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ThoughtsonTesting,DemonstrationsandPilots

AbrahamEllisManager,PhotovoltaicsandDistributedSystemsIntegration

August,2016

Outline§ Microgridsbecomingofage…Sortof,maybe?§ CrossingtheValleyofDeath§ Thevalueoffull-scaledemonstrationsandpilot§ Fillingtheinformationgap

§ GMLCTestingNetworkandOpenLibrary

§ Conclusions

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Microgrids becomingofage…Maybe?§ Bigandgrowingnumbers*

§ Database:~1,600projects,16GWinstalled,~2GW/yeartoquadrupleby2024§ NorthAmerica (mainlyU.S.)andAsiaeachrepresent~40%marketshare

§ OpportunitiesandDrivers§ DeploymentofDER,mainlyRE,butincreasingly storage§ Expansionofcomm.infrastructureandintelligentdevices§ Demandfor resilience,differentiated reliability, iEnergy,prosumerconcepts§ Signsofprogressivepoliciesandinitiatives

§ Challenges§ Businessmodel,valueproposition§ Regulatory framework§ Lackstandardization§ Integration technologygaps

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* Navigant Microgrid Deployment Tracker 2016 Q2. Includes commercial/industrial, institutional/campus, community, utility distribution, military, remote, and direct current (DC) systems operating, under development and proposed

CrossingtheValleyofDeath

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Lab-based & field full-scale demos/pilots

Proof of concept

Government-fundedNational Labs, Universities

Research Development Deployment Commercialization

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§ Microgridsareatvariousmaturitystages,dependingonapplication§ Demonstrationsandpilotscanhelpbridgethechasm

TheValueofDemonstrationsandPilots§ Exposegapsandbarriers

§ Technology; regulatory/policy; models, tools&procedures

§ Reducerisk§ Provetechnologies; validateassumptionsandmodels;build

capacityandknow-howacrosstheindustry

§ Accelerateinnovation,standardizationandadoption

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§ Whatkindofdemo/pilot?Whatdoyouwanttolearn?

§ Lab-basedvsrealworlddeployment§ Simulation/emulation vshardware,

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Full-scaleDemonstration§ Commercial/utility-scaleµgridcontrolforlocalDERmanagement

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DemonstrationCapabilities§ Opportunities

§ Largeinvestment indemo/pilots§ Vastcapabilitiesatnationallabs,

universities,utilities,manufacturers,independent labs,up-takers

§ Challenges§ Needinformation, betteraccess

mechanisms,betterintegration

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GMLCProject1.2.3(GMLCTN/OL)§ Goal:Accelerategridmodernizationby

improvingcollaborationondeviceandsystemstesting,andbymakinglab-basedtestcapabilitiesandsimulationmodelsmoreaccessible

§ Objectives:§ EstablishingaTestingNetwork(GMLC-TN)

thatwillfunctionasafederated,lab-basedresourceforstandards-basedtestingandvalidationofgriddevicesandsystems

§ EstablishinganOpenLibrary(GMLC-OL)thatservesasapublicrepositoryforvalidatedcomponentmodels,simulationtoolsandtestingresources

Save-The-Date

GMLCTestingNetwork&OpenLibraryStakeholderWorkshop

Wednesday,September14—¤— 8:00AM– 12:00PMNRELEnergySystemsIntegrationFacility15013DenverWPkwy,Golden,Colorado

Registrationsite nowopen

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TheEnd

AbrahamEllisSandiaNationalLaboratories

aellis@sandia.gov

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GenericSimulationModels– Example§ WECCREMTFgenericspecsfor

+seq.PFanddynamicmodelsforPV,Windandstorage,large-scaleanddistributed

§ Implementedinallcommercialbulkgridanalysissoftware

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Lab and field Validation