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New Zealand’s Unique Electrical System

New Zealand’s Unique Electrical System. APEC ENERGY STORAGE Seminar Honolulu May 2004 Barrie Leay. Why is the NZ system unique. Hydro power of 5000 MW 62.5% Gas fired thermal of 2000 MW 25.0% Geothermal and wind 1000 MW 12.5%

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New Zealand’s Unique Electrical System

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  1. New Zealand’s Unique Electrical System APEC ENERGY STORAGE Seminar Honolulu May 2004 Barrie Leay

  2. Why is the NZ system unique • Hydro power of 5000 MW 62.5% • Gas fired thermal of 2000 MW 25.0% • Geothermal and wind 1000 MW 12.5% Renewable energy’s contribution still 75%

  3. Storage ability • Hydro – primarily run of river – 12 weeks • Gas – in ground, life of field - infinite • Gas – pipeline compression - 1 week • Geothermal – in ground - infinite • Wind zero

  4. Crucial market competition • We have used an open market for a decade • Wind is usually scheduled ahead of hydro • Stored hydro is therefore more valuable when wind is not blowing • Gas has greater value when geo, wind and hydro are either unavailable or at maximum output • Gas becomes the marginal highest cost supply

  5. Distributed Generationfuture impacts on storage • Solar water heating and PV are growing rapidly in domestic and commercial uses • Storage in water cylinders and batteries • Biogas from landfill and biowaste continues to increase • Storage in resource dumps and pipelines • Wind will evolve into pumped storage and irrigation systems • Hydrogen will be stored at source and be converted into syngas from lignites, peat and biogass

  6. Adding Value to Renewable Power • Wind for us will be the lowest cost power available for the next decade as the best wind resources are used first 10/12m/sec • If we can find an economic way to add value by efficient storage there is a huge incentive to do so • The hydrogen economy beckons the wind and geothermal producers

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