Electric cars, solar panels, and batteries in New Zealand ...€¦ · moment, it could be in future...
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Electric cars, solar panels, and batteries in New Zealand – Are we best positioned to take advantage of these technologies?
Presentation to the Young Energy Professional Network Simon Coates, Concept Consulting 8 June 2016
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Context to study
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The same technologies have dominated electricity for decades
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Centralised, economies of scale generation and transport Simple meters
‘Dumb’ appliances
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Now, many new technologies are converging to disrupt this picture
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Computing
Communications
Advanced metering
Smart appliances Batteries Photovoltaics
Sensors
Electric vehicles
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These technologies represent a huge opportunity…
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Cheaper, more reliable networks
Cheaper, cleaner transport
Cheaper, cleaner energy
Lower retail cost-to-serve
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… and are fundamentally challenging grid generation
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NEM grid demand
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Uptake of some new technology in New Zealand is starting to accelerate (e.g. solar PV)
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But are things heading in the
right direction for New Zealand?
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• Good outcomes will only emerge if the new decision-makers – i.e. consumers – have the right incentives and information
• This currently doesn’t appear to be the case
“Democratisation of energy”
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Decision making is moving from the boardroom… … to the living room
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Study being undertaken to examine potential consequences of poor technology uptake
• Three separate reports 1) Environmental outcomes given New Zealand’s renewables-dominated grid generation circumstances 2) Economic consequences
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3) Social consequences – ‘Cost-shifting’ from technology uptake by
some consumers, resulting in network & retail cost-recovery being shifted onto others
– Consequences from altered tariff structures to address the problem, resulting in winners & losers
Particular focus on whether low-income consumers generally better or worse off
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Concept study, but with support from 8 organisations
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Summary of emissions report
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Detailed market projections undertaken to examine emissions impact of technology uptake
• Concept’s market models work out least-cost generation build and operation, now and into future, based on key drivers, e.g.: – Demand growth and shape – Fuel & CO2 prices – Generating technology costs
• Run two scenarios – one with new technology uptake (e.g. solar PV, EVs, or batteries), and – one without
• Impact of technology on grid generation build and operation – and hence emissions
• Repeated over many different scenarios (e.g. fuel price, CO2 price, Tiwai in/out, etc.) to determine whether nature and scale of impact is consistent
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Projected NZ generation with / without EVs for sample scenario
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No EV uptake High EV uptake
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Majority of future EV demand is met by increased wind generation
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Once system is more in balance, increased EV demand = new baseload (i.e. renewable) generation
V. Early years, increased demand = increased existing fossil gen.
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Projected NZ generation with / without solar PV for sample scenario
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No Solar PV High Solar PV
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Three ‘phases’ of solar PV impact
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1. Current system overcapacity. Increased PV reduced fossil
2. System in balance. Increased PV = a) Reduced new baseload (i.e. renewable) build. b) No avoided fossil. c) Hydro progressively works harder to provide summer /
winter balancing
3. Hydro seasonal flex is exhausted Increased PV is as per 2., except further seasonal balancing met by increased fossil and increased spill
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Considering all effects, EVs represent the biggest opportunity to de-carbonise our economy
• Analysis also considered avoided tailpipe emissions for EVs, and embodied emissions in manufacture of the technology
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Flattening of demand curve more renewables & less thermal
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Our situation is different to most overseas countries
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Coal-powered EVs overseas don’t save emissions compared to our wind-powered EVs
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And PVs avoiding overseas coal-fired generation is clearly better than New Zealand PVs displacing wind generation
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Plus overseas summer-peaking markets mean PV has a beneficial seasonal profile
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Economic impact of new technologies
Report yet to be finalised, but provisional findings…
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EVs face pricing barriers to their uptake
• Night-time electricity charging price being too high
• Little ability to be rewarded from injecting at peak
• CO2 prices being lower than ‘true’ social cost
• Currently largely offset by avoiding paying for roading charge, – but this is due to be removed
in 2021
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• Scale of economic cost from delayed EV uptake could be $hundreds of millions
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Solar PV being over-rewarded for generation
• Principal benefit to consumers from solar PV is avoiding paying average residential tariff
• However, value of solar PV to New Zealand likely to be a lot lower
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Solar PV is being paid for a service it is not providing
• Residential tariff intended to be broadly equitable, and not too inefficient, means of recovering costs given metering & billing technology constraints
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• Not intended to be a means of paying for generation. • Has effect of solar PV being paid as if it were reducing network and retail
costs, whereas such costs are not reduced. – (Indeed, solar PV may increase both network & retail CTS costs)
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Although solar PV generally not economic for consumers at moment, it could be in future – but not for New Zealand
• NZIER estimate of economic cost from inefficient uptake of solar PV ≈ $2.7-$5bn
• Our estimate is $1.2bn - $2.6bn
• Renewable grid generation likely to be much cheaper for New Zealand
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None of the technologies avoid the need to build the grid
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Summary
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Wrong price signals poor technology uptake
• Too much uptake of technologies which consume most, or generate least, during peak periods – Solar PV – Electric heating
• Too little uptake of technologies which
– Contribute to avoiding peak demand, e.g.: • Non-electric heating (wood or gas) • Home insulation • ‘Smart’ appliances • Vehicle-to-grid electric vehicles (EVs)
– Consume most at off-peak periods, e.g. • EVs
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Getting price signals right is critically important. But challenging!
• Wrong prices to consumers – Worse environmental
outcomes – Higher energy & transport
costs – Poor social outcomes
• Transitioning to the ‘right’ prices won’t be easy – Inevitably winners & losers
• Need: – Evidenced-based basis on
which to make decisions – Appropriate incentives on
networks & retailers – Broader political &
consumer buy-in
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The key lesson from Australia, Hawaii, Germany, UK, ….
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Get things right before it is too late!
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Thank you
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