Smart Grids in Ireland:
Cooperation opportunities for Germany and Ireland
Roadmap Smart Grids
Jan Zacharias
German Association of Energy and Water Industries
Dublin, 6 May 2014
www.efficiency-from-germany.info
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German Association of Energy and Water Industries
Roadmap Smart Grids
Cooperation opportunities for Germany and Ireland
Leading Association of the energy and water industries
1,908 member companies representing
90%
of electricity sales
90%
of natural gas sales
65%
of local and district heat supply
80%
of drinking water abstraction
30%
of wastewater disposal
95 %
of the persons employed in the energy and water industries
95 %
of the investments of the energy and water industries
The total sector stands for a turnover of 130 billion Euros.**
* Data for 2012; ** Turnover from electricity and drinking water sales to end consumers as well as from end consumers‘ wastewater disposal
Exchange of views/
information
• Committee work
• Topical Newsletters
• Events, seminars
Pooling of interests
• Position statements
• Studies/expert opinions
• Statistics/data, analyses
Representation of
interests to politics,
business and public
• Dialogue with politics
• Press and public relations
Advice,
support
• Application and implementation guides
• Model contracts, sector guidelines and
recommended action
Speaking in one voice
Platform/Network
What does the BDEW offer?
National and international cooperations (examples)
Federal authorities
BNetzA (Federal Network Agency)
BAfA (Federal Office of Economics
and Exports Control)
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German Association of Energy and Water Industries
Roadmap Smart Grids
Cooperation opportunities for Germany and Ireland
What is a smart grid?
A smart grid is an energy
network that integrates
consumption and feed-in
behavior of all market
participants connected to it.
It ensures an
economically efficient,
sustainable power
system with low losses and
high availability.
Figure 1: Components of smart grids (BDEW)
3 phases with 10 steps to a smart grid in Germany
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Figure 2: 10 Steps towards smart grids in Germany (BDEW, Eurelectric basis)
Step 1: Separation and interaction of market and network
Who?
 All market participants
(systematic approach)
What?
 Rulings and division of work /
definition of interfaces between
regulated & competitive players
When?
 Start 2013
Figure 3: Traffic light concept (BDEW)
Step 2: Legal and regulatory framework
Who?
 Federal Government
 Bundestag
 Federal Network Agency
What?
 Consistent EnWG/EEG
 Configuration throughout
ordinances
 Taking account of EU legislation
and telecommunication regulation
When?
 Immediately
Figure 4: Legal and regulatory framework (BDEW)
Step 3: Research and development, pilot projects
Who?
 Energy suppliers
 ICT developers / manufacturers
 Research institutions
What?
 R&D
 Pilot and demonstration projects
(publicly & privately funded)
 Evaluation & Communication
When?
 Up until 2018
Figure 5: Distribution network today/tomorrow (BDEW)
Steps 4 to 6: Standards, measurement & automation
Who?
 Standardisation institutions
 DSO and meter operators
 Manufacturers, associations
What?
 Definition of rules and regulation
 Market communication
 Installation of smart metering and
control systems
 Automation of networks
When?
Figure 6: Sensor technology in the network (BDEW)
 Continuously until 2020
Step 7: Local & global optimisation of the energy system
Who?
 DSO, TSO
 Suppliers, aggregators
 Storage operators, consumers
What?
 Coordination of technical
optimisation (local, global)
 Coordination of economic
optimisation between market
participants
Wann?
 From 2014
Figure 7: Interactions between local and central market participants (BDEW)
Step 8: Storage and electromobility
Who?
 Generators
 DSO, TSO
 Energy service providers, suppliers
What?
 Time-related balance between
energy supply and demand.
Stabilisation of energy supply by
provision of services in the energy
network.
When?
 First steps from 2018
Figure 8: Power to gas principle (BDEW)
Steps 9 and 10: Supply and Demand Side Management
Who?
 Generators
 DSO, TSO
 Suppliers, aggregators, storage
facility operators
What?
 Temporal balance between
generation and consumption
 Development of commercial
demand-response programmes
When?
 From 2014
Figure 9: Potential and market proximity in the smart grid (BDEW)
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German Association of Energy and Water Industries
Roadmap Smart Grids
Cooperation opportunities for Germany and Ireland
Different, but nevertheless close
more sheep than
inhabitants
beer &
Oktoberfest
Guinness
autobahn without
speed limit
weakening tiger
economy
rainy weather at any
time of the year
Mme Merkel
„Energiewende“
the German way
Pillars for cooperation
Development and pioneer phase
European standards
Research & development
Establishment and configuration phase
Business contacts
Exchange of experience
Realisation and marketing phase
Information and communication technology
Cross-border markets for flexibility
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Jan Zacharias
German Association of Energy and Water Industries
Reinhardstraße 32
10117 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 300 199 1113
Mail: jan.zacharias@bdew.de
www.bdew.de
www.efficiency-from-germany.info