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Resilient E nergy

Resilient E nergy. Stephen Crosher, CCO • Introduction to X-wind Power • The issues • Resilient energy system • Project Partners • Application in the developing world. Introduction to X-Wind. An 80kW vertical axis wind turbine • Low, Low maintenance • Small footprint • Low noise

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Resilient E nergy

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  1. Resilient Energy Stephen Crosher, CCO • Introduction to X-wind Power • The issues • Resilient energy system • Project Partners • Application in the developing world

  2. Introduction to X-Wind An 80kW vertical axis wind turbine • Low, Low maintenance • Small footprint • Low noise Class leading economics, 200MWh on typical site

  3. The issues • Island communities or remote communities / businesses • Long distances for power lines • Vulnerable to faults/ interruption • Takes time to fix

  4. The issues • … its annoying, ruins your Xmas dinner • Can present health risks • Adversely affects businesses • Compensation costs • Costs and CO2 of standby generators …. becomes political

  5. The issues You need energy & batteries … …. BUT …. Its all expensive You need a way of creating value from your all assets.

  6. Solution partners The generator provides value through energy off-set and incentives such as feed-in tariffs Value is created from batteries when they are used, the more they are used the more value created • Ideally: Payments for • Resilience provided • Stand-by & utilisation • Grid upgrade avoidance • Grid balancing / fault limiting • Needs fast reaction times • Arbitrage

  7. The solutions • Battery characteristics: • Long life, 10,000+ cycles • Variable power vs. energy • Low LCOS • Rapid reaction time Expandable

  8. The solutions • System characteristics: • Generation • Storage • Expandable • Ability to predict • local supply and demand • Weather • Potential for grid faults • - Ability to measure flows to realise revenues • Community Energy Scotland: • Access to communities • Understanding of issues

  9. The solutions • Benefits: • Ability to ‘island’ and reconnect • Stand-by operating reserve payments • Grid-balancing payments • Grid-upgrade avoidance payments • Arbitrage [trading] • Improved voltages • Improved frequencies • Improved thermal constraints • Local system resilience • lower compensation provision • Health • Business • Capital expenditure generating revenues

  10. The solutions • Application in developing markets: • 1.4 bn people off-grid, no power [world bank] • 1.1+ bn people on weak grids [economist] • 2.8bn people rely on solid fuels for cooking • Estimated to kill 1.5m people p/a • 2,000 off-grid communities in N Canada alone [diesel generation] • UK only 16% of DNO quotes for grid connection progress to completion [grid constrained, high costs]

  11. The solutions • 2.5+ bn People need power with: • Good power quality • [or things do not work properly] • Resilience • Ability to loose grid and reconnect [islanding] • Ability to trade energy • Ability to manage changing demands over time • Improving health, quality of life & prosperity • Lowering CO2

  12. The solutions • Partnerships: • Once the integrated system is complete we would look for project partners to apply the technology in those places of greatest need.

  13. Any questions Any questions Stephen.Crosher@X-WindPower.com

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