3. UK Power Networks
GENERATION TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION SUPPLY
INDUSTRIAL
COMMERCIAL
RESIDENTIAL
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4. UK Power Networks % of
Total Industry
End Customers
8.0 28%
Millions
Service Area
29,165 12%
km²
Underground
134,767 29%
Network km
Overhead
47,391 15%
Network km
Energy Distributed
89.4 28%
TWh
Peak Demand
16,229 N/A
MW
New Connections 130,768 35%
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5. Low Carbon London - A learning journey
Learning how to create a smart low carbon city
A pioneering demonstration project,
trialling new technologies, commercial
innovation and design, operation and
network management strategies…
Smart Meters
Wind Twinning
Demand Side Management, I&C, Smart Appliances,
Demand Flexibility
Distributed Generation
Electric Vehicles
Heat Pumps
New Tools, Operational and Investment Practices
Learning Lab
Conclusions/Video 5
6. Low Carbon London
LCL Organisation Programme Sponsor
Ben Wilson
LCL Privacy Group
Duncan Page, Sacha
Structure Hollis, Brian Kelly, James
Gooding
Vision Design Authority
Dave Openshaw, Sara Bell,
Programme Director Cristiano Marantes
Programme Admin Liam O’Sullivan
Joy Davidian
Engineering Working Group
Asset Management
Design Standards
Neil Johnson
Programme Planner Programme Office Programme Manager Finance manager Networks operations
Rob Maddocks Brian Kelly Sujit Wijayatilleke
Antonio Gomes
Communication, Stakeholder & Solution Design Authority
SPM SPM SPM
Customer Engagement Mike Bray
Andrew Moring Brian Kelly (Interim) Alan Higginson
Polly Whyte
Vidia Pallaram (FT) TA
WS01 - WT WS04 – SM & WS03 – EV, PV
Adrian Putley
WS02 - DG WS06 – New Tools WS08 – New Ops
Carina Correia (PT) Andrew British Gas & HP
Paul Pretlove James Gooding Peter Lang
Alabraba Loic Hares Abs Manneh
Holly Bolton (FT) Trial Design
Babalola O (FT) Georgia Davies
Duncan Page
BA
WS12 - CT WS15 – L&D WS11 – IFS Suzi Newman
WS09 – ODS WS 07- LL WS10 – IE
Nicolette Dorril Polley Dennis
Nigel Murkitt Mark Bilton Kyra Quinn
Walshe (PT) Moynihan
BA
Peter Rints Steve Hesketh James Schofield Sree Mennon
Tony Mason
TBC
BA
TBC (FT) – Full Time LCL Leadership Don McPhail
(PT) – Part Time team
WS05 – DRM
TBC
Andrew BA
Alabraba
David Boyer
Additional resource LCL Work stream
Additional
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Programme
Controls
7. Progress: some key highlights
• A comprehensive project plan, solution design, trial hypothesis, test
cases and a fully mobilised delivery team – deliver the learning AND the
programme outcomes & objectives.
• A common demand response contract between three external
aggregators and UK Power Networks to enable sign up of customers to
reduce load at peak times on selected substations. 13.8MW’s signed up
and further 5MW in pipeline this month.
• DG/ANM trials: c. 30 sites currently identified, 2 formally signed up;
further 8 in advanced stages, mass acquisition commences next month.
• First customers identified for EV trial: 30 res, 70 commercial, 675
CP’sImperial College London and Transport for London, trial activation
commenced.
• Smart meter ‘pilot’ in Lewisham (Low Carbon Zone) and Canning Town
(Green Enterprise District) to test customer engagement and roll out
strategy – complete and c.4500 +700 customers signed up; further 2000 7
by end of Sept plus ToU rollout by November.
8. Progress: some key highlights
• Customer Working Group: established with focus groups with key
stakeholders and customers to inform customer engagement for trials.
• Learning sharing: ENA demand response seminar, ANM learning events;
responsive demand workshop (October 2011); DR Learning Events, smart
metering rollout and ToU tariffs February 2012; Distribution Generation
CHPa event March 2012 and others planned throughout programme.
• Learning dissemination: Internal and International seminars and teams
hosted last year and this.
• Learning leveraging: support for FP7, TSB and other technology,
innovation trials and system design, operation and management
techniques
• Learning Laboratory: opened 5th October 2011.
