GSGF Newsletter December 2014
MEMBER OF THE MONTH - RESOURCES - EVENTS - MEMBER
NEWS - HOTSPOTS - GO_SEES
Words
Word of the Executive Director
Over the last month we have worked very intensively to pick up all the
information, hints, suggestions, challenges as brought forward during
our successful face to face meeting in Amsterdam during the
European Utility Week. You will see further in this newsletter several
important messages that were brought to the table by our members,
which are key takeaways.
In that meeting we also had two important speakers Mark
McGranaghan, Vice President, Electric Power Research Institute
(EPRI) “Developing a Framework for Evaluating “Integrated Grid Technologies” and
James Matthys-Donnadieu CEO of Belpex “A perspective on European energy
markets”. You can find the presentations on our website.
After the success of the first three working groups, of which the reports are available
(online - for a printed copy mailed to you, send an e-mail request) , we have launched
three new ones:
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Cyber security (Driver: Reji Pillai)
Flexibility (Driver: Laurent Schmitt)
Storage (Driver: Hiroshi Kuniyoshi)
On behalf of GSGF I wish them all success and I already thank the chairmen and the
members for
their
hard work that is going
to be put into it.
On behalf of myself and the GSGF team I wish you a Merry Christmas and a healthy 2015.
See you – who knows where, who knows when – but certainly in June in Japan. [Read this
online]
Word of the Chairman:
Electricity companies and COP 20
I am grateful to my colleague Paul Budde of Smart Grid Australia for the
following
thoughts
on
the
COP
gathering
in
Lima.
At the COP20 event in Lima (the Conference of the Parties meeting of
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) the
reality of climate change bit in. The delegates were no longer talking
about climate change mitigation; they were talking about adaptation.
Furthermore, at the last minute innovation was added to the final
Declaration as a tool that will be counted in relation to how countries
implement the changes. [More]
Country Presentations from Amsterdam Board Meeting
In Amsterdam a very interesting discussion took place aiming at the overall view of the
members on the challenges for their local organizations with the aim to find out how GSGF
could help to be the bridge for information exchange between them to address their main
concerns.
Overall, it was again found that the interactions within GSGF are very beneficial, and an
efficient way to get to a global knowledge base. [Overview and presentations]
The G20 Summit and Energy Efficiency
The Global Smart Grid Federation welcomes the fact that the G20 Summit in Brisbane
Summit was the first time that G20 leaders have had a session dedicated to global energy
issues. Energy is now at the heart of the G20’s agenda and G20 Energy Ministers will meet
for the first time next year to take this work forward. The G20 countries represent more than
80% of global energy consumption, 60% of oil and gas production and over 90% of coal
production. Their combined effort will bring together most of the world’s biggest energy
producers
and
consumers.
[More]
Member of the month
The Danish Intelligent Energy Alliance
Since 2012 The Danish Intelligent Energy Alliance has organized the DSOs and suppliers
to the energy industry, research institutions etc. We have successfully established an
alliance of 75 members covering the entire value chain of contributors to an intelligent
energy system in Denmark. We work to enable integration of increasing amounts of
renewables in the Danish energy system, through smart grid and smart integration of energy
systems, through an enhanced market framework for a demand response market, activation
of buildings in the demand response market etc. We focus on energy-efficiency as well as
energy-flexibility, thereby we wish to cease the business opportunities of the intelligent
energy
system.
[More]
Resources
How to organise future electricity systems with high shares of
Renewable Energy Sources?
Clingendael International Research Programme (CIEP)
In October 2014, Clingendael International Research Programme (CIEP) published an
essay titled “Reflections on coordination mechanisms for accommodating increasing
amounts of wind and solar in the power market”. The aim of the essay is to discuss potential
“coordination mechanisms”, focusing on policy and market tools to accommodate high
shares of renewable energy in electricity generation. The starting point is the future
European electricity system where 30-50% of the electricity demand is covered by variable
renewable
generation,
i.e.
wind
and
photovoltaics.
Imbalance costs better managed by automatically shifting energy
consumption of families
Flemish Linear Project (= one of the ISGAN Award 2014 finalists)
Smart household appliances can help energy suppliers and network operators
respond better and faster to hard-to-predict output from renewable energy sources.
