Post on 20-Apr-2020
MICROGRIDS:USDOEOverview
G.Cardosogfcardoso@lbl.gov
DER-CAMOwnershipModelUse-Cases 0
MicrogridsforEnhancedResilience,Reliability,Economics,andEfficiency
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Resiliency: crucial recovery centers during major disruption eventsReliability: mitigate utility service interruptionsEconomics: arbitrage, demand management, controllable loadsEfficiency: renewables integration, combined heat and power
Path forward: seamless grid communication to enable grid services and providelow-cost solutions for grid management and damage mitigation
U.S.DOE- MicrogridProgramAreas
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ProgramAreas Objectives Goals
Remote,Off-gridMicrogrids
• Activecontrolofelectricalandthermalenergy• Standardizedmethodsforsystemdesignsand
performancemonitoring• Integrationoflocalenergysources
Advancethecapabilitiesofdistributionsystemtoolsforresiliency
Grid-connectedMicrogrids
• Planning/designtools• Operations/controltools• Integrationw.distributionsystems• Standardizedcost/performancedata
Reducefuelusageby50%,whileloweringsystemlife-cyclecostandimprovingreliability&resiliency
• Toolsforplanningandevaluationw.newmodeling/simulation/optimizationcapabilities
• EnablingimplementationincitiesandregionallyNetworkedMicrogrids
ResiliencyTools
Meetthedefinedreliability,resilience,andefficiencytargets,duringnormalandextremeeventconditions
AchievetheDOEprogramgoalsonreliability,efficiency,andcosts,andmeetcommunityresiliencyobjectives
• Pre-eventpreparation• During-eventdetectionandmitigation• Post-eventresponse,recovery,andremediation
Coordinatedevelopmentofstandardsformicrogridcontrollersandsystems;validatethestandardsviatestingStandardsandTesting
• Newandrevisedmicrogridstandards• Standardizedtestmethods&testing
CORE
CROSSCUT
ROMDST:RemoteOff-gridMicrogridsDesignSupportTool
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AdaptDER-CAMtodevelopanoptimization-baseddesignsupporttoolconsideringpowerflowforoptimummixofDERs.
Features– Remotecommunitymicrogrids– Networkconstraints(ACOPF)– N-1securityconstraints– Componentpartloadefficiencies– Interactivedatavisualizationcapabilities– ACorDCarchitectures– Multipleobjectives– Constraintsonfuelavailability– Componentlibrary– Networkdesign– DemonstrationandValidationwithAlaska
communities
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Fieldvalidationofresilience-baseddesignandoperationleveragingresourcesfrommultiplenetworkedmicrogrids.
Scope§ Develop and demonstrate practical use of resilience
metrics for coordinated operation; design to minimizeoutage and financial losses
§ Leverage rotational and virtual inertia of microgridassets including hydro, diesel, energy storage, andµPMU-based sensing to enhance resilience of theoverall distribution network
§ Rapidly prototype controllers as HIL and conductcyber-vulnerability testing in a real-time cyber-secureenvironment
§ Field validate increasing resiliency of the distributionsystem by leveraging resources from multiplenetworked microgrids
RADIANCE– ResilientAlaskanDistributionsystemImprovementsusingAutomation,Networkanalysis,Control,andEnergystorage
MicrogridEnergyManagementSystemIntegrationwithDMS
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AnintegratedsystemconsistingofDMS,OMS,DERMSandµEMScontrollersforefficientmanagementofDERs.
Phase1§ Developinganarchitectureof
integratedsystem(functions,communication,control,interoperability,security)
§ DevelopingusecasesfornewDMSfunctions
§ IdentifyingthegapsinintegrationofDMS,OMS,µEMS,andDERMS
§ Establishingtherelationshipbetweendifferentcomponents
§ DevelopingtestplanPhase2§ Labdemonstration§ Fieldimplementation
NetworkedMicrogridsOptimalDesignandOperations(OD&O)Tools
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Approach• Leveragedevelopmentofpastandongoingprojects
(ROMDST,RDDT,Microgridprotection,GridLAB-Ddevelopment,etc.)
