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Anda Ray
SVP, External Relations and Technical Resources
CAMPUT 2017
Vancouver, BC
May 8, 2017
Our Energy Future:
Integrated Energy Network
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Three Dimensions of EPRI’s Value
To provide value to the public, our members, and the electricity sector
Thought Leadership Industry Expertise Collaborative Model
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NetworkMore Engaged Customers
Customers are being more engaged with the way
they use, produce and manage their energy.
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Growth of Smart Cities
A Smart City...
…Uses communication networks, wireless sensor, technology
and intelligent data management to make decisions in real time
about infrastructure needs and services delivery.
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Potential Effects of the Sharing Economy
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“Digital Utility” – Utility 4.0
“Ubiquitous
Communication Network”
“Model Based Planning &
Operation” “Sensor Network and
Smart M&D
“Data Science and
Analytics”
“Digital Worker and Digital
Workforce”
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Distributed Energy Resources and Microgrids/Nanogrids
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The Integrated Grid Platform
Reliability, Connectivity and Flexibility – realizing the full
value of the Integrated Grid. EPRI Report
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The “Internet of Things” Connectivity
26 billion devices will be connected to the internet of things by
2020 – including home automation, integrated grid, smart
cities, transportation, space conditioning and lighting.
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“Global Points of View”
Using Cleaner Energy
• Efficiency emerges across the energy sector
• Electricity demand outpaces energy demand
• Efficient electrification accelerates
• Transportation becomes more efficient and cleaner
Producing Cleaner Energy
• Energy reduces environmental footprint
• Central-station generation serves an anchor role
• Renewable energy deploys rapidly
Integrating Energy Resources
• Integrated electric grid is key enabler
• Internet of Things creates connectivity opportunities
• Connections across energy sources important
• Higher expectations for power quality/reliability
• Security/resiliency challenges and opportunities
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The Energy System Today is Fragmented
Companies, products, business models, regulation
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Integration can Improve Reliability, Increase Efficiency,
Create New Opportunities, and Expand Customer Choice
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The Integrated Energy Network: Connecting Customers to Reliable, Safe, Affordable and Cleaner Energy
Using Cleaner
Energy through
Efficiency and
Electrification
Producing
Cleaner
Energy
Integrating
Energy
Resources
+ Cross-cutting Issues
Improves Reliability
– Integration enables quick
assessment, containment, and rapid
response
Promotes Economic Efficiency,
Energy Efficiency, and Cleaner
energy
– Integration makes possible a wide
array of efficient, affordable, cleaner
energy options
Expands Customer Choice and
Enhances Value
– Digitalization of energy provides both
near-term and unforeseeable
opportunities
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Network
Through Energy Efficiency and
Electrification
Using Affordable, Cleaner Energy:
5C’s:
Comfort, Convenience, Choice, and Control…Cost-effectively
SOLAR FARM
MICROGRID
NATURAL GAS
COMMUNICATION
TOWERS
COAL PLANTNUCLEAR PLANT
WIND GEN
ELECTRIFICATION
TRANSMISSION
COMMUNITY NETWORK
CYBER SECURITYHYDROGEN PLANT
BUSINESS &
INDUSTRY DISTRIBUTION
DESALINATION PLANT
More engaged Customers at the center, expanded choice
GEN IV NUCLEAR
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Using Cleaner Energy:Electricity Growing Faster than Total Energy
Growth driven by efficiency, convenience, safety, and low cost
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Water Conservation Examples with Electric
Technologies
8MILLION GALLONS PER
YEAR IN ONE FACILITY
REDUCES COOLING TOWER
WATER WASTE BY
HEAT RECOVERY CHILLER
114
CAN DECREASE WATER USE
IN U.S. PAPER INDUSTRY BY
INFRARED HEATING
MILLION GALLONS PER DAY
90%
INDOOR AGRICULTURE
REDUCES WATER USAGE BY
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Through More Efficient,
Environmentally Sustainable, and
Flexible Generation
Energy ResourcesProducing Cleaner Energy:
Flexible central generation, storage, better forecasts to balance variable generation
Flexible distributed generation, active customers
Natural gas growing as a percent of electricity production
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Producing Cleaner Energy – The “New” Flexibility
Flexibility is a critical feature for future energy generation/supply
Source: Idaho National Laboratory
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Network
Through New Control Technologies
and Markets
Integrating Energy Resources:
Physical connections augmented by secure data
and communications
Smart communications allows interdependence in multiple energy sources, including natural resources
The Integrated (electric) Grid
is a key enablerBig Data and Data Analytics
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Integrated Energy Network – Key Insights
The Integrated Energy Network requires rethinking energy
Efficiency and electrification play essential roles in the
future energy system
Integrated (Electric) Grid enables the IEN
Innovation is needed in technology, policy, regulation,
business models and market designs to effect an efficient
transformation
Global collaboration in innovation necessary
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Integrated Energy NetworkWebsite: http://ien.epri.com
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A Perspective on the Future of Energy: Scenarios, Trends and Global Points of View
Introduction: Integrated Energy NetworkConnecting Customers to Reliable, Affordable, and Cleaner Energy
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Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity
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