energy storage - initiatives from alberta's innovation system
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A brief overview of involvement from Alberta Innovates Energy and Environment Solutions and its partners.TRANSCRIPT
Energy Storage – Initiatives from Alberta’s Innovation System
Mark Summers Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions (AI-EES) [email protected] www.ai-ees.ca November 19, 2013
A brief overview of involvement from AI-EES and our partners
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Who we are:
Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions
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One of four Alberta Innovates corporations launched in
January 2010
What we do: Position Alberta for the future
in energy and environment
Identify, evaluate, select technologies and partners
Invest in research & technology with industry & international collaborators
Research, innovation and technology implementation arm of GoA in energy and
environment
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Research & technology to support GoA policy and strategic planning
Technology informing policy (TIP) – MOU signed with ADOE, AENV, SRD and F&E (September 2010)
Identify Policy Needs
Analyze the
Results
Conduct the
Studies
Define Technical
Gap
Develop & Implement
Policy
Over 25 initiatives/projects since 2010
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Our Interest in Energy Storage • There are many benefits from energy storage:
– Time shifting – Must offer, must comply – Less curtailment – Reduced T&D losses – Deferring T&D upgrades – VAR (reactive power) support – Peak shaving – Ramp support – Improved power quality – Improved ancillary services – Renewable energy integration
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Alberta Wind and Solar Potential
• Currently >1.1 GW installed wind • Potential to increase significantly • Very little installed solar PV, but • Alberta’s solar resources comparable to
Germany, which has >31 GW installed
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AESO Wind Forecasting Study
• Wind power forecasting pilot project (2006-2008): – To trial wind power forecasting methods and
providers – To identify the most effective method(s) to forecast
wind power in Alberta – To identify the most effective providers of wind power
forecasts – To educate industry on the capabilities of
wind power forecasting in Alberta • Industry working group was formed by AESO • Report available on AESO website
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U of A: Hybrid Supercapacitors
• Potentially for variety of applications: – Bulk storage – Electric and hybrid-electric vehicles – Mobile electronics
• Carbon nanotube based supercapacitors – High specific energy – High power density – High cycle life
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AdvEn Solutions
• Startup Company Created 2012: • Phase 2 project initiated with AdvEn Solutions
– Scale up from coin cells to pouch cells – New battery technology: induced fluoride ion
battery (iFIB) – Project near completion – Progressing rapidly toward commercialization – Presentation this morning
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Study: Energy Storage: Making Intermittent Power Dispatchable
• Lead by Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures • A primary goal: Assess the financial viability of
energy storage in Alberta • Technologies evaluated • Hind-cast revenue model:
– Behind-the fence storage – 2007-2010 hourly pool price – 2 technologies: CEAS, NaS batteries – 2 wind operations: Castle River, Chin Chute – 2 strategies: time-shifting, firming
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Study: Energy Storage: Making Intermittent Power Dispatchable
• Recommendations: – Merchant storage: additional revenue? – Ancillary services market participation? – Nameplate capacity enhancement? – Intertie congestion relief? – Storage size optimization
• Optimum power (MW) to energy (MWh) ratio?
• Further work initiated: – Techno-economics of power-to-gas (AITF,
ADOE) – Presentation this afternoon
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Feasibility of high temperature electrolysis for energy storage
• Project co-initiated and co-funded by AI-EES and AITF, conducted by AITF
• Aimed to: – Establish how high temperature electrolysis could
contribute to energy storage in Alberta – Establish status of technology – Develop a path forward towards deployment of
the technology in Alberta
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Why high temperature electrolysis
• Hydrogen is seen as a key energy storage medium
• Compared to low temperature electrolysis, high temperature (600°C-1000°C) consumes less electrical energy (more thermal)
• Carried out in a solid oxide electrolysis cell (reversed solid oxide fuel cell)
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High temperature electrolysis for energy storage in Alberta
• Hydrogen as storage medium / energy vector
H2O
Renewable electricity
source H2
Hydrogen for sale
Hydrogen storage
Electricity
Heat
Transportation fuels
Blending with natural gas
Heat
Solid Oxide electrolysis cell Solid Oxide
electrolysis cell
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Current status of high temp electrolysis
• High temperature electrolysis development is ongoing and interest is increasing – Main issues
• Cell reliability • Cell durability
– Key development areas • Cell design • Cell material optimization
• Current development status renders cost estimates highly uncertain
• Outlook – AITF has proposed a set of activities which would aim
to build a field scale demonstration prototype in 5 years
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Rocky Mountain Power ASISt FEED
• RMP is proposing a utility-scale compressed air energy storage facility near Lloydminster – Alberta Saskatchewan Intertie Storage (ASISt)
• AI-EES has approved co-funding for a FEED study for the ASISt initiative
• Presentation this afternoon
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AI-EES Works Closely with the CCEMC
• Helping Alberta meet its goals in Energy and Environment • Developing clean energy technologies
• Helping to reduce GHG emission in Alberta
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Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation
• Invests the CCEMF dollars into clean technology projects – $15/tonne from Alberta’s GHG regulation
• CCEMC has received $380M from ESRD • Calls for proposals held twice per year • Seven calls have been completed:
– 51 projects have been approved for funding – CCEMC commitment of $213M – 17 renewable energy projects
($98M committed)
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Wintering Hills Battery Storage Demonstration
• Last month, CCEMC announced $9.2M for battery storage demonstration project
• To be located at Suncor / Teck Wintering Hills wind facility
• Presentation this afternoon
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Closing Remarks
• Energy storage has strategic importance to Alberta
• Working together to make energy storage a reality in the province
• We need your bright ideas • Contact us:
Web: www.ai-ees.ca Email: [email protected] Also visit: www.ccemc.ca