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Large Scale Energy Storage with Batteries for Grid Stabilization and Renewable Energy Integration Large scale energy storage with batteries for grid stabilization and renewable energy integration Herwig A. Ragossnig Head of Business Development LATAM [email protected] ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. About NEC Energy Solutions NEC Energy Solutions is a full service, end-to-end turnkey energy storage solution and battery systems provider Offering energy storage systems, technical and economic project analysis, installation and commissioning, operation, maintenance, equipment warrantees, performance guarantees, and financing ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. 2 Full Spectrum Energy Storage Batteries Power Controls Conversion Balance-of- Services Plant Performance Warranty Guarantees Financing ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. 3 GSS® Project Example: Auwahi 11MW/4.3MWh install • What’s included in a turnkey energy Energy storage solution? storage • Equipment – Everything required to interconnect to the grid and operate: – Energy storage – Thermal mgmt (as needed) Thermal – Power conversion management – Controls – Transformers/switchgear (as needed) • Service and Maintenance Programs • Warrantees and Performance Guarantees Power – Equipment warrantees Controls conversion – Availability or uptime guarantee – Energy storage capacity guarantee – Power capacity guarantee • 35kV What to expect? Example: Availability – EAF – Availability > 96% PoC • *EAF = Equiv. Availability Factor – (Available Power/Nameplate Power) x 100 – Incorporates Design and Performance ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. GSS® Grid Storage Solution Installations 10 MW/5MWh OVER 250MW 40 MW/22 MWh 2017 400 kW/100 kWh Installed, under construction, or in late stages of development 2017 8 MW/2 MWh 2010 20 MW/5 MWh 2 MW/500 kWh 2011 2 MW/3.9 MWh 2013 2.5 MW/ 5 MWh 2008 350 kW/700 kWh 2016 2013 2013 1 MW/1.2 MWh 1 MW/2.8 MWh 2017 2.5 MW/3.9 MWh 2 MW/500` kWh 2014 2015 2013 48 MW/51 MWh 2017 2 MW/ 2 MWh 32 MW/8 MWh 2014 500 kW/1.2 MWh 4 MW/1 MWh 2011 1 MW/3 MWh 11 MW/4.4 MWh 2016 2011 2013 2012 1 MW/1 MWh 400 kW/400 kWh 2013 12 MW/4 MWh 2017 2009 Frequency Regulation 500 kW/125 kWh 2 MW / 500 kWh 280 kW/135 kWh Renewable Integration 2013 2013 2014 2 MW/2 MWh 20 MW/5 MWh Primary Reserve 2017 2011 T&D Support ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. 5 NEC- Regional Presence in the Americas • Westborough NEC Energy Solutions St. Luis Missouri Mass. Headquarter in Global Energy Hard& Software Global Energy Westborough, MA controls Storage HQ • Branch office in St. Luis NEC Colombia for controls NEC Mexico • NEC´s regional NEC Brazil presence in all Americas with NEC Chile additional branch offices in Costa Rica, NEC Argentina Peru, Ecuador ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. Applications ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. Why Energy Storage for the Grid? Adding flexibility, efficiency, and reliability • Today’s grids require more flexibility to address: – Increased renewable generation • Compensating for variable energy resources – Changing load patterns • Generation now distributed to load centers (PV) • EV chargers shifting consumption patterns – Aging transmission and distribution network • Infrastructure is aging and needs reinforcement • Upgrades in urban environments can be difficult • Energy storage in the grid is a powerful tool – Increase capacity utilization for generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. Applications for Grid Storage • High Power Applications: • High Energy Applications: Discharge Storage Day Time Night Time • Frequency Regulation • Peak Load Shifting • Primary Reserve • Renewable Integration • Renewable Integration – Firming, Shifting & Curtailment Recovery – Ramp Management • Arbitrage • Requirements: • T&D Support – High charge/discharge rates • Requirements: – Short duration (<1hr) – Low charge/discharge rates – Many cycles (100’s per day) – Long duration (1+ hrs) – Continuous use – 1-2 cycles per day ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. Electric Grid Dynamic Energy Storage Solutions for a Smarter Grid Generation Transmission Distribution ➢ Frequency Regulation ➢ Voltage Support ➢ Upgrade Deferral ➢ Frequency Response ➢ Dynamic Line Rating Support ➢ Community Energy Storage ➢ Renewable Integration ➢ Renewable Integration ➢ Microgrids ➢ Power Plant Hybridization ➢ Upgrade Deferral Improve plant efficiency and output, Increase grid reliability, increase Improve power quality, increase