With this approach, they can more easily avoid high imbalance costs, especially during the
winter. This is one of the findings the Flemish Linear research project presented on
December 9th in Brussels after five years of studying the technical and economic
possibilities offered by controllable energy consumption for family dwellings in
Flanders. [More]
Vision of the US electric grid in 2030
Gridwise
GSGF member GridWise Alliance released a report entitled "The Future of the Grid:
Evolving to Meet America's Needs" that frames the ways in which the electric grid must
evolve to meet the nation's economic, national security, and lifestyle demands. To facilitate
the development of this report, the GridWise Alliance, in partnership with the Department of
Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (DOE-OE), conducted a series
of Regional Workshops and a National Summit, during which over 400 industry stakeholders
shared their vision for the "Grid of the Future," and the challenges that must be overcome
to achieve this vision. These efforts included using a holistic approach to examining
changes that will be needed to the utility business and regulatory models, as well as
changes in consumer engagement. The report includes key recommendations to advance
efforts by industry and other stakeholders toward achieving that vision as well as ways in
which to navigate the transition over the next several years. [More]
Adaptation to a changing climate
DNV GL
Business and society need to reduce our vulnerability and become more resilient: able to
anticipate, absorb, accommodate, and recover from hazardous events. Adaptation will
mean not only physical engineering solutions such as the hardening of infrastructure, but
also new design criteria, emergency planning, and wider changes to decision making
processes to make them more resilient in the face of an uncertain future. [More]
European Energy Policy Outlook
European Commission – Framework for Climate & Energy
A presentation on European Energy Policy outlook by Eero Ailio, Deputy Head of Unit,
European Commission, DG Energy. It is a very comprehensive overview and well worth
perusal.
A few to note:
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At end of 2013, there were 459 smart grid projects in Europe at €3.15B; 26%
R&D; 72% Demonstration and Deployment
Switching rates for electricity in Ireland is running at around 15%. The EU range
(removing two outliers) is 1% to 20%
Customer satisfaction across the EU for electricity is well below the average for
service providers
Ireland has the second lowest renewables cost for electricity as a % of electricity
prices
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Electricity costs in Europe are being increasingly pushed up by taxes and levies
There is a huge investment challenge to modernise electricity grids (€600B in T&D
by 2020)
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Flexibility is seen as key to market changes
[More]
Electricity networks and services: A deeper look at CHP
COGEN Europe
The high levels of renewables on the electricity network have given rise to an increased
need for generators to provide supporting electricity network services to maintain reliable
and secure supply. A European policy structure which delivers energy efficient services to
the network is the clear intention of the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive1 currently being
implemented in EU member states. This Position Paper highlights the advantages of
prioritising high efficiency service providers such as CHP and demand response which can
deliver high efficiency to the energy network as a whole. [More]
Winter Outlook Report 2014/15 and summer review 2014
ENTSO-E
ENTSO-E adopts and publishes on an annual basis the “Winter Outlook and Summer
Review”. These short-term adequacy reports focus on exploring the main risks identified
within a seasonal period, highlighting the possibilities for neighbouring countries to
contribute to the generation/demand balance in critical situations. These reports consider
uncertainties such as climatic conditions and outages, as well as other risks incurred by the
system including the evolution of load, load-management, generation capacities, and
stability issues. [More]
Report to the European Commission on the implementation of
the Inter-Transmission System Operator Compensation
mechanism in 2013
ACER (Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators)
The ITC scheme, defined by the Regulation, was implemented on 3 March 2011. Under
the Regulation, the ITC (Inter-Transmission System Operator Compensaition) fund was
established by the ENTSO-E for the purpose of compensating transmission system
operators (“TSOs”) for the costs incurred on national transmission systems due to hosting
cross-border
flows
of
electricity.
[More]
Recommendations for the assessment of electricity generation
adequacy
CEER (Council of European Energy Regulators)
This document (C13-ESS-33-04) outlines CEER recommendations for the assessment of
electricity generation adequacy in European countries. In the wider context of energy
security of supply, the European community has a growing interest in the ways in which
generation adequacy is ensured in electricity markets; notably with increasing shares of
variable generation (e.g. renewables). In July 2013, the CEER the Electricity Security of
Supply Task Force (ESS TF) undertook an investigation of the different ways assessments
of generation adequacy are conducted. [More]
Advice on Ensuring Market and Regulatory Arrangements help
deliver DemandSide Flexibility
CEER (Council of European Energy Regulators)
In
2013,
the
Council
of
European
Energy
Regulators’
(CEER)
Sustainable
Development Task Force (SDE TF) committed to produce a report exploring the emergence
of demandside flexibility (DSF) within the regulated electricity sector. Demand-side flexibility
has the potential to offer a range of benefits, such as reduced system/consumption
costs, enhanced generation adequacy and greater accommodation of intermittent
renewable energy sources (RES). [More]
Norway’s path to sustainable transport
Institute of Transport Economics – Norwegian Center for Transport Research
Thanks to the substantial purchase tax levied on new passenger cars, the Norwegian
government has a quite powerful climate policy instrument at its hand. Continued application
of this instrument may halve the greenhouse gas emissions from Norwegian cars within two
or three decades. On account of the higher energy efficiency of electric motors compared
to internal combustion engines, the total energy consumption of the Norwegian car fleet
may decrease considerably, to the profit of society in general and consumers in particular.
