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June 16, 2009 Michael W. Howard, Ph.D. Sr. Vice President, R&D Group Renewable Resources and Operational Challenges
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2 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. The Electric Power Research Institute Independent, unbiased, tax-exempt collaborative research organization Full spectrum industry coverage –Nuclear –Generation –Environment –Power Delivery & Utilization 460 participants in over 40 countries Major offices in Palo Alto, CA; Charlotte, NC and Knoxville, TN RD&D Consortium for the Electricity Industry
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3 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Renewable Technology Development
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4 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Renewable Technologies Variability and Predictability
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5 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Challenge - Balancing Generation and Load Load Generation Objective Less Variability - More Predictability
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6 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Wind – Variable and Predictable? Tehachapi Wind Generation
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7 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Solar - Variable and Predictable? Minutes Source: Jay Apt CMU, 4.6 MW TEP Solar Array (Arizona)
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8 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. What’s The Solution? System Visibility Generation Balancing Resources Energy Storage Transmission Integration Demand Response Meteorological Prediction
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9 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. 750 +282j 250 +84j 100 +62j 20 + 8j 276 + 120j 130 + 8j 300 + 100j 750 + 262j 440 + 200j 120 + 11j 350 + 150j 227 + 420j 704 + 308j 2 3 4 5 7 6 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1617 176 +88j High Speed Scan Rates More Frequent Analysis of System Condition Enhanced Grid Visibility System Visibility
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10 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Generation Balancing Resource Acknowledgment: Research Conducted by Warren Katzenstein and Jay Apt, CMU Ramp Rate and Duty Cycle for CT Balancing Wind Time (Hours) Ramp Rate (MW/min)
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11 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Energy Storage Hours Discharge Time Power Seconds Minutes 100s kW 10s MW 100s MW 10s kW Ultracapacitors SMES Lead-Acid and Nickel Cadmium Batteries High Energy Flywheels Metal-Air Batteries Low Energy Flywheels Advanced Batteries Compressed Air Flow Batteries Pump Storage
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12 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 mile Thermal Energy Storage
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13 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Requires Transmission to Major Load Centers Transmission Integration Wind Resource Map Demand Centers High Wind Availability
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14 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Transmission Integration
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15 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. NGCC ($6-8/MMBtu) Levelized Cost of Electricity, $/MWh Cost of CO 2, $/Metric Ton IGCC PC Wind (32.5% Capacity Factor) Comparative Costs of Electricity – 2015 All costs are in December 2007 $ Rev. October 2008 Biomass 95% confidence level values based on EPRI Report 1018329 Renewables “out of the money” without incentives or mandates Nuclear
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16 © 2009 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Summary - Renewable Resources 29 States and DC have Renewable Portfolio Standards – 5 States have Renewable Goals Several renewable generation technologies – viability depends on location and costs Tradeoff - Variability and Predictability Several technical solutions exist to integrate renewable resources
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