Inovgrid and new challenges for smart grids on urban environments

Ricardo PrataNetwork Planning Dept.EPP PhD Student at IST

Lisbon, 18th Nov. 2014

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EDP … From a local electricity incumbent to a global energy player with a strong presence in Europe, Brazil and considerable investments in USA

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UK

USACanada

Portugal

Angola

Spain

Italy

FranceBelgium

PolandRomania

China中国

Brazil

Brazil

16% of EBITDA•Presence since 1996•Power generation: 2.2 GW (from which 1.8GW is hydro)•2 electricity distribution concessions

Portugal

41% of EBITDA (Exc. Wind)•Privatization in 1997 (IPO)•Single electricity distributor

Spain

17% of EBITDA (Excl. Wind)•Presence since 2001•# 2 in gas distribution

Wind Power

26% of EBITDA•IPO in Jun 08‐•Wind Power: 8.0 GW

Key Figures:

• Top World level Electric Sector in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

• #3 World wind energy company

• #1 Portuguese industrial group

• EBITDA 2013:

Portugal 44%

Other 56%

Energy efficiency

Smartgrids

RenewableEnergy

ElectricMobility

Smarter grids are the key to meet the new challenges faced by DSOs, in a world moving towards a decarbonised economy

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SubstationStation

EB

Production Transmission

HV network

Distribution Network

Secondary Substation

MV network LV network

Retailer/Consumer

WAN HANLAN

Energy efficiency

Renewable Energy

Electric Mobility

Central Systems (commercial & technical)

Distribution Transformer Controller (DTC) EDP Box (EB)

The main elements in the InovGrid architecture cover the LV network and provide access to commercial & technical data

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InovCity showroom

Energy efficiency case studies

EV charging points

Enhanced microgeneration integration

New products and services

DTC installed in all secondary substations

New public lighting solutions

Évora Inovcity main characteristics

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Évora InovCity has the scale, the network diversity, the costumers and the context that enable a deep evaluation of the Inovgrid solution.

30k EDP Boxes and 340 DTCs were installed on the municipality, serving 50k inhabitants

Évora has been selected as the living lab for the Inovgrid project: the InovCity

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InovCity website

InovCity Showroom in City Centre

Client research and Social studies

Energy Bus in Évora

Presence in the local press

Mailing and information to Évora Clients

Test of new products and services

In-home displays in selected clients

Smart Grids conferences and meetings in Évora

Newsletter to all energy professionals in Évora region

Collaboration with Évora University

Involvement of the Town Hall and other local public authorities

The project developed a strong involvement of local stakeholders and population

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Series1

Distribution System Operator

CAPEX

OPEX

DSO

Custom.

Society Net Value

Costs Benefits

Illustrative Cost-Benefits Analysis

The business case is clearly positive for InovGrid, but there is an unbalanced distribution of costs and benefits

Energy Efficiency3.9% energy reduction InovCity

C&T LossesReduction expected between 2% and 4%

Field OperationsLarge majority will be done remotely

Main quantified benefits

EDP Distribuição, is deploying the concept in other locations, to consolidate knowledge and test different technologies

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2020...

InovGrid deployment schedule

30k EBs(Évora InovCity)

+150k EBs(6 new locations)

+200k EBs(keep expansion)

6M EBs(full rollout)

Rollout date tbd

Government decision pending

Key drivers:

• New technologies (PLC PRIME, RF Mesh);

• Different social and environmental characteristics;

• Different grid conditions;

• New smart grids applications;

• Increasing business process integration...

Conclusions

• EDP Distribuição focus on value creation in customer centric services and involving local stakeholders active participation

• developing a future-proof solution in a project commercially tested, enabling innovative smart services, as demonstrated in Évora – the 1st Iberian InovCity

• strongly aligned with EDP group strategy aiming at Europe’s goals

• involved in European Initiatives, Institutions and Projects focused on knowledge sharing and dissemination

Thank you!

ricardo.prata@edp.pt