• Trial participant acquisition: activation commenced – DR, DG, EV, HP and
PV. 8
9. We will learn and demonstrate how
to…
…maximise opportunities for low carbon, …respond to new demands on the electricity
distributed and micro-generated electricity network from a low carbon economy
…work with communities and businesses …match local energy demand with national low
to help them manage demand carbon energy demand
UKERC Smart Meters for Smart Grids
UK Perspective - 25 Mar 2010
10. Low Carbon London
Explore opportunities in established communities in
the GLA Low Carbon Zones …
Map legend
1. Muswell Hill - LB Haringey
2. Archway - LB Islington
3. Queen’s Park - LB Westminster
4. Barking – LB Barking & Dagenham
5. Ham and Petersham – LB Richmond
6. Wandle Valley – LB Merton
7. Hackbridge – LB Sutton
8. Brixton – LB Lambeth
9. Peckham – LB Southwark
10. Lewisham – LB Lewisham
Source: GLA
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13. Low Carbon London
Smart power for a sustainable future
Create a 2020 scenario today to investigate
and address the challenges and
opportunities that DNOs will face in
powering cities in a low carbon future.
A project for London… learning for all Great Britain
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14. London - The ideal case study…
London has the highest carbon footprint of all GB cities…
Total CO2/km2 (kt CO2/km2)
0.0 - 10.0
… is critical to the nation’s economy 10.0 - 50.0
50.0 - 100.0
100.0 - 150.0
150.0 - 550.0
(21% of GVA)
But also:
• characterises every major town and city in Great Britain
• anticipates the new challenges for all future urban networks:
47.5 million tonnes CO2
• electric vehicles and decentralised energy
emissions p.a.
• distributed and micro-generation Target – 60% reduction on
• highly utilised network 1990 levels by 2025
… to demonstrate how to transform the electricity network to deliver a low carbon
economy 14
15. Smart Meters
Challenge:
Smart meter rollout to all UK homes and most SMEs by 2019
Our response:
Install circa 5,000 smart meters in homes across London’s 10 Low Carbon Zones and the
Green Enterprise District to understand how smart meters can impact customers’ energy
demand
Use smart meter data to inform smarter network operating techniques and improve LV
network visibility
Green Enterprise District
How smart meters can be used to increase LV network visibility and to enable smart grids
activities (e.g. demand response) 15
16. Wind Twinning
Challenge:
UK Renewable Energy Strategy: 34GW of wind generation by 2020
Matching electricity demand to intermittent generation
Our response:
Trial ‘wind twinning’ tariffs to find out: 50
Wind Generation
- if they can influence customers to adapt their
Wind Generation (GW)
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electricity demand to follow local and 30
national wind energy production 20
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17. Electric vehicles and heat pumps
Challenge:
UK Low Carbon Transport: A Greener Future – 14% carbon reductions
from transport by 2020 and ‘substantial decarbonisation’ by 2050
Mayor’s Electric Vehicle Delivery Plan – 1,300 public charging points by
2013 and 100,000 electric vehicles in London
UK Low Carbon Transition Plan calls for widespread electric heating and
to eliminate gas consumption for domestic heating by 2050
Our response:
Through integration with Source London e-mobility scheme, monitor
electric vehicle charging behaviour and its impact on the electricity
network; investigate how time-of-use tariffs can influence customer
charging behaviour to avoid overloading the network
Explore how heat pumps perform and impact the electricity network
How to ensure that future electricity networks can accommodate
widespread use of electric vehicles and heat pumps 17
18. Enabling Distributed Generation
Challenge:
UK Low Carbon Transition Plan: 30% of UK electricity from renewable
sources by 2020
Mayor of London’s renewable strategy target: 25% of electricity and
heating from local generation by 2025
Our response:
Investigate the impact and enable the connection of distributed and local generation to the
distribution network and trial Active Network Management (ANM) techniques to asses how
they improve security of supply and reduce network investment costs
“CONSTRAINING OFF” - Monitor and facilitate DG connections to
the LV and HV distribution networks.
“CONSTRAINING ON” - Active management of DG to ensure
security of supply and postpone network reinforcement.
