Advanced Energy Technologies for Efficient Demand-Side-Management Jo Morten Sletner, CTO, eSmart Systems

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2. We are guided by two trends
The implementation of smart grids The Nexus of Forces in IT
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3. Trends in the power system
• New, renewable power generation
– Small hydro
– Wind power
– Solar PV
• New types of electric consumption
– Heat pumps
– Direct-heating of water
– Induction stoves
– Electric vehicles
• Distribution grid need investments to handle these
new energy resources

4. Can we reduce future grid investments?
• Increase the utilization factor of the existing grid capacity
– Require better and more detailed predictions of load and generation
– Control flexible loads to shift load in time and reduce peak loads
• Only build new grid capacity when required
– More accurate, bottom up calculations of Load flow analysis.
– Based on more detailed metered and predicted data
• These challenges require new technology

5. New technology requirements
• Big Data
• Analytics
• Control
• Real time

6. What is Big Data?
Volume Variety Velocity Veracity
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7. • Customer information
• Weather data
• Market information
• Geography/Map
• Grid and network topology
• Smart meters
• Social media / Twitter
• Video (Web Camera / Drone)
• News
Combining data - See the whole picture

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