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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 research-

driven energy clusters;

• Facilitate development & sharing of

knowledge.

ENSEA: Regional Partners & Collaboration

Germany Scotland

The Netherlands

Norway

4 EU regional partners:

• Lower Saxony,

Germany

• North Holland

(Project Management)

• South West Norway
• Scotland
• Associate partners?

Academia Public Sector

Innovation

• Energy

Systems Integration

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

• Explore where we are now, and the potential and opportunities

in relation to demand-driven research and innovation in energy systems integration for renewables.

Plan

• Strengthen the collaborations through development of Joint

Action Plan for innovation and research initiatives.

Develop

• 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 on the capabilities,

roles and connectivity of participating ENSEA research-driven clusters.

Provide Information

• Analyse strengths and weaknesses of current

approaches to research and innovation,

• Identify opportunities for improving the
• verall effectiveness of the system.

Improve effectiveness

• Identify opportunities for strengthening

the relationships, within and between the clusters, to optimise regional economic development and global competitiveness.

Strengthen Relationships

ENSEA Initiative: Phase 2

Initiatives to Improve Integration: Definition of a Joint Action Plan

• Research & Technological Development

(RTD) Roadmap, Innovation & International Strategy Development for each region. Strategic Planning

• Inter-regional Joint-Action Planning for

Innovation, Smart Specialisation, Internationalisation, RTD and energy cluster development.

Joint-Action Planning

• Improve links between stakeholders in

the regions, between the regions, and to international partners. Strengthen Relationships

ENSEA Initiative: Phase 3

Measures towards implementation of a Joint Action Plan

• Formalise research & Innovation

collaboration around the North Sea regions.

Formalise Collaboration

• Arrange co-financing to implement activities

within the Joint Action Plan.

• Facilitate establishment of funding for joint

research and innovation activities.

Establish Funding Sources

• Initiate an international joint Energy

Academy/ Centre of Excellence to strengthen and support research-driven energy clusters.

Establish Joint Energy Academy

Hydro power Wind turbines

2014 ENERGY SYSTEM - LOW INTEGRATION

2020-30+ ENERGY SYSTEM VISION - HIGHER INTEGRATION

Hydro power Wave & tidal power

ENSEA Strategic Aims

ENERGY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

2020-30+

HIGH INTEGRATION

2014

LOW INTEGRATION INNOVATION COLLABORATION

(INDUSTRY/ ACADEMIA/ PUBLIC SECTOR) IDENTIFY ROLES REVIEW & IMPROVE ID OPPORTUNITIES REVIEW & IMPROVE FUNDING POLICY EXAMPLES EXPERTISE DATA EXPERIENCE EVIDENCE BASE BENCH-MARKING THE NETHERLANDS GERMANY NORWAY SCOTLAND CHINA ++?? ++?? HORIZON 2020 ++??

What is the Energy System...?

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)

Energy Sources

Renewable

Nuclear Fossil

Energy Pathways

Electrical Thermal Fuel

ENSEA Energy Systems Integration Coverage

Energy Systems Integration for increasing the energy mix and the proportion of Renewables and Low Carbon Energy sources

Energy Systems Integration

Supply (flexibility)

Storage & Conversion

Demand (flexibility)

Grid/ Infrastructure Integration Methods

CCS

Renewable Generation

Boundary Conditions Boundary Conditions

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
• f 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!

Energy Technology Partnership Scottish Enterprise

Increasing Innovation & Collaboration in Scotland

Scottish

Renewables

David Butler david.butler@scotent.co.uk Jenny Hogan jhogan@scottishrenewables.com Natasha Madeira natasha.madeira@strath.ac.uk

www.enseascotland.net