The best and most cost-effective way to adapt the electricity network to accommodate
large amounts of distributed generation 18
19. Demand Side Management (DSM)
Challenge:
Our low carbon electricity future is dependent on matching electricity
demand to available, intermittent supply
Our response:
Monitor how energy efficiency schemes and time-of-use tariffs affect
residential & SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) customer electricity demand
Assess the impact of these initiatives on the electricity network
Work with commercial aggregators to establish new demand response
(DR) contracts with industrial & commercial customers
Can demand response postpone/defer network reinforcement?
(When/How/Who/What/Where)
To what extent different demand side management initiatives can influence customers’
electricity consumption 19
21. Low Carbon London Regular
Learning Laboratory Centre Workshops on
workshops
for
industry
consumer Conferences
participation & academic
in smart publications
energy
Case studies
Periodic reports Share on major
for Ofgem
learning programme
and industry
activities
Workshop
Knowledge
programme with
sharing
London
between
partners
DNOs
Website portal
• Real and virtual learning showcase
• First-class research facilities
• Analyse results and determine impact of a nationwide rollout of new
technologies and commercial solutions
• Share invaluable learning and recommendations for future network design
• Opened in October 2011
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22. Build bridges with communities and local government
Working with real London communities and local
government stakeholders to help them achieving
THEIR low carbon ambitions.
Implementing customer and community engagement
and encouraging energy usage behaviour change
(e.g. energy efficiency and time-of-use tariffs).
Enabling new low carbon technologies such as
electric vehicles and decentralised generation to
help deliver London’s CO2 targets.
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23. Customers will enjoy real benefits…
Feedback on their carbon savings Smart meters ahead of national roll-out
Residential & SME
customers
Explore Time of Use tariffs
Reduced impact on energy
bills of low carbon transition
Industrial &
Commercial
Rewards for helping to improve customers
network efficiency and understand Rewards for helping National Grid to
opportunities of demand response balance national transmission system
…the future today
24. Low Carbon London
Smart power for a sustainable future
Distributed Electric Vehicles Demand Side
Smart Meters Wind Twinning
Generation and Heat Pumps Management
Trial new low carbon technologies and commercial tariffs to see how they impact consumers’ energy demand behaviour
Low Carbon London
Learning Centre
shares learning with energy industry
Proven new network throughout programme UK Power Networks
planning and operation embraces new ways of
tools for a future designing and operating a
low carbon economy smarter electricity network
National and international blueprint for a smarter
future electricity network to enable
a low carbon economy
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25. So….
• LCL is an emulation of the future challenges that will impact urban
electricity networks focussed on London and the LCZ’s.
• Aligned with stakeholders’ objectives to reduce C02 emissions through
energy efficiency, electric heat and transport, and distributed generation.
• Partnering with National Grid, energy suppliers and commercial
aggregators to explore commercial innovation.
• Partnering with proven ICT and smart grid solution providers to ensure
complementary technological innovation.
• Integration of technological and commercial innovation at scale involving
direct interaction with real customers and communities.
• A dedicated learning laboratory to ensure robust analysis of results and
effective sharing and dissemination of learning – TO ALL
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26. Context
Radical shift in UK energy policy;
35% electricity from renewables by 2020.
Electricity generation decarbonised by 2030.
80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050.
Potential impact on our network (if we do nothing);
Higher peak demands.
Thermal and voltage constraints.
Higher fault levels.
Less predictable load cycles.
Higher losses.
Potential of a doubling of demand by 2050 without ‘smart’ intervention.
Costly and disruptive capital investment.
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27. SUMMARY - is it smart?
The current established ways of managing networks will quickly become
unsustainable.
We have built a strong foundation for innovation – as good if not better
than other DNO’s.
Any expertise developed through this process must be transferred and
embedded into the rest of the business, partners and professionals,
government, policy makers.
Commercial innovation, strategic partnerships and customer
engagement is crucial.
Must have embedded this philosophy into our business by RIIO-ED1.
Enable us to shape our business and enable us to become a top
performing company under the new regulatory framework (RIIO-ED1).
This is the beginning of a new era in the management of
electricity networks and asset management, future is here future is now!!
