SECO looks at how to manage the energy demands of the many elements when you have many sources, including the grid, but also local wind turbines, solar panels, geo-thermal as well as a local generator and possible energy storage. SECO optimises this many-to-many problem to ensure demand is met and that the cost of energy is minimised.
2. TSSG
• Founded: In 1996, has 100+ researchers (112 people) in Waterford.
• Expertise: is a leading software R&D Centre with particular expertise in network, mobile
and communications services.
• Science: is a leading SFI funded SRC Centre working with IBM, Cisco and Alcatel-Lucent.
• International: is one of Ireland’s leaders in the EU collaborative R&D programmes
(FP7/Horizon 2020) and has worked with over 450 companies on these programmes.
• Industry: completed over 110 direct industry projects in Ireland over the past 5 years and
has spun out a number of leading international start-ups such as FeedHenry Ltd
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Telecommunications Software & Systems Group
3. Storage
Battery, Thermal,
Pumped Hydro, CAES
Load – Selectable,
Predictable
EV’s, Thermal, Pumping, Data Centres
Market
SEM Pricing
Wind Forecasting
Tariffs
Demand Prediction
DSU’s AGU’s
Distributed Generation
Renewables – Wind, Solar
CHP
SECO
Smart Energy
Cluster
Optimisation
SECO – Smart Energy Cluster Optimisation
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SECO ‘ties it all together’
4. New paradigm
• Supply/Demand balancing
• Requirement to cater for
Intermittency & Variability of
Renewables
• Energy Conservation, Energy
Efficiency, De-carbonised
energy
• Mandatory EU Targets
The Problem & Opportunity Identification
Old paradigm
• 100% Demand driven
• Large Centralised Power
and Old, Unidirectional
Infrastructure
• Inefficiencies, e.g. Spinning
Reserve
• 29% of ETS* CO2 emitted
by the power industry
Transition will not occur with a
‘Top Down’ Approach
* ETS + EU Emissions Trading Scheme
5. • Microgrids not alone reduce the cost of energy to the end
consumer
• ++ the balancing/ramping/frequency/voltage services can be
sold to the grid operator – Ancillary Services
• ++ microgrids are a tangible manifestation of Smart Grid that
enable the further evolution of Smart Grid
Why Solve It?
• but allow the consumer to make
profit on their energy by
exploiting arbitrage opportunities
in the electricity market
• Intelligence gives Control – turn
Consumers into Prosumers
6. • Smart Grid must put the ‘End User’ in the Centre
• Incentivise behaviour – Dynamic Tariffs
• Facilitate Distributed Generation
• Control = Power = Playmaker
• Consumer Participation
• Intelligent Decision System
Solution
8. Benefits hierarchy - consumer
• Energy cost savings
• Energy arbitrage – profit opportunity
• Security of supply
– Availability & Price
• CSR (Green)
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Benefits hierarchy – Grid Operator
& Energy Regulator
• Capacity
• Balancing/ramping etc
• De-Carbonised energy
• Energy independence
• Energy price
9. • Model the factory/cluster load to establish an
accurate profile with a view to predicting upcoming
demand and trends
• Integrate with market to optimise real time pricing
• Enable demand side management mechanisms
• Enable Distributed Generation technologies including
wind, CHP, battery storage, diesel generation, etc.
• Potentially trade power within the cluster (future)
• Model various scenarios to optimise and maximise
returns
• Model these scenarios versus acceptable risk profiles
thereby retaining control on site
SECO in Industrial Settings
10. • Stage 1 - Test bed sites in Industrial Load Centres
• Stage 2 – Enabling Virtual Power Plants with
complimentary vertical partners
- Storage Technologies
- Distributed Generation
- Voltage Optimisation
- Ancillary Services
- EMS Systems
• Stage 3 - Microgrid partners in UK, EU and US
Route to Market
11. • New Paradigm
• Green Wave of Innovation
• Prosumers
• Energy Independence
• Low Carbon Economy = 6th Wave
• Ancillary Services/Negawatts – DSM, VPP, VNM,…….
All need Intelligence and Control to be effective
• Hierarchy of Smart Grid – Dynamic Tariffs, Consumer
Participation, Control, RE, Decision Systems
The Future
13. • SECO Algorithms and platform
– developed by PhD level Optimisation experts
– exclusive license from TSSG (WIT)
• Extensive industry knowledge input to platform
– Principal Investigator, Concept Developer &
Promoter from the Energy sector
• TSSG expertise in development of high level software
and Optimisation systems
Intellectual Property
14. Thank you for your attention
Any questions?
Contact: Sean Lyons
slyons@tssg.org
051 302761
Notas do Editor
If you consider an industrial estate or a large complex such as the Intel HQ in Leixlip, SECO looks at how to manage the energy demands of the many elements when you have many sources, including the grid, but also local wind turbines, solar panels, geo-thermal as well as a local generator and possible energy storage. SECO optimises this many-to-many problem to ensure demand is met and that the cost of energy is minimised.