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Lucy Pao April 2019

Boosting Wind and Solar Energy: Opportunities

and Technological Challenges

Lucy Pao

Palmer Endowed Chair ProfessorElectrical, Computer, & Energy Engineering

Lucy Pao April 2019

Boosting Wind and Solar Energy: Opportunities

and Technological Challenges

Lucy Pao

Palmer Endowed Chair ProfessorElectrical, Computer, & Energy Engineering

Lucy Pao April 2019

How much power do you use?

[ images from overstock.com, pcworld.com, apple.com, tesla.com ]

Laptop Mobilephone

TV

Dishwasher

( 103 W = 1 kW )Area

heater

Coffee machine

Toaster

Electric kettle

Iron

Hair blow dryer

Vacuum

Microwave

Oven

Clothes dryer

Air conditioner

~ 1000 W~ 1 W ~ 10 W

~ 100 W

Electric vehicle charging~ 1 kW to 100 kW

106 W = 1 MW

109 W = 1 GW

~ Small Town

~ City

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Units of Power and Energy

Dishwasher

( 103 W = 1 kW )Area

heater

Coffee machine

Toaster

Electric kettle

Iron

Hair blow dryer

Vacuum

Microwave

Oven

Clothes dryer

Air conditioner

~ 1000 W

Energy1 kWh = 1 kW for 1 hour

Electric vehicle charging~ 1 kW to 100 kW

[ images from overstock.com, pcworld.com, apple.com, tesla.com ]

106 W = 1 MW

109 W = 1 GW

~ Small Town

~ City

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Renewable Energy & The Power Grid

[ images from constructionreviewonline.com, proprofs.com, gapenergysolutions.com, resilience.org ]

Hydro

Wind

Solar PV

Grid Integration

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How does hydropower work?

[ image from Hydropower 101 on yourtube.com ]4

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How much hydropower is there?� End-of-2017

global installed hydropower capacity was 1,267 GW; expected to increase3% annually over next 25 years

� EU has 293 GW

� Austria has 14 GW

[ end-of-2017 data from hydropower.org ]5

China27%

US8%

Brazil8%

Canada6%

Japan4%India

4%Russia

4%Norway

3%

Turkey2%

France2%

Other32%

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[ image from Hydropower 101 on yourtube.com ]

Hydropower Advantage: if there is sufficient water Æ can control the amount of power generated

in similar way as with coal or natural gas

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Renewable Energy & The Power Grid

[ images from constructionreviewonline.com, proprofs.com, gapenergysolutions.com, resilience.org ]

Hydro

Wind

Solar PV

Grid Integration

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How does wind power work?

[ figure from www.energyland.emsd.gov.hk

based upon originalfrom US Dept. of Energy ]

Tower Generator

� Goal is to maximize power generation

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Lucy Pao April 2019[data from gwec.net, navigant.com, and 2017 Wind Technologies Market Report (LBNL)]

� End-of-2017global installed wind capacity was 539 GW; average annual growth of 16% over last decade

� EU has 169 GW; average annual growth of 10%

� Austria has 2.8 GW; average annual growth of 11%

How much wind power is there?

China36%

US17%Germany

9%

India6%

Spain4%

UK3%

France3%

Canada2%

Brazil2%

Italy2%

Other16%

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Hydro: World: 1267 GWEU: 293 GWAustria: 14 GW

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Renewable Energy & The Power Grid

[ images from constructionreviewonline.com, proprofs.com, gapenergysolutions.com, resilience.org ]

Hydro

Wind

Solar PV

Grid Integration

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How does solar PV work?

� PV panel consists of layers of material that produce electricity when light shines on it

� Lower-end PV solar cells now achieve about 14-17% efficiency

� Higher-end solar cells can achieve about 20-30% efficiency

� Research laboratories have demonstrated > 40%

� Goal is to maximize power generation [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell ]

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� End-of-2017 global installed solar PV capacity was 403 GW; average annual growth of 38% over last decade

� EU has 107 GW; average annual growth of 26%

� Austria has 1.25 GW; average annual growth of 44%

How much solar PV power is there?

[ Data from iea-pvps.org ]12

China32%

US13%

Japan12%

Germany10%

Italy5%

India5%

UK3%

France2%

Australia2%

Other16%

Wind: World: 593 GWEU: 169 GWAustria: 2.8 GW

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Growth of Hydro, Wind, and Solar PV

12

Year

Glo

bal I

nsta

lled

Cap

acity

(GW

)

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Wind and Solar PV Penetration

[ Source: 2017 Wind Technologies Market Report, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab ]

Approximate Wind Penetration, end of 2017

[ 2017 solar data from iea-pvps.org ]

Approximate Solar PV Penetration, end of 2017

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Renewable Energy & The Power Grid

[ images from constructionreviewonline.com, proprofs.com, gapenergysolutions.com, resilience.org ]

Hydro

Wind

Solar PV

Grid Integration

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Power Systems

When power demanded and power generated are approximately equal, synchronous generators on a network tend to stabilize each other.

