ENERGY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
for the NORTH SEA REGIONS
www.enseascotland.net
Natasha Madeira
International Collaboration Manager: ENSEA
Energy Technology Partnership
Energy Technology Partnership Annual Conference
West Park Conference Centre, Dundee - 23rd April, 2014
Overview
Nearly €3million from EU FP7 funding is
supporting ENSEA’s aims to:
• Promote cooperation & innovation in
integrating sustainable, renewable energy
into existing energy systems;
• Identify opportunities & develop
collaborations for a Joint Research
Programme and research proposals (e.g.
Horizon 2020);
• Increase competitiveness of researchdriven energy clusters;
• Facilitate development & sharing of
knowledge.
ENSEA: Regional Partners
& Collaboration
4 EU regional
partners:
Academia
Innovation
- Energy
Systems
Integration
• Lower Saxony,
Germany
• North Holland
(Project Management)
• South West Norway
• Scotland
• Associate partners?
Public
Sector
Germany
The
Netherlands
Scotland
Norway
Industry
EUROPEAN NORTH SEA
ENERGY ALLIANCE - ENSEA
ENSEA is promoting innovation and demand-driven
collaborative research in energy systems integration for
renewable and low-carbon energy sources
ENSEA is identifying opportunities & developing collaborations
for a Joint ESI Research & Innovation Programme and funding
(e.g. Regional, UK, EU Horizon 2020, INTERREG).
ENSEA is working towards increasing cooperation between, and
competitiveness of, research-driven energy clusters .
ENSEA is Facilitating Development & Sharing of
Knowledge.
ENSEA Initiative Goals
For within Scotland, across the 4 ENSEA Regions & beyond:
Explore
Plan
Develop
• Explore where we are now, and the potential and opportunities
in relation to demand-driven research and innovation in energy
systems integration for renewables.
• Strengthen the collaborations through development of Joint
Action Plan for innovation and research initiatives.
• Develop collaborative research programmes within regional,
national and European (e.g. Horizon 2020) Research and
Technical Development (RTD) funding programmes.
ENSEA Initiative: Phase 1
Regional Analysis & Integration of Research Agendas
Provide
Information
• Provide information on the capabilities,
roles and connectivity of participating
ENSEA research-driven clusters.
Improve
effectiveness
• Analyse strengths and weaknesses of current
approaches to research and innovation,
• Identify opportunities for improving the
overall effectiveness of the system.
Strengthen
Relationships
• Identify opportunities for strengthening
the relationships, within and between the
clusters, to optimise regional economic
development and global competitiveness.
ENSEA Initiative: Phase 2
Initiatives to Improve Integration: Definition of a Joint Action Plan
Strategic Planning
• Research & Technological Development
(RTD) Roadmap, Innovation &
International Strategy Development for
each region.
Joint-Action Planning
• Inter-regional Joint-Action Planning for
Innovation, Smart Specialisation,
Internationalisation, RTD and energy cluster
development.
Strengthen
Relationships
• Improve links between stakeholders in
the regions, between the regions, and
to international partners.
ENSEA Initiative: Phase 3
Measures towards implementation of a Joint Action Plan
Formalise
Collaboration
Establish Funding
Sources
• Formalise research & Innovation
collaboration around the North Sea regions.
• Arrange co-financing to implement activities
within the Joint Action Plan.
• Facilitate establishment of funding for joint
research and innovation activities.
• Initiate an international joint Energy
Academy/ Centre of Excellence to
Establish Joint Energy
strengthen and support research-driven
Academy
energy clusters.
2014 ENERGY SYSTEM - LOW INTEGRATION
Hydro power
Wind turbines
2020-30+ ENERGY SYSTEM VISION - HIGHER INTEGRATION
Hydro power
Wave & tidal power
THE NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
SCOTLAND
NORWAY
++??
EXPERIENCE
EXPERTISE
EXAMPLES
++??
ENSEA
Strategic Aims
CHINA
IDENTIFY ROLES
COLLABORATION
REVIEW & IMPROVE
(INDUSTRY/ ACADEMIA/
PUBLIC SECTOR)
ENERGY
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
2014
2020-30+
LOW INTEGRATION
HIGH INTEGRATION
INNOVATION
REVIEW & IMPROVE
ID OPPORTUNITIES
DATA
EVIDENCE BASE
BENCH-MARKING
POLICY
FUNDING
HORIZON 2020
++??
What is the Energy System...?
Fossil
Renewable
Electrical
Energy
Sources
Energy
Pathways
Nuclear
Fuel
Thermal
Energy Pathways convert and deliver energy services at different
physical scales:
– End user (individuals, homes, businesses)
– Community (campus, communities, cities)
– Regional (Local Authority, Country, National, Continental)
ENSEA Energy Systems Integration Coverage
Supply
(flexibility)
Storage &
Conversion
Renewable
Generation
CCS
Energy
Systems
Integration
Integration
Methods
Demand
(flexibility)
Grid/
Infrastructure
Boundary Conditions
Boundary Conditions
Energy Systems Integration for increasing the energy mix
and the proportion of Renewables and Low Carbon
Energy sources
PRIMARY ENERGY FLOWS IN ENERGY SYSTEM OF EU27 - 2010
Source: Report on EEA website ‘Overview of the European Energy System’ (ENER036, 2013)
UK ENERGY SYSTEM - ELECTRICITY
Source: Electricity Flow Chart 2009 for the UK. From Department of Energy and Climate
Change (DECC) and DECC Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES).
DANISH ENERGY SCENARIO FOR 2050
Source: Report ‘IDA Climate Plan 2050 by the Danish Society of Engineers (IDA) (2009)
Why think about
Energy Systems & Whole Systems...?
Interactions and interdependencies of the energy system are
increasing:
• among the pathways
• across the physical scales of the energy system
• between the energy systems
• between other systems (e.g. data & information networks,
economic, innovation, legal, environmental, political).
ENERGY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION: LEVELS & SCALES
Source: US National Renewable Energy Laboratory Report ‘Energy Systems Integration:
A convergence of ideas’ (NREL July, 2012)
Why Energy Systems Integration...?
Energy Systems Integration (ESI) enables:
• effective analysis, design, and control of these interactions and
interdependencies along:
–
–
–
–
technical,
economic,
regulatory, and
social dimensions.
• Focus on optimisation of energy systems across multiple
pathways and scales.
• Better understanding and use of potential co-benefits to:
– increase reliability and performance,
– reduce cost, and
– Increase sustainability and security.
Energy Systems Integration Challenges
How do we collaborate to:
• Balance the future grid, given the substantial increase of
intermittent resources?
• Develop sufficient new storage technology and capacity?
• Organise sufficient back-up facilities?
• Manage demand?
• Align the various grid systems which connect the various sources
of energy supply and demand?
• Turning the decommissioning challenges into new opportunities
for sustainable energy production and storage?
• Involve smaller companies in energy transition activity?
• Organise and develop supporting research, technological
development, and training activity?
Be part of Scotland’s ENSEA ESI
Innovation Network…
Thank you!
Natasha Madeira
natasha.madeira@strath.ac.uk
Energy
Technology
Partnership
David Butler
david.butler@scotent.co.uk
Scottish
Enterprise
Jenny Hogan
jhogan@scottishrenewables.com
Increasing
Innovation &
Collaboration
in Scotland
Scottish
Renewables
www.enseascotland.net