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28. In summary…
Low Carbon London will:
• help London lower its transport and energy-related carbon emissions
• help Londoners reduce their energy bills and build a low carbon future
• provide an example for others in the energy industry to follow
• establish sustainable communities where:
– people want to live and work
– companies want to do business
– other cities look to for inspiration
Low Carbon London tackles the UK city with the highest carbon
emissions and provides a ‘power’ learning showcase for other cities
29. Thank you
Liam O’Sullivan, Programme Director, Low Carbon London
liam.o’sullivan@ukpowernetworks.co.uk 07875115615
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32. Two key goals
• To understand how the distribution network
can facilitate the adoption of low carbon
power generation, both locally and nationally;
• To understand the extent to which
decentralised generation and demand side
management can be utilised to provide cost
effective alternatives to system re-
enforcement.
33. LCL’s holistic approach
• Network
– Integration of HV and LV network data (first time for London)
– Considerable data cleansing
• New loads
– Heat pumps
– Electric vehicles
• DG
– CHP, PV
• DSM (Residential and I&C)
– Efficiency
– DR (Contractual, behavioural and automated)
• Implications for control and planning (Including increased wind
generation)
34. Outputs: reports overview
Data Load profiles
Interventions Meta analysis
availability and quality
DERs Power Control/wind-
Smart meter I&C DG and DR
quality twinning
Efficiency on Residential
Network tariff response Planning
profiles
State DERs on Residential
Resilience
estimation profiles tariff attitudes
Smart Commercial
EVs on profiles
appliances arrangements
35. Research approach
• Measuring existing profiles and power flows
• Characterising future network power flows
• Characterising interventions
• Modelling combined interventions on network
• Investment costs modelling
• Supply side models for carbon emissions
analysis
36. Instrumentation
• 5000+ meters around LPN.
• Sensors and RTUs to measure all LV ways in
LCL Low Carbon Zones (Brixton, Queens Park,
Merton).
• Eventually all HV ways.
• Technology specific monitoring with ‘3G’
meters or power quality analysers.
37. Learning Lab IT systems and data flows
Topology, measurements, status
and control actions.
Secure server High
Smart performance
meters •ODS + Network -> server
PSS/E
ODS •ODS control
Proposed control interface
actions.
Imperial
Demo server network
Real Traditional versus analysis tools
data smart network
(SCADA, management
SM, scenarios.
Aggregat UKPN
or etc.)
Time-domain network visualisation tool
Linked so that
real and
Scenario modelled data Scenario
A can be B
displayed in
the same time
Trial zone l Trail zone k steps.
38. Visualisation of
networks
• With partners we have been
investigating the use of existing tools
for visualisation of BAU versus
‘smart’.
• Operational tools
– Power On Fusion with SimScada
• Planning tools
– PSS:SINCAL
– PowerFactory
– DPlan
• Bespoke tools
– Google/KML
– GIS mapping software and
custom development
39. Summary
• New ground in terms of detail of network
topology and measurement
• Consideration of whole system
• Continuously refining approach
• Grounded in real network economics (Sana)
• But including analysis of human behaviour, for
example in our smart metering trials (Richard)
41. Contents
• Key Objectives
• Methodology
• Case study – Queens Park LCZ
• Results – Amberly road 6.6kv
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42. Key Objectives
• Build LV and HV distribution network models in selected areas of a LCL zones
• Network investment analysis and optimisation tools;
• Quantify the impact of load/generation growth scenarios on network investment
• Quantify the impact of smart technologies on network investment
• Calibrate each of the developed top-down network investment modelling approaches
and test robustness under different future development scenarios.
• Sensitivity analysis on smart technologies and load growth
• Determine the most appropriate roll-out methodology to establish network investment
modelling approaches for each LCL zones.
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43. Valuing smart grid technologies
Low Carbon Zones Development Scenarios
National Scenarios
Domestic and C&I Electric vehicles Heat pumps Generation
System operation paradigm
Uncontrolled demand Smart Grid
Dynamic Distribution Investment Model
Alternative reinforcement strategies
Thermal, voltage and fault level constraints
Outputs
Network upgrade schedules, cost profile
Equipment Utilisation
Value of flexible demand services
45. Queens Park LCZ
• Queen’s Park, W10
• fed by Amberly Road 6.6kV
• 210 Secondary Substations
• 1000 Residential customers
receiving advice and efficiency
measures.
• ~500 Commercial customers.
• EV charging posts planned by the
GLA.
• Community centre 2012 CHP
installation.
46. Amberly Road 6.6kV
• HV length 67.51 km
• No of customers ~33k
• LV length ~183km
79. Thank you
Logica Business Consulting 7th Floor Kings Place www.logica.com/consulting
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