Strategic Microgrid Development for Maximum Value Allen Freifeld SVP, Law & Public Policy Viridity Energy 443.878.7155 1
MICROGRIDS Island Mode Buying and Selling Mode Retail Cost Structure to Maximize Value
Major Grid Trends Lead to Inevitable Grid Transformation Trend #1 New Methods of Supply Emergence of Distributed & Intermittent Energy Generation & Energy Storage Source: Climateprogress.org 2012 Viridity Energy Inc. All Rights Reserved 3
Major Grid Trends Lead to Inevitable Grid Transformation Trend #1 - New Methods of Supply Emergence of Distributed & Intermittent Energy Generation & Energy Storage Trend #2 Smart Loads Emergence of Smart Loads, primarily driven by advances in Building Management Systems, Building Efficiency Systems and Electronic Appliances Source: Climateprogress.org 2012 Viridity Energy Inc. All Rights Reserved 4
Major Grid Trends Lead to Inevitable Grid Transformation Trend #1 New Methods of Supply Emergence of Distributed & Intermittent Energy Generation & Energy Storage Trend #2 Smart Loads Emergence of Smart Loads, primarily driven by advances in Building Management Systems, Building Efficiency Systems and Electronic Appliances Source: Climateprogress.org Trend #3 - Microgrids Emergence of Microgrids Trends giving rise to several smart grid technologies, transforming the grid from a central command and control architecture to a complex interconnection of energy resources that are inter-coordinated, selfscheduling, and self-healing 2012 Viridity Energy Inc. All Rights Reserved 5
Intelligence Moving to The Edge of the Grid: Real-Time Generation + Dynamic load Major Trend #1: Global proliferation of distributed energy resources: Solar Electric vehicles Distributed generation Smart buildings Major Trend #2: Power Grid will evolve from centralized command and control to distributed interconnected systems that are: Inter-coordinated Self-scheduling Self-healing Storage Wind Farm Offices Generators Industrial Plant Generators Solar Panels The Grid is a Single Machine Storage Houses Storage Isolated Microgrids Storage Viridity Energy enables the seamless integration of distributed resources, smart loads and microgrids as Virtual Power into real time power grid operations Central Power Plant Source: iteres 2012 Viridity Energy Inc. All Rights Reserved 6
Key Elements of the Microgrid Smart Buildings Grid Aware Buildings, capable of modulating consumption against economic sustainability, and comfort goals Renewable Generation and Storage On-Site Renewable Generation such as Solar, Geothermal, and Wind Integration of storage to manage renewable and load variability Storage is also a tool to provide support services to the grid Electric Vehicles Represent mobile storage units, which can augment on site storage capabilities Communications Infrastructure & Information Management Reliable and Secure Communication Link between Demand Side Resources and Electric Utility enable real time information exchange Real Time Information Exchange & Management is the foundation microgrid operation Command and Control Infrastructure Provides mechanism for actionable microgrid processes such as resource performance settings and microgrid network configuration Power Flow Management Ensures stability and reliability of a microgrid network Provides mechanism for operating within acceptable voltage and current limits 2012 Viridity Energy Inc. All Rights Reserved
Microgrid Configuration Building Level Microgrid VPower TM Microgrid Controller Secure Local/Wide Area Networks For: Telemetry, Status, Command & Control Renewable Generation Energy Storage VPower TM provides end to end control and optimization of building energy resources (loads, generation, & storage) Building can operate in grid-connected or islanded mode Building Loads Plug-In Electric Vehicle 2012 Viridity Energy Inc. All Rights Reserved
Microgrid Configuration Network of Distributed Energy Resources Microgrid Microgrid Sectionalizing Breaker Sectionalizing Breaker Feeder - Primary Voltage Line (12kV) To End of feeder Substation Protective Relay/Recloser Small Scale Neighborhood Wind Farm Residential Solar PV Capacitor Bank Electric Vehicle Diesel Gen Voltage Regulator Residential Storage Substation Transformer House Community Energy Storage Commercial Building Load Tap Changer Secure Wide Area Networks: Telemetry/Status/Command & Control, Voltage Stability & Power Quality Microgrid composed of Diverse Distributed Energy Resources accross multiple sites on the Feeder 2012 Viridity Energy Inc. All Rights Reserved VPower TM) Microgrid) Controller)