Large mismatches between demanded and generated power causes destabilization of the grid.

[Based upon a slide from Mark Ahlstrom of WindLogics]

Most traditional power plants have synchronous generators.

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Generation Load

Grid Frequency Fluctuations

fgrid = 50 Hz fgrid < 50 Hz fgrid > 50 Hz

[Slide courtesy of Jacob Aho]

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Generation Load

Frequency Drops if Electrical Power Generated < Electrical Load

fgrid = 50 Hz fgrid < 50 Hz fgrid > 50 Hz

Equivalent PowerGeneration

[Slide courtesy of Jacob Aho]

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Generation Load

fgrid = 50 Hz fgrid < 50 Hz fgrid > 50 Hz

Equivalent PowerGeneration

[Slide courtesy of Jacob Aho]

Frequency Rises if Electrical Power Generated > Electrical Load

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Balancing Electrical Generation and Load

�Traditionally, generation is controlled to match varying load� Operational reserves needed� Imbalance causes frequency variations on utility grid

Generation

coal nuclear hydrogas

Load

appliances,lighting, gadgets,cooling, heating, etc.

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Balancing Electrical Generation and Load

Large frequency fluctuations can cause load shedding, or even blackouts

�Traditionally, generation is controlled to match varying load� Operational reserves needed� Imbalance causes frequency variations on utility grid

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Changes due to Wind and Solar PV

� Wind turbines and solar PV arrays are typically decoupled from the grid through their power electronics� In the past, wind and solar generally have not participated

in “balancing services”� Creates increased burden on remaining generating units

Generation

coal nuclear hydrogas

windsolar

Load

appliances,lighting, gadgets,cooling, heating, battery charging, etc.

etc.

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How does wind power work?

[ figure from www.energyland.emsd.gov.hk

based upon originalfrom US Dept. of Energy ]

Tower

Gear box

High-speed shaft

Generator

Low-speed shaft � Goal is to maximize power generation

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How does solar PV work?

� PV panel consists of layers of material that produce electricity when light shines on it

� Lower-end PV solar cells now achieve about 11-15% efficiency

� Higher-end solar cells can achieve about 20-30% efficiency

� Research laboratories have demonstrated > 40%

� Goal is to maximize power generation [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell ]

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Possible Solution: APC of Wind and Solar

� Active Power Control of Wind and Solar PV Power Plants

� De-rate wind and solar power plants

� Enable wind turbines and solar photovoltaic panels to follow changing power reference commands

[figure from a presentation by A. Kowli, original from SVK (Swedish national grid)]

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Wind Turbine Field Test Results[ 2013 – 2015, Aho, Buckspan, Fleming, Pao ]

Rated Power

IdealField Test Input

-0.15

-0.1

-0.05

0

Freq

Dev

iatio

n[H

z]

500510520530540550

Pow

er [k

W]

0 50 100 150 200Time [s]

Commanded PowerGenerated Power

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Solar PV Array Field Test Results[ 2016 – 2017, Hoke, Shirazi, Chakraborty, Muljadi, Maksimovic ]

7 7.5 8 8.5 9Time [s]

-1

-0.5

0

Freq

Dev

[Hz]

1

2

3

Pow

er [k

W]

ActualIdeal

Estimate of Possible PowerCommanded PowerGenerated Power

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Other Possible Solutions

� Curtail wind and solar as needed

� More transmission lines

� Improved wind and solar forecasts

� Demand-side management� Thermal storage� Time-of-use pricing and “optimal”

pricing strategies

[figure from a presentation by A. Kowli, original from SVK (Swedish national grid)]

� Storage (at GWh scale)� Expensive� Effect of millions of electric

vehicles, whose batteries can be either a load or a supply

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Pumped Hydro as a Means of Storage

[ image from antinuclear.net ]24

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Summary

While there are many challenges, there are many solution possibilities.

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Acknowledgments

Research supported by:

as well as other industry (who wish to remain

anonymous)

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April 2018

Current students, recent postdoc: Daughter:

Michael Sinner

Lucy Pao

R. Arnold Braker

Christopher Bay(2017-2018)

Daniel Zalkind

NikharAbbas

DavidPasleyjoined

in August2018

Acknowledgments

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Sarah Pao

Radzihovsky

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Vielen Dank!