• Newdevelopmentsin• Microgridanddistributionnetworkprotection
modeling• Network,microgrid,devicedynamics• Understanding/characterizationofregulatoryand
businessenvironments• Operations-baseddesignandinvestmentplanning
• Createanoffline OD&Otoolfornetworkedmicrogrids• PerformsoftwaretestingofOD&O• CreateseveraldesigntestcasesusingOD&O• Validateperformanceusingnumericalsimulations
andCIL/PHILtesting
Improvedistributionsystem(inthisorder)
• Resilience—(toextremeevents)• Reliability—(normal/singlefailures,
e.g.,N-1)• Economics—(combinedinvestmentand
operations)• Efficiency—(nottoosurehowthiswill
reallybeincorporated)
ResiliencyTools
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ResilientDistributionGridDesignToolDevelopanopen-sourcesoftware,LPNORM,toenabledistributionutilitiestoassesscurrentresilienceposturesanddetermineresilientdesignupgrades.
DistributionSystemRestorationToolDevelopanintegratedsystemrestorationtooltominimizeoutagesizes/durations,aswellasassociatedeconomicandsocietallosses,causedbyextremeweatherevents.
mitigate
recover
GoalsofIEEE2030.7&P2030.8§ Establishspecificationsandcorefunctiontestingfor
microgridcontrollerstoenableinteroperabilityofdifferentcontrollersandcomponentsneededtooperatecontrollersthroughcohesive,platform-independentinterfaces.
§ Allowforflexibility/customizationofcomponentsandcontrolalgorithmswhileensuringminimumrequirementscanbemet.
§ FocusonfunctionalrequirementsandinteroperabilitywithvariousDERinterfaces.
§ Strivetoestablishcomparativeperformanceindices.§ Considerallelectricalsysteminterfaces.§ Facilitatewideadoptionofstandardmicrogrid
controllerfunctionalandperformancerequirements.
SummaryStatus§ The2030.7andP2030.8arepoised
toenabledeploymentofmicrogrids.Ø CanbeusedforRFPs,
stakeholderunderstanding,etc.§ IEEE2030.7isnowanapproved
standard.§ BallotingclosedforIEEEP2030.8
(Jan2018).§ Thecorefunctionsforspecification
andtestingarequantifiabledispatchandtransitions.
IEEEStandardsforMicrogridControllers
Regionalmicrogridinitiatives
NewYork• NYPrizecompetitionadministeredbyNewYorkStateEnergyResearchand
DevelopmentAuthority(NYSERDA)• PromotecommunitymicrogridstomodernizeNY’sgrid• 3phaseprogram:
• 83feasibilitystudies,$100k• 11engineeringdesign,$1M• build-outandmonitoring,2018/2019
NewJersey• TownCenterMicrogridsprogram,administeredbytheBoardofPublicUtilities• Promotecommunitymicrogrids• 2phaseprogram:
• 13feasibilitystudies,$200k• Engineeringdesign
Multipleothernortheasternstateshavedevelopedmicrogridprograms
Regionalmicrogridinitiatives
California• CAleadssomeefforts:energyefficiency,EVsales• LargeEPIC grantstofundMicrogridresearchanddemonstrationsbyCalifornia
EnergyCommission:• DemonstrateBusinessCaseforAdvancedMicrogridsinSupportofCalifornia’s
EnergyandGHGPolicies($50M)• DistributionSystemModelingToolstoEvaluateDistributedEnergyResources
($9M)• CAStorageMandate;MicrogridRoadmap
PuertoRico• EfforttointegrateDERandmicrogridssupportedbyARPA-E(DOE)
• Determinepolicyandtechnologyoptions• Buildnewtooltoassessgrid-integrationofDER
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ContactInformation
GonçaloCardosogfcardoso@lbl.gov
http://building-microgrid.lbl.gov/