Technologies Taking Us There

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1 Technlgies Taking Us There Iwa State University, Ames, Iwa Jasn Ctrell, MSME, MBA Paul Veers Natinal Renewable Energy Labratry Wind Energy Industry Sympsium September 29, 2015 NREL/PR NREL is a natinal labratry f the U.S. Department f Energy, Office f Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, perated by the Alliance fr Sustainable Energy, LLC.

2 A Majr Shift t Renewables in the United States Will Depend n an Even Higher Percentage f Wind The Renewable Electricity Futures (REF) Study examined high renewable penetratin (by 2050) Wind must supply 40% f electricity in the lng term fr an 80% renewables scenari 80% REF scenari 2

3 20% Scenari fr U.S. Electricity Update Cumulative Installed Capacity (GW) Offshre Land-based 20% Wind Scenari Actual 54 gigawatts (GW) f ffshre

4 Histrical Levelized Cst f Energy (LCOE) and Wind Turbine Size Federal Aviatin Administratin Blade Tip Height Barrier kw: kilwatt MWh: megawatt-hur 4

5 Summary f Transprtatin and Lgistics Barriers Exceeding Federal Aviatin Administratin (FAA) blade-tip height Trucking largediameter twers Histing larger nacelles nt taller twers Trucking larger blades with wider chrds Trucking lnger blades Trucking larger blades with bigger rt diameters Trucking heavier nacelles Pht by Iberdrla Renewables, Inc., NREL Impacts U.S. turbine installatins tday Ptentially impacts U.S. turbine installatins tday Ptentially impacts future U.S. turbine installatins 5

6 Ptential Impacts f Mitigating Barriers 6

7 An Extendible Wind Turbine Blade and Integrated Cntrl System that Reduces the Cst f Electricity by 31% Prpsed Targets Illustratin by Jsh Bauer, NREL Metric State f the Art Prpsed Captures up t 71% mre energy than a cnventinal turbine at a lw wind speed site Levelized cst f energy at a lw wind speed site $112/MWh $77/MWh Blade length 62 meters (m) (fixed length) m (variable length) Ecnmically viable land area (United States) 2.9 millin km millin km 2 5,000 GW f additinal wind energy technical ptential 7

8 Shifting the Research and Develpment (R&D) Fcus t Plant Optimizatin Yesterday (Individual Turbines) (and beynd) (Smart Wind Plants) Illustratin by Al Hicks, NREL Individual wind turbine R&D Significant investment in develping cre cmpetencies Turbine and rtr scaling driving LCOE reductins Well-defined design prcess and value engineering What rle is industry asking the U.S. Department f Energy (DOE) t play? Wind plant ptimizatin R&D Reslving the underlying physics affecting wind plant perfrmance Design fr peratin at ptimal prject prfitability and internal rate f return (IRR) Develp new technlgies that explit interactins amng turbines, resurce, and perating envirnment. 8

9 Systems Engineering Perspective End-t-End Optimizatin Cmplex Wind Inflw Plant Layut & Energy Prductin Cmmunity & Envirnmental Impacts Turbine Design & Perfrmance Grid Integratin Operatins Expenditures Balance-f- Statin Csts Plant Perfrmance & Cst f Energy Turbine Capital Csts Illustratin by Al Hicks, NREL 9

10 Wind Plant Aerdynamics are a New Fcus f Research Subject f DOE fcus area fr the Wind Pwer Prgram Building high-perfrmance cmputing resurces t facilitate prgress. Lillgrund Offshre Wind Farm, Sweden. Siemens Press Picture, NREL Simulatin f array effects 10

11 U.S. Multimegawatt Research Facilities fr Grid Integratin f Renewable Energy Technlgies Energy Systems Integratin Facility (ESIF) Natinal Wind Technlgy Center (NWTC) The Energy Systems Integratin Facility at NREL. Pht by Dennis Schreder, NREL MW DOE Wind Prgram investment in wrld-class testing facilities Cmpnent, wind turbine, plant levels Key enabler fr wind technlgy validatin and cmmercializatin Specific fcus n testing ancillary service cntrls 7 MVA Clemsn SCE&G Energy Innvatin Center, egrid Facility 15 MW The Natinal Wind Technlgy Center in Bulder, Clrad. Pht by Dennis Schreder, NREL Clemsn University s 15-MW test rig. Pht curtesy f Clemsn 11

12 Transfrming Natinal Wind Technlgy Center (NWTC) fr Renewable Energy System Integratin Testing Illustratin by Jsh Bauer, NREL Transmissin-Level Grid Integratin Research Facility NWTC lcatin leverages staff expertise and research facilities, enabling an integrated research envirnment fr system t full-scale testing f renewable energy systems at transmissin and distributin grid integratin levels. 12

13 Tw New Ways t Get Mre Invlved Institute fr Advanced Cmpsites Manufacturing Innvatin (IACMI) Fifth institute in the Natinal Netwrk f Manufacturing Innvatin Cmmitted t increasing dmestic prductin capacity, grwing manufacturing, and creating jbs acrss the U.S. cmpsite industry Develpment effrts will fcus n lw-cst, energy-efficient manufacturing and recycling fiber-reinfrced plymer cmpsites Cmpsite materials and prcesses Cmpressed gas strage Design, mdeling, and simulatin Vehicles Wind turbines Prjects up t $600k First rund deadline September 30, % cst share 13

14 DOE Small Business Vucher Prgram Increase small business accessibility t lab capabilities First rund f awards due Octber 23, 2015 $1 M available fr wind $1.5 M available fr marine and hydrkinetic $0.8 M available fr hydr 20% cst share requirement. 14

15 Thank Yu fr Yur Attentin! Jasn Ctrell