Smart Communities

Resilient Cities 2012

H1 Global Strategy for Deploying Renewables in Urban Settings

15th May, 2011

Kazuyuki Takada

Smart Community Department

NEDO, Japan

Ota City Demonstration Site

Number of PV-equipped houses: 553

Total PV capacity: 2,129 kW

Average capacity per house: 3.85 kW

Grid-interconnection of Clustered PV Power Generation Systems : FY2002 - FY2007

Development of a new inverter to detect islanding

Development of battery storage operation and network voltage control

Development of simulation technologies 1

Microgrid demonstration project in Sendai(FY2004-2007)

High Quality Ａ

No Interruption. Compensating voltage at a wave level.

High Quality B

Removing interruption within 15 ms Standard Quality C

Interruption is usually removed within 1 minute.

DC

No Interruption. DC supply.

Demonstrative Project on Power Supply System

by Service Level

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Great East Japan Earthquake: 2:46 pm on March 11.

Sendai system recovered before noon of March 12. And supply electricity to Hospital and High Quality A load (UPS).

Utility system recovered at March 14.

Japan’s Smart Community and smart grid Goal

More convenient, reliable and greener system

by means of IT through coordination and cooperation

Between energy suppliers and demand side users.

New-generation Gas Station

Zero Emission Buildings

Cogeneration

Solar Power

Wind Power

Energy Management System GE GE

Solar Power

Smart House

Storage Battery

Biogas

Wind Power

Mega Solar

Na-S Battery

EVs and PHEVs

Enable better use of heat in addition to electricity.

Construct an energy system which is mutually beneficial for main grid operator and regional

energy management provider.

Home Storage Battery

Wasted Heat

Utilize IT for peak cuts.

Regional Energy Management Provider

Construct charging stations for EVs.

GE GE

Information Network

Smart Meter:

Visualization of home energy use and demand control

Connect BEMS with regional EMS.

Main Grid

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Yokohama City

Toyota City Kitakyushu-City

Kansai Science City

Smart Community Projects – Four large scale pilot projects （2011-2014）–

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METI funded

Yokohama City, Kanagawa

Tokyo gas

Project Participants

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○Energy management system which integrates HEMS,BEMS,EV

○PV（27000 kW）Use of heat and unused energy

○4000 Smart houses, 2000 EVs

METI funded

Unused land

Sunlight

Smart city management center

Minato Mirai 21

Kohoku New Town area

Yokohama Green Valley

Smart e-cards Electric shuttle buses

“Smart” housing developments

Sunlight

Smart industrial facilities Amusement area

High-density commercial area

Industrial plant area

Residential area

Heat supply plants

Low-rise residences

Information network

High-rise condominium

Sharing of office EVs

Super high-rise office buildings

EV sharing for deliveries

Smart shopping centers

Multi-family housing

Community heating and cooling

Park and ride

Solar heating

CGS

Lifestyle innovations

Steam network

Participation targets • HEMS: 4,000 • EV: 2,000 • Photovoltaics: 27 MW

CEMS

Storage battery SCADA

EV sharing for tourists

Toyota City, Aichi

○Use of heat and unused energy as well as electricity

○Demand response with 67 home, V2H

○Low-carbon transportation system 3 FC buses, 100 one mile mobility sharing vehicle

METI funded

Project Participants

PHV/EV

Air conditioning

TVs

Three FC buses

BRT (two connected electric buses)

One-mile mobility sharing vehicles: 100 vehicles

EcoCute 59 units

Household storage batteries

67 units

LED lighting

Fuel cells 9 units

Home appliance controller

Via links with an EDMS, expanding test to include automatic control of appliances using HEMS

Establishing incentives through point system

(smartphones)

EDMS (Energy Data Management

System)

Factories/company offices

Station

Houses with photovoltaic panels: 67 houses (in 2011)

Kansai Science City, Kyoto

(財)関西文化学術研究都市推進機構

Project Partcipants

○AMI for 900 households

○ESCO for households

○Home energy visualization terminals that can also provide healthcare, merchandise sales and other services.

METI funded

Linkage to the electricity grid (distribution network simulator)

Smart meters provided to 900 households

EV management center

Charging stations

EV being driven on roads

100 EVs used in test

Applying measurements from HEMS on specific appliance use to energy management for 900 households

Community energy management system (CEMS)

Managing energy use within the community based on local energy storage

In-house terminals

Evaluating possible use of home energy visualization terminals to provide healthcare, merchandise sales and other services

Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka

○70 companies and 200 houses in Higashida district where Nippon Steel Corporation is a specified supplier of electricity

○Dynamic Pricing

METI funded

Project Participants

Higashida Cogeneration (LMG 33 MW)

New energy sources account for 10% of the 21,000 kW demand in the community

Smart meters installed in 230 homes (in one condominium) and in 50 plants and other industrial establishments

6.6kV

Small wind turbines (10 turbines generating 3kW) VtoB

BEMS at 4 commercial sites

BEMS at 2 hospitals

30 street lights

FEMS in 10 factories

Mega-solar (1,000 kW)

Smart meters

Hydrogen stations

Hydrogen town

Project in the United States, New Mexico

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• Reliable power supply under high penetration of Photovoltaic by using CEMS, DER, NaS etc,.

• 2009-2013

[Los Alamos]

• Utility-Scale PV + NaS

• Schedule by Predicting PV generation

• Optimize by DR and NaS

• HEMS demo

[Albuquerque]

• Commercial building + DER with BEMS

• Absorb fluctuation from Utility Scale PV

Partners; The State of New Mexico,

The County of Los Alamos, LANL, Mesa del Sol, PNM, UNM, SNL

Entrusted parties; Toshiba, Kyocera, Shimizu, Itochu, Cyber Defense, etc., 19 companies as total

Project in Spain, Malaga

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• Avoiding congestion of distribution line under high penetration of EV quick chargers by navigating EV users to optimal places

• 2011-2015

Partners; Malaga City, Endesa, Telefonica, Sandiel

Entrusted parties; Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Corporation

Project in France, Lyon

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• Net Positive Energy Building demo

• EV Car Sharing System

• Energy Consumption visualization & guidance for residential

• 2011-2015

Partners; Grand Lyon, Bouygues Immobilier, Veolia Transdev etc.

Entrusted parties; Toshiba, Toshiba Solution

Thank you ! http://www.nedo.go.jp/