Distributed Generation: Power Paradigm for the New Millennium CRC Press, 2001

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Distributed Generation Power Paradigm for the
New MillenniumCRC Press, 2001

• Anne-Marie Borbely-Bartis
• Battelle/PNNL
• June 7, 2001

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For Billy, who had the vision
---William Reinert, Perseus Project Toyota Motor
Sales
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Contributors

• ICF (Mike Godec), Aerovironment (David Shearer),
  Sixth Dimension (Sunil Cherian)
• Caterpillar, EGSA, Stirling Technology
• Solar Turbines
• Yogi Goswami (PV), Dr. Jan Kreider
• Colin Rodgers, NREC, Capstone, Barber-Nichols
• UC Irvine, NFCRC (Jack Brouwer)
• Ecole des Mines de Paris, Dr. Peter Fusaro
• Colorado Public Utility Commission
• Bruce Hedman (Onsite Energy) Tina Kaarsberg
  (DOE)
• Pacific Northwest National Lab
• ASCO Power Technologies
• Syntroleum, Shell, BP Amoco

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Conceptual Framework

• Traditional Technologies
• Engine Gensets, Gas Turbines, PV
• Emerging Technologies
• PV, Microturbines, Fuel Cells
• Aspects of the Business Case
• Control, Econ/Finance, Regulatory, CHP
• Connecting with the Landscape
• Distribution Systems, Installation
  Interconnection, Fuel

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Chapter Outline

• Technology Description (energy cycle)
• Efficiency, Design, Pros Cons
• Controls Diagnostics
• Electrical System Interface
• Technical Developments Barriers
• System Costs Benefits

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You make electricity, you use it, you pay a
bill.
So this is supposed to be new?
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Estimated Loss of Capacity Margins, 1997-2006
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The IT Revolution

• Has enabled businesses (and their financial
  underwriters) to
• Rationalize operating margins
• Manage risk

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Financial Markets
Risk Management Risk Management Risk Management
Risk Management Risk Manage- ment Risk Management
Risk Management Risk Manage
Did I mention Risk?
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Risk and Energy --

• Universal de-/re-regulation forcing reductions in
  marginal cost of operation
• U.S. (and global) economic growth is increasingly
  electro-centric
• PQR has become a central element of
  variable-cost-of-energy component to goods
  services

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Result --
Fuel Switching (Watch LNG and Propane Markets)
Financial Instruments, Hedging Strategies
PQ R Contracts (CHP)
B2B E-Commerce For Traditional Energy Services
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Distribution Feeder Load Duration Profile
(So. Cal Edison, annualized)
Events, Motor Transients
C I Shoulder
Commercial/Residential
Base load Industrial, Institutional, Telecom
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Mass Customization of Energy User Profiles
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The Advent of Transactional Energy

• Demand Exchanges
• Apogee
• Select Energy
• UniGrid Energy
• Virtual Bi-lateral Exchanges
• Enermetrix
• Stock Brokers
• Celerity, Sixth Dimension, Silicon Energy, Engage
  Networks, PowerWeb, etc.

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UNBUNDLED TARRIFS
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Rationalizing Electric Utility Pricing

• Location
• Load Factor
• Temporal consumption pattern

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Price Duration Requirements for New Capacity
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U.S. Population Growth 1995-2025
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Wisconsin Commercial Building Population
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