Delivering Energy Innovations at Scale 11.04.2013
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Delivering Energy Innovations at Scale
11.04.2013
Base Birmingham
Roger Hey – Future Networks Manager
KEY FACTS:• Wholly owned by
Pennsylvania Power & Light (PPL - NYSE listed)
• 4 UK Distribution Licences
• 7.7 million customers
• 55,000 sq km area
• 220,400km -Largest length UK network
West Wales
East Wales
Cardiff
Swansea
Bodmin
Bristol
Redruth
Somerset
Mendip
Torquay & Exeter
SOUTH WEST
Plymouth
Barnstaple
Tipton
Nottingham
SOUTH WALES
WEST MIDLANDS
EAST MIDLANDS
Milton Keynes
Birmingham
Gloucester
ShrewsburyCoventry
Boston
Stoke-on-Trent
Lincoln
THE ELECTRICITY NETWORK
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CORE ELEMENTS OF OUR PLAN Replace and repair equipment due to age and condition Inspect and maintain existing equipment Connect new commercial and domestic customers Transition to a low carbon future – connecting Distributed Generation
and emerging technologies Deliver further improved network performance and customer service
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NETWORK CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY TRANSITION TO A LOW CARBON FUTURE
WPD will need to be able to accommodate significant volumes of:– Local generation (e.g. solar PV &
wind)– Low carbon demand (e.g. Electric
Vehicles (EVs) & heat pumps)
Networks are not currently designed to accommodated these loads on high volumes/clusters
Considerable uncertainty about uptake – volume, location & network impact
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Heat Pumps projection:
PV installations projection:
INNOVATION STRATEGYWPD’s Innovation Strategy – To facilitate the delivery of UK carbon objectives, making best use of new technologies and responding to the needs of our customers by:
Providing innovative solutions to increase the utilisation of the network whilst maintaining a high quality of supply
Developing concepts through to BAU solutions whilst ensuring compatibility with the existing network
Sharing our learning with the wider DNO community and other interested stakeholders
Overall, we aim to provide efficient networks that are cost effective and reliable for our customers both today and in the future
R&DResearch and proof-of-
concept technology development
First of a kindSpecific area of network
identified, possibly driven by customer request
ReplicationMultiple areas of network
proactively identified based on first stage results
Business as usualPolicies established for
planning teams to implement technology as
business as usual
On-going engagement with customers
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Community Energy Action
FLEXGRID Electric Boulevards
Interconnect WPD + NGC
SCADA
Seasonal Generation Deployment
PV impact on Suburban networks
Network Management
on Isles of Scilly
LV Sensor “Best Buy”
Report
Voltage Control Demonstration
Project
Early learning from LV estate
PV cluster
Community Smart Grid – Smart Hooky
Fault Current Measurement
Device
LV Network Templates
Lincolnshire Low Carbon
Hub
FALCON
SoLa BRISTOL Future Networks Programme
Tier 1
Tier 2
Networks Demonstrating
alternative investment
strategies to facilitate the UK’s
Low Carbon Transition
Customer Testing innovative solutions to make it
simple for customers to connect Low
Carbon Technologies
PerformanceDeveloping new
operational practices and identifying
service improvement opportunities
Stakeholder Engagement and Knowledge Management
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FlexDGrid ProjectThree integrated Methods leading to quicker and cost effective customer connections through a timely step change in the enhanced understanding, management and mitigation of distribution network Fault Level
Each Method can be applied on its own whilst the integration of the three Methods combined will provide a system level solution to facilitate the connection of additional generation
Enhanced Assessment
• Enhanced network models• Detailed understanding of network Fault Level
Management
• Monitoring Fault Level (Steady-state)• Measuring Fault Level (Faulted-state)• Verify/Update network models
Mitigation• Reduction of system Fault Level• Utilised from output of Management
www.westernpowerinnovation.co.uk
NOTICE FOR STAKEHOLDERS• Please get involved in our business plan
consultation• 6 workshops being held in April:
– April 17th - Nottingham (Trent Bridge Cricket Ground)
– April 18th – Birmingham (Birmingham Botanical Gardens)
– April 23rd – Cheltenham (Cheltenham Racecourse)
– April 24th – Exeter – (Exeter Racecourse)– April 25th – Cardiff – (Millennium Centre)– April 26th – Bristol (Bristol Zoo)
More information ? Come speak to us or contact: Alex Wilkes, Stakeholder Engagement Officer [email protected]
Thank you listening