GEODE Workshop on Smart Grids Projects Brussels, 10 th of May 2017. A collaborative Smart Grid Pilot YouTube: Innovation and digitalization @AgderEnergi
Agder investments well positioned in Northern Europe Market integrator of renewables Current product scope: Direct marketing Virtual Power Plants services Regional renewable energy supplies Leading European Demand Response company based on a hardware/software combo, proven in the German, Swiss and Austrian Ancillary Services Markets Several of Germanies largest industrials are happy and long term partners Demand response, flexibility trading and consulting Developing multimarket allocator software for flexibility trading Enfo FlexiTrader Consulting activities within Demand Response Market access to wholesale power markets Optimization of generation and consumption portfolios Automatized trading solutions Management of green certificates and green power products
Trends that challenge the power system Changes in climate, the green shift Technological breakthroughs Changed customer behavior From central to decentral From analog to digital From diesel cars to EV s
The traditional power systems are challenged to be more flexible
The Future Customer Electricity Consumption Selfgeneration Distributed storage Demand Side Response Digitalkonferansen 2017
DSO TSO Who needs the distribution flexibility? Avoid overload of critical power distribution system component Framework for distribution system auxiliary services Availability for more producers to connect to distribution system Visibility of what is behind the meters Avoid bottlenecks in the power transmission system Alternative for existing markets Providers Trade their excess power or stored energy Open market for trading Availability for more producers to connect to distribution system
Digital Drivers for Change Cloud Computing The Mobile Platform Social Network Big Data Internet of Things The digital revolution is about boundary erasure.
What does it Mean? Who is owing the problem of a redrawing of the following boundaries? Generator and suppliers Supply and demand Passive networks and active markets Firm and non-firm connections Transmission and distribution Can blockchain integrate the power system?
The Changing Power System Climate Technology Europe RES Cheaper RES and batteries Interconnections Loss of cheap flexibility from fuels Small scale and variable DER Growing need for flexibility Capacity markets Smart grid and flexibility Self-generation, distributed storage New Business Models
It s learning by doing. There is nothing written very clearly about how to balance distributed energy and energy storage with demands on your grid
*Standardized Smart Grid Connection Point Market Integrations The Future Power Value Chain will be Trading- and Service-oriented Power markets Trading services ESCO services Large buildings, Industry, DERs and Storage TSO Capacity options Reserves Spot DA ID DSO Flexibility Options Local flexibility TSO Spot DSO Trading platform ESCO Integrations Grid Balancing ESCO Services Energy Efficiency Flexibility trading
Project Cross functional project team Proven cloud technology Challenging existing value chains Creating new opportunities
What is Agder Energi doing? Project in collaboration with Microsoft, PSC, ENFO, LOS and Powel Flexibility project phase I Pilot using Engene substation (POC) Optimize load of transformer based on flexibility volume and price using weather data and load forecast for next 24 hrs Technical solution for proof of concept using Microsoft Azure platform Flexibility project phase II Continue to expand technical solution with added functionality Develop a market based solution where providers and users can trade distributed flexibility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8zbkr6lr6m
Distribution marketplace -> DSO use Flex provider 08-09 Substation transformer Engene (08:00-09:00) Elementary school Kindergarten Vol: 5 kw Price: 50 kr Flex: 10 kw Price: 20 kr Grocery store - 5 kw @ 50 kr 10 kw @ 20kr 15 kw @ 20 kr 10 kw @ 20 kr 30 kw @ 5 kr 60 kw @ 8 kr Feeder A 5 kw @ 50 kr 60 kw @ 8 kr - Distribution transformer Use Meter ID Retailer - Sports arena - Repair shop - Museum Gas station 15 kw Price: 20 kr Flex: 10 kw Price: 20 kr 100 kw @ 10 kr - - - 5 kw @ 50 kr - High school - Middle school - - EV charging station Battery 50kWh Battery 100kWh Small scale hydro - Flex: 30 kw Price: 5 kr Flex: 60 kw Price: 8 kr Flex: 100 kw Price: 10 kr
Pilot project phases 1 2 3 Technical Marketplace Expand
Pilot statement A local flexibility marketplace fully integrated with other markets can provide an optimal use of flexibility based on market prices and contribute to solving todays challenges in the power market.
Market rules for DSO marketplace Market clearing Settlement of volumes Handling of activated volumes Verification of activated volumes Activation time and gate closure Parameters to the bid other than volume and price
Roles and responsibilities The POC will comply with existing market rules in Norway given that the flex nominations will be handled by a BRP and the BRP will handle the imbalance caused by activations Proof of Concept Phase 2
A conceptual view of a possible future marketplace TSO Proof of Concept Phase 2 VOLUME C A S H
From Norway to Silicon Valley - and back again Thank you for your attention.