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Wind-Diesel & H 2 Activities in Canada March 10, 2011 Carl Brothers, P.Eng.,

Wind-Diesel & H 2 Activities in Canada March 10, 2011 Carl Brothers, P.Eng., Frontier Power Systems. Ramea Wind-Diesel Project Ramea, NL. Ramea Project Widely Reported Previously. Original Objective Select a major Canadian utility with isolated communities and influence among utilities

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Wind-Diesel & H 2 Activities in Canada March 10, 2011 Carl Brothers, P.Eng.,

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  1. Wind-Diesel & H2 • Activities in Canada • March 10, 2011 • Carl Brothers, P.Eng., • Frontier Power Systems Ramea Wind-Diesel Project Ramea, NL

  2. Ramea ProjectWidely Reported Previously Original Objective • Select a major Canadian utility with isolated communities and influence among utilities • Demonstrate that • Wind technology is reliable • Wind and diesel systems are compatible • Economics can work under appropriate circumstances • Set the stage for subsequent economic projects Results • Project has been in operation since 2004 • NL Hydro has installed additional wind capacity and a wind hydrogen project in same community in 2009 • Appear to be believers!!

  3. Windmatic WM15S • Reliable mid-80s Danish turbine • 15 meter rotor • Three blade, stall regulated • Upwind design, Forced Yaw • 25 meter free-standing tower • Re-manufactured by Frontier • Why re-man turbines? $$$$ • Total Project Costs • $1,300,000 < $3,500/kW (Target price assumed to be marketable)

  4. Ramea Operation

  5. Ramea Operation

  6. Operational Results • 400 kW wind on 700 kW load has visible impact on diesels • Voltage quality issues during connection • Improved with recent changes • Frequency stability affected but within limits • +/-0.01Hz. Variation no wind • +/-0.1 Hz. Variation with 400 kW wind • Fuel savings have been less than expected • Reliability issues on less than fully re-conditioned turbines • Modest Loads / Big Diesels • Limited land base increased array losses • Banks still getting paid!

  7. Wind – Hydrogen Projects in Canada • Ramea Wind Hydrogen Project • To existing wind and diesel plants NL Hydro added: • 3 – NW100 turbines • Electrolyzer and storage • Hydrogen Power Gensets • Medium penetration operation (diesel always on) • PEI Wind Hydrogen Village • High Penetration Operation • More aggressive and more challenging • Ultimately where we want to be • Stabilizing the grid is the challenge

  8. Looking Ahead Are tanks farms likely to be a practical and affordable part of the Arctic landscape in 30 years? If not, what?

  9. Short Term Energy Storage Attenuates Short Term Fluctuations in Wind Power

  10. Long Term Energy Storage

  11. Long Term Energy Storage

  12. ~ Cape Dorset ~ (Community Energy Requirements) l/yr Eff’yMWh % • Electricity 1,614,169 32% 5,630 23 • Heating 1,904,374 80% 16,606 67 • Motive Diesel 283,695 30% 928 4 • Gasoline 463,168 20% 1,010 4 • Jet A1 249,375 20% 544 2 • Total 4,514,780 24,717

  13. Cape Dorset ~ Estimated Wind Generation vs Load ~ 5,900MWh 1,375 MWh 5,500 MWh

  14. Energy Storage needed for significant oil displacement • Short Term (Seconds - hours) • (Seconds – minutes) Flywheels, batteries • (Hours ) Batteries • Long term (Days) • Batteries • Costs and life uncertain • Potential resource constraints for large deployment • Hydrogen? • Cost challenges • Round trip efficiency challenges

  15. Conversion to Hydrogen - Electrolyzers • Bi-polar units • More efficient • Lower ramp rates • Uni-polar units • Slightly lower efficiency • Much more robust • Supposedly extremely responsive (needed for frequency control) • Higher ramp rates should provide frequency control • Not quite the case • New bi-polarelectrolyzer design has potential to increase ramp rates – not yet commercial • Unlikely to improve conversion rates

  16. Storage • Medium pressure storage will very expensive for isolated communities • Are there low pressure alternatives?

  17. Reconversion to electricity • Fuel cells have recent pleasant surprises • Improved life; improved efficiency, reduced costs • Still some way to go on all three fronts • Automotive based engines • May offer an economic alternative • Diesel plant operators will be sceptical of spark ignition • Bi-fuel technology may offer a bridging technology until fuel cells ready • Conventional diesel with standard performance • Significant displacement at intermediate loads

  18. ~ Bi-fuel Diesel Displacement ~

  19. Current Thoughts on H2 • Many technical and logistical issues to resolve • R&D and demo projects are essential to do this • Technology pathway is not yet defined – and not clear there is one • Current round trip efficiency won’t find economic application or excitement in our careers • Still 1 MWh H2 ~= 1 MWh Diesel Fuel

  20. Primary Components Hydrogen Village Water Treatment Power Supply Gas Control Panel Electrolyzer Gas Holder Genset Compressors Coolers Storage

  21. Current Status • Field Testing frustrated by wind capacity • 250 kW of small wind capacity available this week • Field tests to start mid-March – End April • Application for pilot project in collaboration with Nunavut under review • Hopeful project can move forward to advance wind-diesel advanced wind-storage technology

  22. ~ Cape Dorset – Conceptual Layout ~

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