Slide from Netsci2014 at Berkeley, US, 2014.
We analyse supply and demand pairs between power plants and substations on Chilean power-grid network. The system load are used as the unit for life cycle greenhouse gas allocation.
1. Energy distance
in an electric power grid
Department of Energy Science,
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea
6 June, 2014. NetSci2014, Berkeley, CA
Heetae Kim, Petter Holme
2. Energy distance
↳Network analysis
Result
↳Estimate path-considered environmental impacts
Greenhouse gas emission
↳Life cycle assessment
Necessity of improvement
↳Topological imbalance
Background
↳ Motivation
↳ Environmental impacts of electric power system
↳ Necessity
Outline
19. Total emission
Conversion
factor of
Electricity
consumption
Total emission
Conversion
factor of
Electricity
consumption
What is now
Total emission
Conversion
factor of
Electricity
consumption
Total emission
Conversion
factor of
Facility
usage
What is ideal
×
×
×
×
22. Why is the transmission load not negligible?
The topological imbalance of transmission paths
↳Extreme scale of power grid
↳Various supply-demand pairs
Necessity
40. Electric power market is becoming more complex.
It is required to reflect the complex
supply and demand relationship
in the environmental impact assessment
46. Energy distance GHG allocationTotal GHG emissions 2 31
SIC center of Economic Load Dispatch (CDEC-SIC)
✓the main national electricity system
✓serves 92% of country’s population
✓10 regions out of 15
✓42 provinces out of 57
Data collection
✓2007 to 2012
System boundary
47. Energy distance GHG allocationTotal GHG emissions 2 31
SIC center of Economic Load Dispatch (CDEC-SIC)
✓the main national electricity system
✓serves 92% of country’s population
✓10 regions out of 15
✓42 provinces out of 57
Data collection
✓2007 to 2012
System boundary
48. ↳CO2 conversion factor × amount of electricity consumption [ISO(2006) “ISO14044”]
Energy distance GHG allocationTotal GHG emissions 2 31
= g CO2/ kWh × kWh
= g CO2
g CO2/ kWh MWh
0.006 325
0.266 13,450
0.157 7,946
0.285 14,385
0.027 1,1,358
0.020 1,013
0.239 12,072
= 23.02 Mt CO2-eq
GHG emissions
of Chilean electric power system
Itten, R. et al. (2013). "Life Cycle Inventories of Electricity Mixes and Grid", ESU-services Ltd.
CNE (2012). "Instalaciones de transmisión por sistema eléctrico nacional." Comisión Nacional de Energía
49. Energy distance GHG allocationTotal GHG emissions 2 31
Amount of electricity consumption × Transmission distance
ei = mijdij
j
∑
i : a substation
j : a power plant
eij : energy distance of i
mij: the amount of electricity supply from j to i
dij : the transmission distance from j to i
i
j Power plant
Substation
Transmission
distance d
2
A
B
1
Greedy algorithm
↳the nearest substation has priority
Possible
pair
Transmission
distance
Optim
al
Electricity
supply m
50. Energy distance GHG allocationTotal GHG emissions 2 31
466 Nodes
↳129 Power plants
291 Substations
46 Towers
543 edges
51. Energy distance GHG allocationTotal GHG emissions 2 31
466 Nodes
↳129 Power plants
291 Substations
46 Towers
543 edges
52. Energy distance GHG allocationTotal GHG emissions 2 31
466 Nodes
↳129 Power plants
291 Substations
46 Towers
543 edges
59. by energy distanceby consumption
Energy distance GHG allocationTotal GHG emissions 2 31
676
66000
kt CO2
Greenhouse gas emissions allocated
60. by energy distanceby consumption
Energy distance GHG allocationTotal GHG emissions 2 31
676
66000
kt CO2
Greenhouse gas emissions allocated
61. Network analysis on electric power grid
↳ Useful not only topological analysis but also functional analysis
Energy distance
↳ Both # of electricity consumption and transmission distance
Re-allocate environmental impacts to users
↳ Life cycle assessment on GHG emissions
↳ Energy distance analysis
↳ Make the fair allocation possible
Summary