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Renewable Technology Integration Dave Mooney October 30, 2009

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Renewable Technology Integration

Dave Mooney

October 30, 2009

Renewable Technology Integration

Integration Mission

• Enable maximum renewable energy and energy efficiency technology adoption

• Maintain and enhance grid reliability by advancing critical science and engineering in electrical systems and resource assessment.

• Transfer knowledge and innovations in these areas in a manner that accelerates commercial deployment and addresses the nation’s energy, security, and environmental goals.

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Electricity, Resources, and Building Systems Integration Center

Resource Information and Forecasting

Thermal Systems

Transmission and Grid Integration

Distributed Energy Resources Integration

Commercial Building R&D

Residential Building R&D

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Generation• PV • Wind• Electrolysis• CSP• Geothermal• Biomass • Storage

Transmission & Distribution• Integration• Interconnection• Communications• Controls• Operations• Storage

End Use and the Built Environment• Zero-energy buildings • Plug-in hybrid electric

vehicles• Fuel cells• Demand Control• Intelligent controls • Zero-energy communities• Storage

Areas of Focus and Competencies

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Study Area Dispatch - Week of April 10th - 10%R

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Nuclear Steam Coal Wind

Solar CSP w/ Storage Solar PV Combined Cycle

Gas Turbine Pumped Storage Hydro Hydro

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High Penetration Impacts on Dispatch

Western Wind and Solar Integration Study

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Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)

Data acquisition and monitoring on distribution feeder at the Anatolia Subdevelopment in Rancho Cordova, CA

Over 600 homes will have 2kW of PV

Monitoring on Distribution Transformer

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Key Utility Progress

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Xcel Energy - Alamosa, CO

Currently monitoring effects of 8MW PV system on distribution feeder in Alamosa, CO.

Working with Xcel Energy (utility) and SunEdison (system integrator).

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Xcel Energy – Alamosa System

8MW connected to substation

High Variability due to clouds

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Documenting Variability

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Critical Stakeholder CommunicationsOrganizer and Editor – Ben Kroposki

Looking Forward to Large-scale Solar Integration (Editorial)

An Overview of Solar Technologies

Utility Experience, Challenges, and Opportunities in PV Power

Planning for Large-scale Solar Power

Greening the Grid with CSP

Experiences of PV Network Integration in Germany

Demo Grid-Connected PV Projects in Japan

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Energy Systems Integration Facility

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ESIF Features

• Integration RD&E for– PV– CSP– Wind– H2– Built Environment– Demand side tech– Storage

• Indoor and outdoor labs and test beds

• High-performance computer (100 teraflop)

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ESIF Location

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Hardware “in the loop”Systems “in the loop”

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Net Zero Energy Community Example

(2000 ft2, 2-story, 16% window to floor area ratio), unconditioned basementIECC 2003

BEopt Beta 0.8.04

Energy Star

Greensburg, KansasMinimum Cost Target

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In My Backyard (IMBY)

http://www.nrel.gov/eis/imby/

Draw PV System

Simulate PV Hourly Output

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Zero Energy Research and Optimization Lab