Outline of FREA, Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST

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1 Outline of FREA, Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, AIST Yoshiro OWADANO FREA November 17, 2014

2 2 Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, FREA Missions (based on the government s announcement, July 2011) International R&D base for renewable energy New industry promotion in damaged area Location, area Koriyama, Fukushima, 5.5ha Schedule 2013,Oct. organization founded 2014, Apr. opened in Koriyama Funding, scale 10 billion yen for start up (land, buildings, equipment) 2 billion yen/y, 260 people Fukushima prefecture 会 津 若 松 白 河 Shinkansen 80min. to Tokyo 福 島 郡 Koriyama 山 福 島 空 港 いわき

3 Total View of FREA Energy control building Demonstration field Experimental Hall Main building 3

4 Demonstration Field

5 Research Subjects of FREA For high penetration of renewable energy System integration Renewable energy network / Invertor testing facility Hydrogen carrier production / storage/ application Further cost down Next generation PV module development Wind power turbine control / monitoring Data base for proper development and deployment geothermal power generation geothermal heat pump system 5

6 Renewable Energy Network System R&D for high penetration of renewable energies MW PV, wind power integration with storage (batteries, hydrogen) ICT network for power generation forecast and system control Test bed for new technology (power electronics etc.), demonstration Grid connection test, international standardization 100kW

7 Renewable Energy Network and Grid Connection Test Facility 2014 May Renewable Energy Network in demonstration field Grid Connection Test Facility Hydrogen Career Energy Storage System Solar PV System Wind Power System EMS Energy Management System 300 kw PV Simulator H 2 Toluene MCH Water Electrolyzation H 2 Hydrogen Production MCH H 2 MCH 500 kw 300 kw PV Wind H 2 Load Simulator Inverter EUT Battery AC/DC Converter H 2 -Diesel Dual Fuel Engine Inverters EMS Energy Management System 500 kva AC Simulator Communication Utility Battery 100 kw 4h Office Load 1500 kw Office Labs BEMS 7

8 Expansion of Grid Connection Test Facility EMC Test (Radio-wave Darkroom) AC Simulators Grid Interconnection Test 1 PV Simulators Grid Interconnection Test 2 System Environmental Reliability Test Integration Other Equipment (Chamber) Test Total Floor Area: 5000 m2

9 AC Simulator 1650 kva AC Simulator 1650 kva 3MW Grid Connection Test Facility 1. Grid Interconnection 2. System Integration 2016 March 3. Environmental Reliability 4. EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) AC simulator max. 5 MVA 6600V 45~66Hz < 7km Dummy line Real Time Grid Simulator transformer Tested Invertor kw DC supply max. 3.3 MW < 2000 V + PV - + PV - + PV - + PV - PV Simulator 550 kw x 2 PV Simulator 550 kw x 2 AC Simulator 1650 kva Member of ISGAN Annex5 / SIRFIN Dummy load 3000 kva Testing Hall 1-3 Radio Anechoic Chamber Environmental Test Hall + PV - + PV - PV Simulator 550 kw x 2 Power Grid 6600V 50 Hz + PV - + Battery - PV system storage system 9

10 Hydrogen Carrier Production / Application Hydrogen production from PV, wind turbine output Conversion to organic-hydrate (liquid at room temperature), large scale storage at high density 3H 2 + C 6 H 5 CH 3 ç è C 6 H 11 CH 3 (methyl-cyclohexane) Hydrogenation / dehydrogenation by catalytic reaction Combined heat and power application by engine / fuel cell storage / transport smart house smart city CHP application 10

11 New PV Module Development Thin wafer c-si module production R&D for cost reduction 100 micron crystalline Si wafer, light weight, low cost module 23 companies consortium Next generation Si cell R&D (Fukushima, Tohoku Univ.) Future-PV Innovation Project (JST, nano-wire Si cell) Model mass production line for 100 micron wafer PV module 120 micron mono- crystalline Si wafer 11

12 Advanced Wind Turbine Control /monitoring Advanced wind turbine control Application of LIDAR for better control and performance Turbine and sound monitoring and power generation forecast technology 20m 250m yaw, pitch control wind velocity distribution LIDAR application Sound monitoring system

13 Geothermal Energy Application Geothermal reservoir monitoring technology Acoustic, gravitational, electromagnetic etc. For proper development of power plant, coexistence with hot-spring Heat exchange potential map for proper geothermal heat pump system design Community scale geothermal heat pump system development Community scale geothermal application electromagnetic measurement power station gravity well micro-earthquake hot spring geothermal reservoir

14 Active Collaborations C-Si PV Consortium with 23 companies Tohoku Univ. Fraunhofer SINTEF/ NTNU ELECTRA Supporting program for local industries NREL ISGAN/ SIRFIN MEXT/JST project for Future-PV CSIRO MEXT projects with Universities in Fukushima JST TISTR NSTDA Tokyo Univ. Tokyo Institute of Technology 14

15 Summary Fukushima renewable energy institute works as international R&D hub for renewable energy with industry, universities, research institutes 260 people working / 1000 visitors / month Contributes to realize high rate introduction of renewable energy for future sustainability promote new industry especially in damaged area through R&D and education

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