Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking Stakeholders General Assembly, October 27, 2009
SmartGrids A key step in the third
industrial revolutionRonnie Belmans
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, [email protected]
Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking Stakeholders General Assembly, October 27, 2009
Presentation ObjectivesEnergy in the environment: local approachEnergy sources, free humans of the local
availability and of time: James Watt, first industrial revolution
Using all energy available and bringing it to the user: Faraday, Maxwell, electricity, second industrial revolution
Harvesting energy, a greenhouse gas free supply: Einstein, Bequerrel, electricity again, third industrial revolution
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Technical miracles of the 20th century1. Electrification2. Automobile3. Airplane4. Safe and Abundant Water5. Electronics 6. Radio and Television 7. Agricultural Mechanization8. Computers9. Telephone10. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration11. Interstate Highways12. Space Exploration13. Internet 14. Imaging Technologies 15. Household Appliances16. Health Technologies17. Petroleum and Gas Technologies18. Laser and Fiber Optics19. Nuclear Technologies20. High Performance Materials
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(Source: National Academy of Engineering)
Still…new generation paradigms& ageing assets pose a serious challenge…
Technical, legal and economic challenges
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Challenges for 2020 and beyond
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30GW of solar power in the
South ?
50GW of wind power in the North ?
Customer Interaction and Intelligent Appliances
New DC Links andInterconnections
Micro- generation in millions of homes ?
plus wind variation / cloud cover / customer choice…
Smart Grids will be needed to ensure supply security, connect and operate clean and sustainable energy, and give value for money
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SmartGrids Vision
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Regulation ofMonopolies
Innovation andCompetitiveness
Low Prices And Efficiency
Primary EnergySources
Reliability andQuality
Capacity
NaturePreservation
ClimateChange
Kyoto andPost-Kyoto
Inte
rnal
Marke
t
Security of Supply
Environment
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Driving factors
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SmartGrids Vision
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Users
Energy service providersTechnology providers
Researchers
Regulators
Network companies
TradersGenerators Governmental
agencies
Stakeholders
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SmartGrids Vision
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Central & dispersed sources
Smart materials and power electronics
Central & dispersedintelligence
Seamless integrationof new applications
End user real timeInformation & participation
Multi-directional ‘flows’
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SmartGrids Vision
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Enable active customer participation
Accommodate all generation and storage options
Enable new products services and markets
Provide power quality for the 21st Century
Optimise assets and operate efficiently
Anticipate and respond to system disturbances (self-heal)
Operate resiliently against attack and natural disaster
Enable fundamental changes in Transport and Buildings
(Source: SmartGridNews.com)
Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking Stakeholders General Assembly, October 27, 2009
New generation paradigm
Importance of adequate forecasting and control tools !!
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“Fresh breeze”means somewhere
between 200 and 1,600 MW
A deviation of just +/ 1 m/s may have an impact of +/ 320 MW (with a 2,374 MW installed base)
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Conclusion:Action now!
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2020 targets
2050 targets
and beyond
REQUIRE application of today’s technologies
REQUIRE development of today’s technologies
REQUIRES research for tomorrow’s technologies
These actions must be put in hand NOW
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With and without SmartGrids
Input AC needed;show the what is happening
Today
SmartGridVision
Future
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Future urban view
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Future European view
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