remote system architecture: designs and concepts

March 9, 2011

2011 International Wind-Diesel Conference

Remote System Architecture:Designs and Concepts

Jito Coleman

TDX Power

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Why Architecture Matters ?

• It provides an overview

• It describes the configuration

• It allows for system differentiation

• It is the image

How are we doing?

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Why Architecture Matters ?

It’s Image ! It Sells !

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Why Architecture/Image Matters ?

• It communicates– Policy - Regulatory– Finance - Technical– Citizens

• It defines• It visionary• It empowers

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And we start with Penetration

Penetrating What?– Seriously PC Challenged

High, Medium, Low Penetration

- Of WHAT?

• A technically driven term

that no longer fits our needs.

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Terminology Suggestion

• Renewable Contribution – % of Energy per Year– Focus on our primary value proposition– Simple to understand– Good for key constituents

• Policy, Regulatory, Financial• Citizens

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Terminology Suggestion

• Renewable Fraction– Renewable Capacity vs Average Load– Currently 1% to over 200% – Easy to understand – More meaningful, more definitive– Good for key constituents

• Policy, Regulatory, Financial, Technical• Citizens

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SmartGrid

• Has Big Buzz

• Big Umbrella to cover Big Promises

• Isn’t this what we are doing ?

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Here’s an Image that Sell ?

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SmartGrid Issues

• Complex Generation Dispatch

• Significant Renewable Contribution

• Dispatchable Load Control

• Energy Storage including EVs

• Advanced Metering / Data Processing

• Regulatory Revisioning

• New Financial Mechanisms

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What are we doing ?

Our Architectures are SmartGrids

ON STERIODS ! ! !

We Need To Own Their Image.

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SmartGrid could be a Key

In our Major Battlegrounds

PolicyPolicyRegulatoryRegulatoryFinancialFinancial

SmartGrid makes us mainstream

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Boulder: SmartGrid City

• Solid American Example

• Utility and Government Promotion

• $100 million program

• Good Image Big Hype

• 4 Significant Initiatives

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• Transformation of existing metering infrastructure to a robust, dynamic electric system communications network, providing real-time, high-speed, two-way communication throughout the distribution grid;

Added Fiber Optic network

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• Conversion of substations to "smart" substations capable of remote monitoring, near real-time data and optimized performance;

Web based Metering at 3 Substations

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• At the customer's invitation, installation of programmable in-home control devices and the necessary systems to fully automate home energy use;

24,000 Smart Meters

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• Integration of infrastructure to support easily dispatched distributed generation technologies (such as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with vehicle-to-grid technology; battery systems; wind turbines; and solar panels).

Well nothing dramatic yet !

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Sand Point, AK

• 700 kW average electrical load

• 1 MW of wind turbines: 2 - V39’s

• 750 kW of dispatchable heat load

• Automated diesel controls

• Web based data and control

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Sand Point, AK: SmartGrid City

• Significant Renewable Contribution – 40% of Electrical Load

• 200,000 gal reduction• 15,000 gal of heating fuel reduction

• Renewable Fraction: 140% • Dispatchable Loads• Automated Generation Dispatch• SCADA and Web Based Controls

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Sand Point: SmartGrid City

• Complex Generation Dispatch

• Significant Renewable Contribution

• Dispatchable Load Control

• Energy Storage including EVs

• Advanced Metering / Data Processing

• Regulatory Revisioning

• New Financial Mechanisms

March 9, 2011


Who’s building

the next

SmartGrid City?

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