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Grid Reliability - Technology Solutions for Today and Tomorrow

This presentation discusses the challenges of grid reliability and presents technology solutions to prevent, detect, respond, and modernize the grid. It includes examples of how these technologies were effective during the August 14th blackout.

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Grid Reliability - Technology Solutions for Today and Tomorrow

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  1. Presentation to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Grid Reliability – Technology Solutions for Today and Tomorrow December 1, 2003 Bill Parks Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution U.S. Department of Energy

  2. Electricity and Economic Growth August 14th Blackout By-The-Numbers 2 Canadian Provinces 3 deaths 8 U.S. states 12 airports closed 23 cases of looting in Ottawa 100 power plants 9,266 square miles 61,800 MW of power lost 1.5 million Cleveland residents without water 50 million people $4-6 billion in economic activity lost • “If the energy structure of this country is inadequate or in some way excessively costly, it will undermine economic growth, and is therefore a major issue that must be addressed.” • Alan Greenspan • Chairman, Federal Reserve Board • January 25, 2001

  3. National Reliability Challenges • Prevention – keep problems from occurring • Detection – ready for immediate action • Response – proper ”tool kits” for any contingency • Modernization – “next generation” of grid technologies

  4. Stop reliability problems from occurring in the first place Prevention Technologies for Today • Advanced conductors and tower designs • Modeling and system planning tools • Communications • Training Composite Core Conductors Communications Systems Modeling and Simulation Packages Training Seminars

  5. Improve grid operator readiness for taking action immediately Detection • Monitoring Systems • Frequencies • Voltages • VARs • Phasors • Line Sag • Data Acquisition • Visualization Tools • Communications • Training Voltage and VAR Monitoring ACE Frequency Monitoring Distributed Sensing and Controls Systems Synchronized Phasor Applications

  6. Equip operators with a portfolio of resources comprising the best available tools and techniques Response Technologies for Today • Distributed Generation • Energy Storage Systems • Demand Response • Communications Industrial Gas Turbines Aggregated Water Pumping Loads Smart Thermostat Zinc-Bromine Battery System Reciprocating Engine Gen Sets Microturbines

  7. “Next generation” technologies for meeting future needs Modernization Technologies for Tomorrow • “GridWorks” Technologies • High temperature superconducting devices • Cables • Transformers • Motors • Fault current limiters • “GridWise” Technologies • distributed intelligence • distributed energy • distributed communications and controls • Advanced materials • Power electronics Superconducting Cable Fault current limiter Superconducting Transformer SuperVAR System Advanced Energy Storage Superconducting Flywheel Grid-Friendly Appliance Controller Diamond Devices

  8. Backups

  9. Blackout Example • Rochester International Airport, NY • Two 750-kW engines with absorption chiller provide base-loaded CHP for heating, cooling, and electricity. • Critical loads in the airport were supported by the CHP system and avoided loss of power during the blackout.

  10. Blackout Example Harbec Plastics, Ontario, NY • The facility has an array of 25 ultralow-emission 30-kW Capstone microturbines. • Heat from the array is used for both heating and cooling. • The system operated during the blackout without interruption.

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