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Virtual Power Plants and Customer Choice

Smart Energy Council Conference

April 3, 2019

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Eguana Technologies

Designs and manufactures advanceddistributed energy storage products based onits patented power controls technology.

Globally certified, software-driven integratedenergy storage products for distributedresidential and small commercial markets

3rd Generation platform with +35 MWinstalled globally including +6,000 behind themeter energy storage systems

Eguana’s mission is to enable and accelerate the

transition to renewable energy by delivering advanced

energy storage appliances that empower families

and businesses to take charge of their energy supply and

that work together to build the electrical infrastructure

of the future.

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Two Decades of Experience

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Worldwide Presence

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Net Zero Energy Homes in California

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Fontana Zero Net Energy Home Demonstration

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Small Island High Penetration PV

2015 Status of Island Diesel Grid:

• 5MW Peak

• 2MW Daytime Min Load

• 1.5MW Installed NEM PV Capacity

• 1MW Valid NEM PV applications preventedfrom being installed.

Solution: Deploy utility ownedresidential storage to enable validapplications to proceed.

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Moloka’i High Penetration PV Pilot

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VPPs in South Australia

Moving beyond pilots, this is the real thing

A set of technical requirements have been

developed to ensure the batteries available

through the Scheme are safe and reliable. Battery

systems are also required to be virtual power

plant (VPP) capable.

This means the battery can – either at the

outset, or at a future point in time - be enrolled

as part of a VPP program, or remain standalone.

Some of the benefits of including VPP capable

systems in the Scheme include:

• households have a greater choice of products,

some which may require low or no upfront

costs

• increasing the amount of storage-generation

in the energy market – reducing the state’s

energy demand and therefore providing

benefit to all South Australian customers, not

just those who receive the subsidy.

A VPP is a means of aggregating

behind the meter energy resources

to deliver services into wholesale

markets that traditional have been

delivered by large generation

assets. These services may include:

- Frequency Control (FCAS)

- Demand Response

- Contingency Reserve

- Fast Frequency Response