thank youDr Luke Reedman

Stream Leader, Energy ModellingCSIRO Energy Flagship

t +61 2 49606057

e [email protected]

w www.csiro.au/Organisation-Structure/Flagships/Energy-Flagship.aspx

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Acknowledgments

Paul Graham

John Ward

Chris Fell

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