Viridity Energy Clients MICROGRIDS IN ACTION
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Microgrid Development: University of California San Diego RESCO - Summary UC San Diego operates a 42 MW microgrid with a widely diverse portfolio of distributed energy resources UC San Diego Campus With a daily population of over 45,000, UCSD is the size and complexity of a small city 11 million sq. ft. of buildings; $250M/yr of building growth Self generates 82% of annual demand 30 MW - Natural gas cogeneration plant 2.8 MW - Fuel cells contracted 1.2 MW - Photovoltaic solar panels installed, additional 2 MW planned 20 Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicles Viridity/EDSA co-optimize the campus buildings and distributed resources, taking into account static and dynamic voltage stability constraints on the microgrid UC San Diego Grid Imports, 2007 2012 Viridity Energy Inc. All Rights Reserved 12
Feeder Relief - Con Edison of New York Smart Grid GOAL: To deploy smart grid technology within New York City and demonstrate its ability to integrate and optimize distributed energy resources to enhance efficiency, reliability and economic savings for the Utility and End Users alike. Viridity Energy s Network Operations Center serves as the Microgrid Coordinator for ConEdison s smart grid deployment Viridity Energy Inc., Network Operations Center Philadelphia, PA VPower TM Control Center As additional buildings and campuses are enrolled in the program, Viridity is the distributed resource management hub that ensures proper integration of demand and distribution Manhattan - 10 Rudin Buildings Long Island City LaGuardia CC 2 Buildings New York ISO Control Center NYCEDC 2 Locations Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Brooklyn Army Terminal 2012 Viridity Energy Inc. All 13 Rights Reserved
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VPower Logical Architecture RTO/ISO PowerControl PowerControl Utility PowerVision PowerVision Viridity NOC Residential Communities Solar Battery Storage EMS BMS Generators Commercial Buildings Industrial Campuses and Microgrids 15
VPower Physical Architecture VPower TM Scada Cluster Customer Isolated VPower TM VPC's T Router T Secure VPN Connection to Customer VPN Gateway X Cloud Storage T Secure VPC Connection to VPower TM Cloud Customer Network 16
How It Works: Basic Overview Customer Site VPower TM Hosted Servers Asset 1 Gateway Internet VPower TM Asset 2 VPower TM is a hosted software platform designed for maximum flexibility, and communicates via open protocols to physical gateway(s) at the customer site VPower TM is an optimizer that dispatches customer assets based upon market prices, retail rates, weather, and specific customer constraints and considerations 2012 Viridity Energy Inc. All 17 Rights Reserved
3 Key Revenue Generating Programs: 1. Capacity Market 1 MW in 2011: $40,000 1 MW in 2012: $50,0000 2. Energy Market 1 MW @ 1000 hours = $47,352 at full LMP in PJM 3a. Ancillaries: Synchronized Reserve 1 MW in Sync Reserve will earn an estimated $34,000 3b. Ancillaries: Regulation Services In 2010, a 1 MW battery would have earned an estimated $XXX from Regulation, based on historical pricing. 18
Energy Product Price & Weather Forecast Price & M&V Signals VPower SCADA ESB VPower Optimizer VPower Gateway BACNET; LONWORKS; APIs MODBUS/IP; DNP3; IEC 61850 MODBUS/IP; DNP3; IEC 61850 Loads Energy Storage Independent System Operator (ie PJM) VPower Base Platform UI Engine Database (Asset Models, Optimization Cases, etc ) Generation Secure Wide Area Networks for: Analytics, Status, Command & Control Viridity Energy Customer Portal 2012 Viridity Energy Inc. All Rights Reserved Viridity Energy Network Operations Center 19
Ancillary Services Products Control & Data Signals ARCOM Gateway DNP3 DNP3 Ancillary Service Engine VPower SCADA ESB VPower Optimizer VPower Gateway BACNET; LONWORKS; APIs MODBUS/IP; DNP3; IEC 61850 Loads Energy Storage MODBUS/IP; DNP3; IEC 61850 Independent System Operator (ie PJM) VPower Base Platform Database (Asset Models, Optimization Cases, etc ) Generation UI Engine Secure Wide Area Networks for: Analytics, Status, Command & Control Viridity Energy Customer Portal 2012 Viridity Energy Inc. All Rights Reserved Viridity Energy Network Operations Center 20
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