Six per cent of Norway’s hydropower output would be sufficient to operate the entire
passenger car fleet, if completely electrified. [More]
The Energiewende and Germany’s Industrial Policy
Clingendael International Energy Programme
The challenges and opportunities of the German Energiewende are in line with the German
tradition of approaching industrial and energy policy as a unit. This paper advocates that
Germany’s industrial interests are therefore a useful lens through which past, current and
possible future developments of the Energiewende should be analysed. The Dutch
Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP) is an independent forum for all parties
interested in changes and developments in the energy sector. [More]
Smart Metering deployment in the European Union
European Commission
The Commission issued the document “Benchmarking smart metering deployment in the
EU-27 with a focus on electricity”, jointly drafted by DG ENER and JRC, as COM(2014)356.
This report gauges progress in the deployment of intelligent metering in the EU Member
States on the basis of economic assessments of long-term costs and benefits (CBAs) of
electricity and gas smart metering prepared by Member States and submitted to the
Commission in line with Third Energy Package provisions. It also provides summary
information on received Member States’ deployment plans and highlights best practices and
lessons
learned.
[More]
Events
This list is a selection of events GSGF finds interesting for its members, giving priority to
our own member events. The full list of events can be found online. Do you organize or
know of an event in your region that’s not in this list? Let us know about it
at [email protected].
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January 20-22, 2015 – Workshop on Cyber Security for Power Systems – India
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Smart Grid Forum
February 17-20 – IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference ISGT 2015
March 3-7, 2015 - India Smart Grid Week – India Smart Grid Forum
April 29-30, 2015 – Istanbul Smart Grid Conference – Turkish Ministry of Science,
Industry and Technology and Turkish Ministry of Energy & Natural Resources
May 20-22, 2015 – Smart Cities India – Exhibitions India Group
June 17-19, 2015 – Bi-annual Board Meeting of GSGF
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June 29 - July 2 – PowerTech Eindhoven, the Netherlands – IEEE
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Member news
Do you have member news you want to share with GSGF? Send it to us
at
[email protected].
ISGF developing a standard framework for Smart Cities
Although the idea of smart cities is an evolving concept of recent years, the Government of
India has embarked on an ambitious program of developing 100 Smart Cities on fast track.
While cities in the developed nations with reliable physical infrastructure (electricity, water,
transport etc.) and minimal population growth in urban areas have the main focus of smart
cities development in asset optimization, operations monitoring, data communications and
analytics with the main objective of transition to a low carbon economy, developing countries
where cities have inadequate physical infrastructure need to focus on building modern
physical infrastructure that are scalable, intelligent and interoperable to build smarter cities.
[More]
Towards Australia’s Energy Future
Smart Grid Australia (SGA) launched its Update to its vision document “Towards Australia’s
Energy Future”. The Australian Alliance believes that to be successful the industry must
attract investment, provide safe and reliable supply, and provide consumer choice and
competition. To do this, an open and agile eco-system is needed together with an efficient
industry that allows individuals, businesses and communities to gain increased value from
the energy they consume. By realising this vision, the Australian electricity industry will
develop a natural resiliency that will underpin the prosperity of the country and meet the
lifestyle
aspirations
of
Australian
citizens.
[More]
Government of India launches 3 new schemes for providing 24x7
power for all
On Nov 20 2014, the Indian Union Cabinet, under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi announced three schemes as its first steps towards 24x7 power supply
for all: (1) Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) (2) Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram
Jyoti Yojana (DUGJY) and (3) North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project
(NERPSIP). The IPDS is an extension of the ongoing R-APDRP program and carries
forward the targets and outlays envisaged in the previous program. The scheme promises
immediate sanctions and contracts for execution of projects and completion within 24
months from date of award of projects. [More]
Hotspots
Hotspots are links to interesting websites, articles, posts, images, films, … to be found on
other websites than the ones of GSGF or the members. Do you also know of something
interesting that you would advise the GSGF members to check out? Send it
to [email protected].
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A new energy policy for the new EU Commission? Manifesto by Jean-Michel
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Glachant
Grid4EU, the biggest EU funded smart grid project, enters its final phase
Go-sees
Do you regularly check our website? We put new articles online almost every day A quick
grasp of global smart grid news you might find at www.globalsmartgridfederation.org:
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We can’t have water without energy, but how much energy do we need?
Addressing grid losses
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Smart Grid Networking $30 billion market in ten years time
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Scotland’s renewable sector generated over 100% of residential electricity needs
in October
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Off-grid German village banks on wind, sun, pig manure
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