Netherlands Enterprise Agency
SMART IS AS
SMART DOES
Otto Bernsen. Senior advisor
Energy Innovation, RVO. Leiden 29 May. 2015
Netherlands Enterprise Agency
is a department of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs that implements
government policy for sustainability, innovation, and international business
and cooperation. It is the contact point for businesses, (knowledge)
institutions and government bodies for information and advice, financing,
networking and regulatory matters.
Knowledge & Advice
Partner Search & Match Making
Financial Questions
Law & Regulation
The energy sector is the last economic sector to
undergo a digital revolution!
This is evident for anyone with some experience in the telecommunication sector or
media yet there are some important differences. First, the energy sector is much
more regulated and second it concerns a critical infrastructure. The legal
requirement of “energy security against a fair price” results in a very different
starting point as compared to the telecommunication sector.
Or read; down time is not acceptable and neither are high margins, high status
goods/services. The sector suddenly looks much less attractive to step in.
Add to that, especially in the Netherlands ,privacy protection as a concern.
Some commercial companies cannot deal with such a “socialist” regime and some
economists struggle with valuing such collective goods.
The drive towards a digitally controlled system is
irreversible and some countries will jump ahead!
Some would say, we always go back to the physical infrastructure, which is true in
theory but in practice these routines will be forgotten very fast and the overhead of
maintaining such drills are enormous.
Some would say, this is an argument for islanding and limiting failures to small
pockets or micro grids, resulting in a more resilient and even self organizing
infrastructure. True but what is the relationship with the social organization and
what are the total costs of ownership? Will be a steep learning curve for the
Netherlands.
Hybrid Island Systems on TEXEL
Texel energy has an energy cooperative with 3043
members who sell, buy and produce renwable energy,
Solar, wind, biogas, heat and tidal energy.
The “smart” island population works together with with
the grid operator and ICT company CapGemini.
Can it be upscaled to a national level? What are the
constraints? Who benefits?
(see IPIN program RVO http://www.rvo.nl/subsidies-regelingen/intelligente-netten)
The new roles in a digital controlled system are not
clear yet!
The liberalization of the sector has resulted in the separation of the infrastructure
from the energy generation, at least in North Western Europe.
Yet the new roles in a digital controlled system are not clear.
Especially the role of the aggregator and the smart grid data hub, see WG3 EU
Smart Grid taskforce report “options for handling data”
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/sites/ener/files/documents/xpert_group3_first_year_report.pdf
“The Aggregator assigns value to the flexibility in the distribution grid and allocates
this value to its clients”.(RVO TIS analyse Smart Grids, forth comming)
There emerges also a new value chain unlocking formely worthless data. Data are
merely figures, information is the orderly combination of data, and knowledge is
the usage of knowledge in a meaningful context.
How to deal with big data and the role of the aggregator are the smart questions.
Some examples 1
The Smart Grid Reference Architecture
.
ISO model applied on traditional
grid architecture and value chain.
Some examples 2
“Energie akkoord”
.
Quintel explains it is a basic model
based on cost curves for raising
awareness, not predicting
the future.
Some examples 3
Wetsvoorstel “STROOM”
“Op 23 februari 2015 is het concept Besluit elektriciteit en gas op internet geplaatst
voor consultatie door de sector als onderdeel van de wetgevingsagenda STROOM.
In dit besluit wordt de regelgeving die onder de Elektriciteitswet 1998 en Gaswet
tot stand is gebracht gestroomlijnd, geoptimaliseerd en gemoderniseerd en worden
enkele nieuwe onderwerpen nader uitgewerkt. Voorbeelden van deze onderwerpen
zijn de systematiek van de investeringsplannen, een regeling voor
schadevergoeding bij windenergie op zee en de redundantie van
transmissiesystemen voor elektriciteit.”
RVO: http://www.rvo.nl/actueel/nieuws/internetconsultatie-besluit-elektriciteit-en-gas-gestart
In het wetsvoorstel wordt wel tweerichtingsverkeer genoemd maar digitalisering niet.
Questions for the Educational System
•
To which degree does the Dutch educational system fullfill the need of
research and entrepreneurs in this emerging area of digital energy
infrastructures?
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Quality?
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Quantity?
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Right focus of the education?
Reactions: Otto.Bernsen at RVOdotNL
The are learning curves and learning curves in the
energy sector.
So
The are learning curves and learning curves in the
energy sector.
“We are at the beginning of the learning curve”
On 20 February the Polish parliament passed the long-awaited act on
renewable energy sources. To the surprise of many, the act includes
fixed feed-in tariffs for installations below 10 kilowatts (kW) despite
opposition on this point from the ruling party Civic Platform (PO).
Grzegorz Wiśniewski, chairman of the Renewable Energy Institute (IEO)
in Warsaw and one of the initiators of the amendment, explains the
impact of the so-called “prosumer amendment” on the Polish power
sector and the future of renewables in Poland.
http://www.newenergy.info/politics/europe/we-are-at-the-beginning-of-the-learning-curve
The are learning curves and learning curves in the
energy sector.
Finally we arrive at the theme of today, accelerating the societal learning curve by
making “tools for thought” with ICT to deal with increasing complexity.
What do we do at RVO about this? A few examples and it is basically up to you!
Therefore What do we do? It is basically up to you!
ITF > integral test facility picture delivered after summer
IPIN > after summer lessons learned and what next?
SG Data Hub 24 picture
The are learning curves and learning curves in the
energy sector.
Finally we arrive at the theme of today, accelerating the societal learning curve by
making “tools for thought” with ICT to deal with increasing complexity.
What do we do at RVO about this? It is basically up to you!
Tools for Thought, example 1.
Integral Test Facility ITF, ready end 2015
Figure 1. Block diagram of ITF’s “large-scale” simulation environment [1], [3]
Tools for Thought, example 1.
Bench mark ITF by NREL (USA) ESIF (energy system integration facility, Colorado).
To be published soon.
Photograph of the ESIF and diagram of multi-energy busses connecting various energy laboratories, courtesy NREL
Tools for Thought, example 2.
OPEN DATA CHALLENGE
Unlocking public data and information at RVO for new services and more
transparency.
http://www.rvo.nl/energy-open-data-challenge
Tools for Thought, example 3.
Smart Grid Data Hub: nieuw initiatief voor data-uitwisseling van Smart Grids
Het Innovatieprogramma Intelligente Netten (IPIN) loopt eind 2015 af. De
ontwikkeling en uitrol van Smart Grids in Nederland en in Europa is eind 2015
echter nog niet voltooid. Omdat diverse partijen behoefte hebben aan een
effectieve en efficiënte uitwisseling van Smart Grid-gerelateerde data (data,
informatie en software) wordt de ‘Smart Grid Data Hub’ opgericht. Op woensdag
24 juni om 13:30 uur is er bij NEN een open bijeenkomst om de opzet van dit
initiatief te bespreken.
The 24th june in Delft see invitation NEN below, limited places.
https://www.nen.nl/NEN-Shop/Vakgebieden/ICT/ICTnieuwsberichten/Smart-Grid-Data-Hub-nieuw-initiatiefvoor-datauitwisseling-van-Smart-Grids.htm
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