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.

1. Sean Lyons 26th January 2016

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

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Turn on/off load on
market signals

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

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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