MINISTRY OF
ENERGY
Energy Storage
Presentation to APPrO Storage Symposium
November 19, 2014
MINISTRY OF
ENERGY
From Today’s Grid….to Tomorrow’s Grid
Technology is evolving. The grid of tomorrow will be very different than the grid of today.
From less integration…
Today’s grid: electricity wires and connections
are the focal point of the grid
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…to greater integration
Tomorrow’s grid - the distribution, exchange of
information and integration of technologies become the
focus
MINISTRY OF
ENERGY
Ontario Policy Framework for Smart Grid
The Green Energy Act has provided guidance on smart grid for Ontario, including the vision to
enable innovative technologies such as energy storage.
Focus Area
Customer Control
Enable more conservation through
a shift to smarter homes
Power System Flexibility
Enable more renewables and better
efficiency in grid operation
Adaptive Infrastructure
Encourage more innovation and
ensure adaptivness to future
conditions (e.g. electric vehicles)
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Expected Outcomes
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Smart meters
Time-of-use rates
Home Energy Management
Load control
• Customer based micro-generation
• More distributed generation,
used more efficiently
(i.e. less transmission investment)
• Mobile charging infrastructure to support EVs
• Storage opportunities
• Enabling innovative technologies
More Conservation
Cleaner supply and
lower costs
More Innovation
MINISTRY OF
ENERGY
Ontario is Active in All Aspects of Storage
• Energy storage is important for Ontario & the government recognizes its key role in grid modernization.
50 MW IESO/OPA Procurements
Bulk System
Support:
Tx Support:
+Smart Grid Fund
~10 Demos Underway
Under Consideration
Dx Support:
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Ancillary Services
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Renewables
Integration
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Congestion & Loss
reduction &
Investment Deferral
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Renewables
Integration
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Grid support, power
quality & reliability,
etc.
Peak Shaving
Reserve Capacity
10’s - 100’s MW
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10’s MW
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Loss reduction &
Investment Deferral
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DG & EV Integration
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Grid support, power
quality & reliability,
etc.
< 2 MW
Behind the Meter:
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Customer back-up,
power quality &
reliability
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DG Integration
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Cost management
< 1 MW
MINISTRY OF
ENERGY
Energy Storage in the Long Term Energy Plan
2013 LTEP Storage Initiatives:
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50MW procurement process for storage by end of 2014
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Work to address Regulatory Barriers
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Providing opportunities for storage under the large renewables
procurement (LRP)
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Examining the opportunities for storage under net-metering and
conservation policies
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Independent study to establish the value of energy storage’s many
applications
MINISTRY OF
ENERGY
Sector’s Innovation Challenge
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Utility investment in R&D is among the lowest
across sectors (see graph)
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Only a few of the 80 utilities in the Province have
the customer base required to attract large scale
technology vendors and the sufficient balance
sheet strength to pursue innovation.
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Traditional regulatory approval process has not
been conducive to rapidly evolving technology and
is only beginning to evolve with the OEB’s
Renewed Regulatory Framework for Electricity.
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The sector’s low innovation performance has been
a long-standing challenge for advancing
technologies like energy storage, and also became
a catalyst for Ministry of Energy to create the
Smart Grid Fund program.
CANADA INDUSTRIAL R&D INTENSITIES
(R&D SPENDING RELATIVE TO REVENUES)
Source: Mowat Centre
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MINISTRY OF
ENERGY
Smart Grid Fund
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The Smart Grid Fund (SGF) is a $50M competitive grant program designed to leverage Ontario’s
advantages in the energy sector and build the smart grid industry by funding technology demonstration
projects on Ontario’s distribution system.
SGF has three objectives: advance Smart Grid in Ontario, support economic development, and reduce
the risk and uncertainty in electricity sector investments.
Since launched in 2011, SGF has supported over 15 projects with more to be announced in the near future.
The program has created over 600 jobs and leveraged over $100M in investment.
SGF Technology Areas
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Behind the
Meter
Data
Analytics
Microgrids
Grid
Automation
DG &
Storage
EV-Grid
Integration
Sample SGF Portfolio Organizations
MINISTRY OF
ENERGY
Smart Grid Fund & Energy Storage
Energy Storage was a focus area for the most recent call for applications. The projects below have
been recently announced and incorporate forms of storage. More storage projects will be announced
in the near future.
Projects Examples Featuring Storage
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Recipient
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Project
Collaborators
SGF Contribution
Microgrid test facility in Guelph
includes integration of battery
storage & flywheel
University of Waterloo,
Guelph Hydro, NCC
Development
$2,934,000
Deployment of lithium-ion
systems to ease system
congestion and support electric
vehicle integration
Toronto Hydro, London
Hydro, Hydro Ottawa,
National Research
Council
$1,310,000
Rural distributed energy
management system includes
lithium-ion deployment
Hydro One, eCamion,
University of Toronto,
multiple observer
LDCs
$492,535
MINISTRY OF
ENERGY
Other Activities to Keep Pulse on Innovation
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