Hydropower Innovation and the Grid

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1 Hydropower Innovation and the Grid KAREN STUDARUS Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Northwest Hydroelectric Association, Annual Meeting 16 February 2016 PNNL-SA

2 Outline + Key Questions The Big Picture Hydropower is a foundational resource for the grid The power system requirements are changing Those needs are opportunities for technology innovations Such Innovation takes many forms Innovation well before the project life cycle PNNL s grid team An introduction to ongoing projects Challenge addressed What will hydropower s role be in our future power system? What innovation will position hydropower to seize emerging opportunities? PNNL-SA

3 Qualities of Hydro Operation Flexibility Clean Air Dispatch Affordable Electricity Inertia Energy Indepen. Storage Reliable Supply System Context 3

4 Hydropower Qualities are Defined by Context Resource Mix System February 22,

5 Hydropower in the Future System? 6 Changing Resource Mix Changing Systems PNNL-SA February 22, 2016

6 PNNL FY2015 at a Glance $955 million in R&D expenditures 4,400 scientists, engineers and nontechnical staff 78 U.S. & foreign patents granted 2 FLC Awards, 5 R&D 100 1,048 peer-reviewed publications Collaborations with government, academia and industry to transform the world through courageous discovery and innovation. DOE s top-performing lab for past seven years; a premier chemistry, environmental sciences and data analytics laboratory 7 February 22, 2016

7 Pacific NORTHWEST National Lab Electricity Infrastructure Operations Center Atmospheric Measurements Laboratory Marine Sciences Laboratory Applied Process Engineering Laboratory Center for Global Security PNNL-SA February 22,

8 PNNL Science Vision Understand, Predict and Control Complex Adaptive Systems EARTH ENERGY SECURITY Clouds and Aerosols Water Cycle Microbial Communities Energy Storage Energy Conversions Control and Security Ultra-Trace Detection Novel Signatures Data-Driven Discovery

9 Grid Modernization Lab Consortium Link to Multi Year Program Plan PNNL-SA February 22,

10 Quantifying water and energy inter-dependencies over the Western Interconnection Path to predictability through identification of drought patterns associated with reduced power system performance Path to adaptation and mitigation through established risk distribution of power system performance as a function of inter-annual and interregional water availability. Baseline Dry PNW Dry West Thermal Hydro CT Nuclear Unserved PNW and CO export to CA August demand 100% met Increased import from CO August demand 100% met PNW and CO imports to CA are not enough 6% of demand potentially UNmet 3% chance it could be worse Voisin N, MCW Kintner-Meyer, R Skaggs, D Wu, TB Nguyen, JA Dirks, YL Xie, and MI Hejazi, 2015: Vulnerability of the US Western Electric Grid to Hydro-Climatological Conditions: how bad can it get? (Submitted to Energy)

11 Advanced Visualization for Improving State Awareness for the BPA Power System 2 year BPA Technology Innovation project Objectives: 21st Century tools for Real- Time and Short-Term planning Modernize displays for hydro operations and marketing Innovate visualization techniques and paradigms for dynamic data Develop modular framework for deploying and integrating new data visualizations Partner Organizations: BPA Alstom Grid PNNL DOE-OE Current data display in need of modernization Example modular visualization framework Interactive hydro map as a new visualization paradigm February 22,

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13 Some Challenges for the Hydropower Industry Environmental Impacts Environmental impacts of siting, construction, and operation of hydropower projects need to be addressed at site-specific and system levels, in part through development of innovative technologies and facility designs. The regulatory environment governing hydropower projects has not always been favorable to new or advanced technologies. Technology Costs and Performance High costs associated with powertrain technology and civil works, and related regulatory compliance (FERC licensing) can reduce the costcompetitiveness of new hydropower projects. Revenue and Market Structures The value and costs of grid services and other energy system-wide services provided by hydropower and PSH are poorly understood. Hydropower projects have long served as the backbone for grid services and reliability, and many of these services are not financially compensated. 17 Project Management Coordination Office eere.energy.gov

14 Outline + Key Questions The Big Picture Hydropower is a foundational resource for the grid The power system requirements are changing Those needs are opportunities for technology innovations Such Innovation takes many forms Innovation well before the project life cycle PNNL s grid team An introduction to ongoing projects: Grid Modernization, Water Energy Interdependencies, Hydro Scheduling Decision Support, Control of Complex Systems Initiative Challenge addressed What will hydropower s role be in a our future power system? What innovation will position hydropower to seize emerging opportunities? 18

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