The New Grid: Integrating Photovoltaics, Energy Storage, and a Local Utility for Electric Transportation

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1 The New Grid: Integrating Photovoltaics, Energy Storage, and a Local Utility for Electric Transportation Solar Energy in Inland Southern California: The Future is Now February 6 th, 2014 Presented by: Alfredo A. Martinez-Morales, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside Southern California Research Initiative for Solar Energy (SC-RISE)

2 Bourns College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology CE-CERT s mission is to contribute to improved environmental quality and energy efficiency by conducting a broad program of interdisciplinary basic and applied research and by providing educational opportunities for the next generation of engineers, scientists and policy-makers.

3 CE-CERT Research Areas: Emissions from Advanced Technologies and Fuels Emissions measurement/analysis, fuel effects, new instrumentation/methods, after-treatment Transportation Systems Research Intelligent transportation systems, vehicle activity, energy/emissions modeling Atmospheric Processes Research Secondary pollutant formation, mitigation methods, environmental modeling Sustainable Energy Research Cellulosic ethanol, synthetic diesel fuel, energy distribution Southern California Research Initiative for Solar Energy Solar active materials, photovoltaic devices, solar thermal, renewable energy systems Winston Chung Global Energy Center Energy generation, storage, and distribution, integrated power systems, smartgrid applications

4 SC-RISE Vision To serve as a honest broker and trusted resource for information about all aspects of solar energy. What makes SC-RISE unique? SC-RISE s vertical integration of three fundamental components in facilitating the development and application of solar energy as a sustainable and costeffective technology. Education & Training Research & Development Assessment & Demonstration 4

5 Solar Research displacing CO 2 via renewable energy generation DIFFUSE Silicon PV Emerging PV Thin-Film PV CONCENTRATED Concentrating Solar Thermal Power (CSP) Concentrating PV (CPV) 5 5

6 Optimized Solutions the right solution for a specific application Researching Emerging PV Technologies Engineering at the nanoscale the properties of materials and device architecture Developing technologies for building integrated PV Researching PV devices for in-door applications Optimized Energy Generation Systems Determining the most suitable solar technologies for specific generation applications Engineering systems for maximum energy harvesting and delivery Integrating generation, storage and management technologies for achieving robust and versatile systems

7 The New Grid: Integrating Photovoltaics, Energy Storage, and a Local Utility for Electric Transportation 7

8 Micro-grid Energy Management with PV, Battery Energy Storage, and EV Charging 8

9 500 kw Solar Installation 9

10 UC Riverside Solar, Battery Energy Storage and EV Charging System Solar PV 3.5 MW UCR West Campus 0.5 MW CE-CERT Battery Storage 1.08 MWh BCOE WCH 1.08 MWh CE-CERT/Bourns, Inc. EV Chargers (green) CE-CERT/Bourns, Inc. BCOE WCH UCR Lot 15 EV UCR Lot 1 EV UCR Lot 30 EV UCR West Campus

11 Battery Energy Storage Commercial/Industry partners (Balqon, Winston Energy) 1.1 MWh installed on UCR campus 1.1 MWh installation underway at CE-CERT 11

12 Riverside Public Utilities EV Charger Locations 12

13 Electric Trolley Bus Conversion of existing UCR trolley from diesel to electric Testing and performance evaluation Operate on existing route between UCR and Community 13

14 EV Demand / Building Peak Supplied by Battery Energy Storage Large HVAC systems are often overlooked as a large energy consumer Lights use only 20% of US electric energy compared to 60 to 70% motors use

15 UCR New Grid Research Goals Integrate utility scale renewable energy, energy storage, and EV charging Demonstrate the functionality of Smart Grid protocols Provide EV charging demand without increased grid loads Provide real world Smart Grid test-bed platform Evaluate efficiency of energy storage Evaluate power quality issues Demonstrate battery electric bus transit operating in the Riverside community