Electric Grid Transformation: Towards Smart, Sustainable and Economic

Pramod P. KhargonekarUniversity of California, Irvine

INEEL Workshop on Smart Grids and Smart MicrogridsCuernavaca, MorelosMéxicoSeptember 18-19, 2018

Drivers for Change

Need to reduce CO2 emissions from power generation to mitigate global warming – integrate wind and solar

Increase reliability and resilience of electric power systems

Increase economic efficiency and reduce costs of meeting electric energy demand

Aging electric grid infrastructure

Provide affordable access to electric energy

Decreasing prices of solar and wind energy

Source: DOE Q

uadrennial Energy Review, 2017

Energy + InformationCyber Physical Social System

Source: US DOE

Los Angeles Times

“electric utilities and other service providers to generate 60%

of their power from renewable sources by 2030, up from the 50%

goal previously set”

Paradigm Shift in Control of Electric Grids

Classical paradigm: Control electricity supply to match random time-varying demand

Emerging paradigm: Use advanced management and control to ensure random time-varying supply matches random time-varying demand

Flexibility is a Key to the Future

Elements of SolutionBetter forecasting of wind and solar generation

Wind and solar operating in electricity markets

Smart grid technologies for increased visibility into the grid

Management and control of distributed energy resources

Harnessing demand flexibility via distributed controls

Emerging storage technologies, electric vehicles, …

Our work addresses theoretical aspects of many of these problems

Evolving and Overlapping Solution Concepts

Virtual Power Plants (VPP)

Distributed Energy Resources Management Systems (DERMS)

Microgrids – Traditional and Community

Clean energy portfolios

UCI has a World Class Microgrid Program

Advanced Power and Energy Program

Professor Scott Samuelson

UCI Campus Microgrid

UCISubstation66kV/12kV

EdisonMacArthurSubstation

66kV

CentralPlant:8chillers

Gasturbine:13MWSteamturbine:6MW SolarRooftopPV

4MW

ThermalStorage4,500,000Gal

60,000Ton-Hour

CPV113kW

ZEV•NETvehiclefleet

180kg/dayH2Station

BatteryStorage2MW/500kWh

TES

Metering

UCI Campus Microgrid

• DOEInitiative:Developa“GenericMicrogridController”• ProjectTeam:

– UCIAPEP– CaliforniaIndependentSystemOperator

– SouthernCaliforniaEdison

UCI Generic Microgrid Controller

ISLANDING

February 12, 2018

Key Facts

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pramod.Khargonekar@uci.eduhttp://faculty.sites.uci.edu/khargonekar/