Sustainable Energy

Dr. Noel N. Schulz

Paslay Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering

Kansas State University

Outline of Discussion

• Noel‟s background

• Changing the conversation in the U.S.

• Technical Challenges to make

sustainability possible

• Opportunities for K-State

MSBS

Instructor PhD Asst Prof,

MTU

Assoc Prof,

MSUTVA

Professorship

Prof,

MSU

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Sabbatical,

Cardiff,

Wales

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Spent summer 1993

working for Northern

States Power

Company,

Minneapolis

Spent four

months on

sabbatical in the

UK and traveling

around EU

My Background

Technical interestsResearch Area:

Application of computers, including intelligent systems, to solve problems

in power systems operations; Alternative power systems

Teaching Interests:

Power systems, energy conversion, application of computer programs to

power engineering, application of intelligent systems to engineering

problems, fundamentals of electrical circuits and technical

communications in engineering

Administrative Interests:

Faculty Development, Administration Development, Women and Minorities

in Engineering, Engineering in a Global Community

Recent Research Activities and Interactions with Federal

Agencies, Utilities, Industry and International

Universities

Southern Company

EntergyTVA

DoD MURIOffice of Naval Research

SchweitzerDoE – Alternative Energy Mississippi Power

Homeland Security/Oak Ridge National

Laboratory

South Mississippi

Electric Power

Association

Cardiff University

Queen’s University Belfast

University of Manchester

University of Strathclyde

Brunel University

Distributed Generation/Sustainability

Research Activities

• Feasibility of small DG operations in Mississippi

– Wood Chips on Choctaw Site

– Photovoltaics at a Water Park

– Biomass on Farms

• DOE Projects

– DOE Biomass – Sustainable Energy Center

– Integration of Alternative Power into Distribution

Systems

• Combined Heating and Power or Cooling,

Heating and Power

• Household Solar Applications with Storage

Changing the Conversation in

the United States

• Opportunity to live for four months in

Cardiff, Wales

– Personal Experiences

– Professional Experiences

• National Challenges and

Opportunities

• Local Challenges/Opportunities

• Technical Challenges

Personal Experiences

• An Engineer in the UK

• Societal Differences

– Recycling versus Trash

– Public transportation

– Packaging/Plastic Bags

• Politically cool to be green

Professional Experiences• Conservation efforts at work

• Universities across UK and EU looking

to impact carbon footprint

• Creative solutions and implementations

• Question not “if” but “when”

National Challenges/Opportunities

• National Energy Policy with consistent

incentive and long term tax benefits

• Balancing Reliability expectations with

sustainability goals

• Aging Workforce Issues

EU Goals for Renewables

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN

PARLIAMENT, Renewable Energy Road Map, Renewable energies in the 21st century:

building a more sustainable future,

Balancing Reliability and

Sustainability

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Engineering Workforce Employees Exiting

46% of electric utility engineering jobs could be vacated by

2012 *

*Source: Gaps in the Energy Workforce Pipeline: A 2007 Workforce Survey Report From

the Center for Energy Workforce Development Center

Local Challenges/OpportunitiesOne size does not fit all!

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Courtesy of Mississippi Power and Mills Farm

Siting and Sizing of Distributed Generation

• Flexible Siting

– Possible Support of the Grid

– Location where “fuel” is transported for conversion

• Non-Flexible Siting

– Use fuel as close to origin as possible

– Smaller farm/business operation

• Sizing

– Load on Site

– Available fuel and DG technology

– Pricing Structure

Technical Challenges

• Sustainable energy equipment costs

• Quantifying economic and social

benefits

• Life cycle costs

• Interconnection issues

• Storage

• Political issues

Interconnection Issues

• IEEE Standard 1547 -- Interconnection– http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/scc21/dr_shared/

• Key Issues– Protection of Utility and DG

– Synchronization

– Safety Issues

– Metering

Utility Benefits to DG

Going Green Benefits

• Decreased losses

• Delayed upgrading of infrastructure

• Possible VAR support

• Possible Decrease in Generation Costs

• Emergency Generation and/ or Islanding Capabilities

Some utilities actually talking about doing their own DG

Opportunities for Emergency

Islanding with DG

• Reliability expectations are higher and higher

• Natural Disasters create disruptions in infrastructure

– Tornados

– Lightning

– Hurricane Katrina

• Develop a plan for temporary emergency generation

to support local pockets until interconnection

capabilities available

New publishing opportunityIEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy --- To Be Launched in 2010

PERIODICAL FINANCIAL CO-SPONSORS:

IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS)

IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) IEEE Industrial Applications Society (IAS)

PERIODICAL TECHNICAL CO-SPONSORS:

IAS, IES, PELS, SSIT (Society of Social Implication of Technology), Photonics, OES

(Oceanic Engineering Society)

PERIODICAL OFFICIAL SCOPE:

The IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy is intended to be a cross disciplinary and

internationally archival journal aimed at disseminating results of research on sustainable energy

that relates to, arises from, or deliberately influences energy generation, transmission, distribution

and delivery. The journal will publish original research on theories and development on principles

of sustainable energy technologies and systems. The Transactions will also welcome manuscripts

on design, implementation and evaluation of power systems that are affected by sustainable

energy. Surveys of existing work on sustainable energy may also be considered for publication

when they propose a new viewpoint on history and a challenging perspective on the future of

sustainable energy.

Opportunities for K-State

• Land grant mission – its our

responsibility

• Strong engineering and agricultural

activities to help find solutions

• Opportunities for dialog to work on

public perception and acceptance along

with technical and policy issues

Thanks for the opportunity to share ideas!

Questions?

Contact me at noels@ksu.edu