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Gaelectric Energy Storage
22nd November 2013
Future European Perspective for Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)
Keith McGrane
Society Power
High Renewables
Energy
Reserves
~5% 10+%
Renewables Integration
Reserves
Wind output falls
50% Technical limit
Penetration Ramps
Curtailment
Illustrating the Business Case
Value is the economic efficiency of flexible reserves
Typical week
Night-Time Wind Day-Time Wind
Not only Ireland
• Britain – imposed its own 50% technical limit
• Germany – greater number of stop-starts, reducing reserve availability levels, curtailment
• Spain – curtailment, severe morning ramping, cycling
• Italy – reduction of 25-30% reserve levels over the past 4-years
How to lose half a trillion euros
Europe’s electricity providers face an existential threat
World PH (x1000MW)
120
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Year
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
World Nuclear
(x1000MW)
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Nuclear
PH
Oil Crisis CAES 1978
2010
We Have Been Here Before
Video Insert
Larne CAES Project – Leading the way
Ballylumford, Moyle I/C, SNIP
Larne 268MW Project • Numerous flexible reserve services • Drilling in progress to provide data for final cavern design
Planning submission Q2 2014 Financial Close 2015 Operations 2017
13 Artist impression
Value Proposition