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An Architecture for Local Energy Generation, Distribution, and Sharing. Mike M. He, Evan M. Reutzel, Xiaofan Jiang, Randy H. Katz, Seth R. Sanders, David E. Culler, Ken Lutz Electrical Engineering University of California - Berkeley. The Energy Challenge. Modern Electricity Grid.
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An Architecture for Local Energy Generation, Distribution, and Sharing Mike M. He, Evan M. Reutzel, Xiaofan Jiang, Randy H. Katz, Seth R. Sanders, David E. Culler, Ken Lutz Electrical Engineering University of California - Berkeley
Modern Electricity Grid • Centrally Controlled • Large-scale Central Generation • One-way Power Flow • Homogeneous Power Quality, Reliability
Electricity Generation in the US Source: EIA, 2006 Statistics
Decreasing Costs Source: Dan Arvizu, Meeting the Renewable Energy Challenge: What Will it Take to Reach Solar PV’s Ultimate Potential, NREL, 2006
Growth of Renewable Energy Source: GlobalData
Renewable Energy: Intermittency 1.5 MW Wind Turbine 4.6 MW Solar Installation Source: Jay Apt and Aimee Curtright, “The Spectrum of Power from Utility-Scale Wind Farms and Solar Photovoltaic Arrays”, CEIC 2008
Distributed Intelligence • Management of distributed energy resources • Decision-making • Price data from utilities • Energy/power information locally • Forecasting based on past data • User customization • Demand response
LoCal Principles • Non-disruptive Adoption and Integration • Black Box Operation • Well-defined interface (Narrow Waist Model) • Diversity of scale and implementation • Plug And Play • Lessons from the Internet
Power Generation Energy Storage Host Load LoCal Networking Intelligent Power Switch (IPS) energy flows PowerComm Interface information flows Energy Network
Networking Advantages • Market Interactions and Energy Sharing • Utilization of lowest cost available resources • Market pricing • Increased aggregate reliability • Distributed generation and storage • No large-scale outages • Displacement of services from electric grid • Reliability, power quality provided as needed
Challenges • Energy Storage • Cost • Round trip efficiency • Lifetime • Regulations • Restrictions on energy sharing • IEEE Standards
Cost of Reliability Source: C. Marnay, LBNL
The Goals of LoCal • Renewable Generation • Distributed intelligence • Peer-to-peer energy sharing • Market behavior