Roadmap Smart Grids

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Roadmap Smart Grids
Smart Grids in Ireland Cooperation
opportunities for Germany and Ireland

• Jan Zacharias
• German Association of Energy and Water Industries
• Dublin, 6 May 2014

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Agenda
German Association of Energy and Water Industries
Roadmap Smart Grids
Cooperation opportunities for Germany and Ireland
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Leading Association of the energy and water
industries
1,908 member companies representing
90
of electricity sales
90
of natural gas sales
65
of local and district heat supply
80
of drinking water abstraction
30
of wastewater disposal
95
of the persons employed in the energy and water
industries
95
of the investments of the energy and water
industries
The total sector stands for a turnover of 130
billion Euros.
Data for 2012 Turnover from electricity
and drinking water sales to end consumers as well
as from end consumers wastewater disposal
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What does the BDEW offer?
Platform/Network
Speaking in one voice
Exchange of views/information

• Committee work
• Topical Newsletters
• Events, seminars

Pooling of interests

• Position statements
• Studies/expert opinions
• Statistics/data, analyses

Representation of interests to politics,
business and public

• Dialogue with politics
• Press and public relations

Advice,support

• Application and implementation guides
• Model contracts, sector guidelines and
  recommended action

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National and international cooperations (examples)
Federal authorities BNetzA (Federal Network
Agency) BAfA (Federal Office of Economics and
Exports Control)
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Agenda
German Association of Energy and Water Industries
Roadmap Smart Grids
Cooperation opportunities for Germany and Ireland
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What is a smart grid?

• A smart grid is an energy network that integrates
  consumption and feed-in behavior of all market
  participants connected to it.
• It ensures an economically efficient, sustainable
  power system with low losses and high
  availability.

• Figure 1 Components of smart grids (BDEW)

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3 phases with 10 steps to a smart grid in Germany
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• Figure 2 10 Steps towards smart grids in Germany
  (BDEW, Eurelectric basis)

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Step 1 Separation and interaction of market and
network

• Who?
• All market participants (systematic approach)
• What?
• Rulings and division of work / definition of
  interfaces between regulated competitive
  players
• When?
• Start 2013

• Figure 3 Traffic light concept (BDEW)

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Step 2 Legal and regulatory framework

• Who?
• Federal Government
• Bundestag
• Federal Network Agency
• What?
• Consistent EnWG/EEG
• Configuration throughout ordinances
• Taking account of EU legislation and
  telecommunication regulation
• When?
• Immediately

• Figure 4 Legal and regulatory framework (BDEW)

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Step 3 Research and development, pilot projects

• Who?
• Energy suppliers
• ICT developers / manufacturers
• Research institutions
• What?
• RD
• Pilot and demonstration projects (publicly
  privately funded)
• Evaluation Communication
• When?
• Up until 2018

• Figure 5 Distribution network today/tomorrow
  (BDEW)

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Steps 4 to 6 Standards, measurement automation

• Who?
• Standardisation institutions
• DSO and meter operators
• Manufacturers, associations
• What?
• Definition of rules and regulation
• Market communication
• Installation of smart metering and control
  systems
• Automation of networks
• When?
• Continuously until 2020

• Figure 6 Sensor technology in the network (BDEW)

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Step 7 Local global optimisation of the energy
system

• Who?
• DSO, TSO
• Suppliers, aggregators
• Storage operators, consumers
• What?
• Coordination of technical optimisation (local,
  global)
• Coordination of economic optimisation between
  market participants
• Wann?
• From 2014

Figure 7 Interactions between local and central
market participants (BDEW)
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Step 8 Storage and electromobility

• Who?
• Generators
• DSO, TSO
• Energy service providers, suppliers
• What?
• Time-related balance between energy supply and
  demand. Stabilisation of energy supply by
  provision of services in the energy network.
• When?
• First steps from 2018

• Figure 8 Power to gas principle (BDEW)

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Steps 9 and 10 Supply and Demand Side Management

• Who?
• Generators
• DSO, TSO
• Suppliers, aggregators, storage facility
  operators
• What?
• Temporal balance between generation and
  consumption
• Development of commercial demand-response
  programmes
• When?
• From 2014

• Figure 9 Potential and market proximity in the
  smart grid (BDEW)

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Agenda
German Association of Energy and Water Industries
Roadmap Smart Grids
Cooperation opportunities for Germany and Ireland
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Different, but nevertheless close
beer Oktoberfest
more sheep than inhabitants
Guinness
autobahn without speed limit
weakening tiger economy
Energiewende the German way
Mme Merkel
rainy weather at any time of the year
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Pillars for cooperation

• Development and pioneer phase
• European standards
• Research development
• Establishment and configuration phase
• Business contacts
• Exchange of experience
• Realisation and marketing phase
• Information and communication technology
• Cross-border markets for flexibility

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• Picture SPOX

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Jan Zacharias

• German Association of Energy and Water Industries
• Reinhardstraße 32
• 10117 Berlin
• Phone [phone]
• Mail jan.zacharias_at_bdew.de
• www.bdew.de