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Remote System Architecture: Designs and Concepts. Jito Coleman TDX Power. Why Architecture Matters ?. It provides an overview It describes the configuration It allows for system differentiation It is the image How are we doing?. Why Architecture Matters ?.
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Remote System Architecture:Designs and Concepts Jito Coleman TDX Power
Why Architecture Matters ? • It provides an overview • It describes the configuration • It allows for system differentiation • It is the image How are we doing?
Why Architecture Matters ? It’s Image ! It Sells !
Why Architecture/Image Matters ? • It communicates • Policy - Regulatory • Finance - Technical • Citizens • It defines • It visionary • It empowers
And we start with Penetration Penetrating What? • Seriously PC Challenged High, Medium, Low Penetration - Of WHAT? • A technically driven term that no longer fits our needs.
Terminology Suggestion • Renewable Contribution • % of Energy per Year • Focus on our primary value proposition • Simple to understand • Good for key constituents • Policy, Regulatory, Financial • Citizens
Terminology Suggestion • Renewable Fraction • Renewable Capacity vs Average Load • Currently 1% to over 200% • Easy to understand • More meaningful, more definitive • Good for key constituents • Policy, Regulatory, Financial, Technical • Citizens
SmartGrid • Has Big Buzz • Big Umbrella to cover Big Promises • Isn’t this what we are doing ?
SmartGrid Issues • Complex Generation Dispatch • Significant Renewable Contribution • Dispatchable Load Control • Energy Storage including EVs • Advanced Metering / Data Processing • Regulatory Revisioning • New Financial Mechanisms
What are we doing ? Our Architectures are SmartGrids ONSTERIODS ! ! ! We Need To Own Their Image.
SmartGrid could be a Key In our Major Battlegrounds Policy Regulatory Financial SmartGrid makes us mainstream
Boulder: SmartGrid City • Solid American Example • Utility and Government Promotion • $100 million program • Good Image Big Hype • 4 Significant Initiatives
Boulder: SmartGrid City • Transformation of existing metering infrastructure to a robust, dynamic electric system communications network, providing real-time, high-speed, two-way communication throughout the distribution grid; Added Fiber Optic network
Boulder: SmartGrid City • Conversion of substations to "smart" substations capable of remote monitoring, near real-time data and optimized performance; Web based Metering at 3 Substations
Boulder: SmartGrid City • At the customer's invitation, installation of programmable in-home control devices and the necessary systems to fully automate home energy use; 24,000 Smart Meters
Boulder: SmartGrid City • Integration of infrastructure to support easily dispatched distributed generation technologies (such as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with vehicle-to-grid technology; battery systems; wind turbines; and solar panels). Well nothing dramatic yet !
Sand Point, AK • 700 kW average electrical load • 1 MW of wind turbines: 2 - V39’s • 750 kW of dispatchable heat load • Automated diesel controls • Web based data and control
Sand Point, AK: SmartGrid City • Significant Renewable Contribution • 40% of Electrical Load • 200,000 gal reduction • 15,000 gal of heating fuel reduction • Renewable Fraction: 140% • Dispatchable Loads • Automated Generation Dispatch • SCADA and Web Based Controls
Sand Point: SmartGrid City • Complex Generation Dispatch • Significant Renewable Contribution • Dispatchable Load Control • Energy Storage including EVs • Advanced Metering / Data Processing • Regulatory Revisioning • New Financial Mechanisms
Who’s building the next SmartGrid City?