lower O&M costs, and decrease asset efficiency and utilization, asset efficiency and utilization, smart plant emissions, with no water enable wind and solar, defer grid ready; aggregation and consumption, no emissions of its upgrades to transmission assets. automation, defer upgrades and own, and rapid deployment support distribution assets. capability. Providing benefits throughout the electricity supply chain ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. Grid Stabilization ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. Frequency Response Grid electricity frequency must be maintained • Value Added by Energy Storage • Because of its fast, almost instant response it is more effective in providing frequency response. • Can ramp up and down much faster and easier than traditional generators – Nearly “vertical” ramp rate, well under 1 second to full output – Generators can take several minutes to get to full output – No ramping wear-and-tear, unlike fossil fuel generators • No shutdown/startup damage, unlike fossil fuel generators Note: The GSS™ is NEC Energy’s Grid Storage Solution, which contains energy storage, power conversion to change AC electricity to DC and – Can operate at zero with no penalty back, and a controls system to operate the entire GSS on the grid. ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. Frequency Response Grid electricity frequency must be maintained • How does energy storage work in a frequency response situation? Grid Disturbance + Energy Storage = Reliable Power Power Power Power Time Time Time Loss of generation or Energy storage can provide The result is more reliable transmission can cause a vertical ramp response to power from better frequency to drop quickly – frequency deviation and frequency response. this disturbance must be also respond more contained and corrected. consistently than traditional generators for better frequency containment. ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. Frequency Regulation Grid electricity frequency must be controlled Did you know? FERC Order 755 in the • How does energy storage work in frequency regulation? USA reformed the frequency regulation – Energy storage resources can follow the control signal almost market, creating a “pay- perfectly! for-performance” rule. 1.00 Due to the fast response and vertical 0.80 ramping capability of 0.60 energy storage, the 0.40 frequency regulation The control signal is shown in blue. The 0.20 control signal can be energy storage response in red shows the actual followed almost 0.00 perfectly. This power output achieved. The control signal (blue) 00:03 00:16 00:38 00:01 00:04 00:06 00:07 00:09 00:10 00:12 00:13 00:15 00:18 00:19 00:21 00:23 00:24 00:26 00:27 00:29 00:30 00:32 00:33 00:35 00:36 00:39 00:41 00:42 00:44 -0.20 00:00 provides a much is barely visible, since the higher performance -0.40 response overlaps nearly resource than perfectly! traditional generation. -0.60 Reg D -0.80 Real Output -1.00 ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. Frequency Regulation Grid electricity frequency must be controlled • Value Added by Energy Storage Did you know? – With fast responding, precise, accurate frequency regulation (like PJM has reported that the that provided by energy storage, grid operators actually need to total money spent on frequency regulation today procure LESS frequency regulation service than before! is less than what it used to spend, based on its “pay- for-performance” reform (FERC Order 755) of the frequency regulation In PJM, the ‘benefits factor’ market in October 2012. for fast responding resources It is well recognized that for frequency regulation, like fast responding, accurate that provided by energy resources like energy storage are the most storage, is about three times effective tool for frequency that of slow, traditional regulation. resources. That means that 1MW of energy storage frequency regulation is worth 3MW of traditional frequency Frequency Regulation Effectiveness Regulation Frequency regulation! 1MW GENERATOR 1MW ENERGY (nameplate rating) STORAGE (nameplate rating) ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary and confidential. Atacama Desert GSS® grid storage solution ▐ Located at the Los Andes substation ▐ Primary Reserve “the Los Andes battery energy storage ▐ 12MW Power Capability system is one of the best performing ▐ 4MWh Energy Capacity reserve units in Northern Chile” ▐ 8 Battery Containers -CDEC-SING, system operator in Northern Chile ▐ Integrated Inverter and Cooling ▐ Operational since 2009 ©2017 NEC Energy Solutions, Inc.
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