WHY THE SMART GRID REVOLUTION?

‘‘ Running today's digital society through

yesterday's grid is like running the Internet
through an old telephone switchboard

Reid Detchon
’’
 NEW CHALLENGES
TO THE ELECTRICITY NETWORK
 OUR CLIENTS ARE FACING 4 MAIN CHALLENGES
1

Increasing demand for energy and electricity

2

Moving towards an environmentally-friendlier energy mix
(lower carbon emissions, more renewable energy…)

Volatile energy prices and critical energy losses

4

Emerging large regional transmission networks

RAISING THE NETWORK’S

COMPLEXITY
 1
INCREASING DEMAND FOR ENERGY

Energy Demand will

grow by 55 % between
2005 and 2030

Increasing share of
electricity in the
energy mix

WITH ELECTRICITY GROWING FASTER

Source: IEA Key world energy statistic 2007, world energy outlook 2007
 2
MOVING TOWARDS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY-
FRIENDLIER ENERGY MIX
15
Rest of non-OECD

12
Gigatonnes of CO
2 China
9 Rest of OECD CO2 emissions
grow faster than
6 United States
energy demand
3

0
1990 2000 2010 2020 2030

Increasing
share of
renewable
energy in the
generation mix

WITH MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY

 3 CONSTRAINTS ON PRIMARY SOURCES
Critical level of losses

An inefficient energy
chain with 2/3 of
primary energy lost,
mostly due to power
Scotland

conversion

Between 7% & 16% of

the electricity generated
is lost on the networks

HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE

OF POWER EFFICIENCY
 4 EMERGING LARGE REGIONAL
TRANSMISSION NETWORKS
ENSURING SUPPLY SECURITY AND PRICE DECREASE
► The European case:

Directives 2003/54 & 2003/55 adopted in 2003 to create a large,
continental electricity grid in Europe
Create opportunities for new comers in generation and distribution
Independent gas and electricity regulator
Possibility for all customers to change suppliers

Similar actions take place in the USA and other regions.

LEADING TO DIFFICULTIES TO COPE WITH THE INCREASED

NETWORK COMPLEXITY
► 2003 North America

50 millions inhabitants affected

Restoration took a few days
► 2003 Italy

57 millions inhabitants affected

Restoration: 4hours
► 2005 Moscow

4 millions inhabitants affected

Restoration: 2 days
 REINFORCING
CUSTOMERS NEEDS
 REINFORCING EXISTING NEEDS

Reliability and quality
Ensure security of supply, reliability of the network and quality
of the electricity delivered

Stability
Monitor oscillations and manage the network to prevent
blackouts and maximize availability of power

Environmental concerns
Provide clean energy (CO2 free) and reduce environmental
impact

Energy efficiency
Deliver the maximum of electricity to the end-user, starting
from a given quantity of energy and from existing assets

Market efficiency
Set up tools and processes to fully enable energy markets
Enable customers / end-users dynamic participation

The network must be smarter with more

intelligence at all levels
 TODAY’S ONE-WAY CENTRALIZED ELECTRICITY
NETWORK…

Power flow

12kV 380kV 380kV

Transmission
Transmission
Power plant Network
Network

220/110kV 110kV 25kV

Heavy Industry Rail Traffic

Rail Traffic

Department Stores,
380/220V 20kV 20kV
Offices, Light
Residential Areas Industry

400/230V

Farmhouses
Family Homes
- Farmhouses

… NEEDS TO EVOLVE 4
 TOWARDS A DYNAMIC AND BIDIRECTIONAL
FLOW OF ENERGY AND DATA…
Industrial Plants
CHP
Power
Flows
Central power plant

Fuel Cells

Department Stores,
Micro-turbines
offices

Residential Areas

Virtual Power Plant

Storage
Wind Farms

Centralized versusdecentralized

Decentralized generation Central generation Consumption

…WITH SUPPORT FROM NEW TECHNOLOGY AND
REGULATION
New
New technology
technology ► New technology capabilities
Capabilities
Capabilities

Technological Convergence

Modeling and simulation

Complex systems control

Energy storage

Power electronics…

Energy
Energy policies
policies // ► Emerging governmental energy policies for
Regulatory
Regulatory push
push energy & environmental efficiency:

Energy supply

Blackout prevention

Energy demand management
BRINGING ON THE SMART GRIDS
 THE SMART GRID

More efficient,
More reliable,
Environmentally-
friendlier,
…SMARTER
GRIDS!
 AREVA’S SMART GRID VISION
• Defense plan
Enablers Blackout
Blackout • React in real-time
Customers needs prevention
prevention
• Online Stability
New technologies • Closed Loop Control
capabilities
Reliability and
Quality • Nuclear
CO • Centralized /
CO22 free
free energy
energy
sources Decentralized Renewable
sources
Stability integration
• Micro–renewable
integration • Energy storage

• Infrastructure (incl. long

Environmental Transmission
Transmission
distance, both energy &
Energy policies / communication)
concerns optimization
+ Regulatory push optimization • Network management

Energy
efficiency • Infrastructure ( to
Distribution enable bi-directional
Distribution
power flows,
optimization
optimization communication)
Market • Network management
efficiency
New
New • Electric cars
consumption
consumption • µ-production and µ-grid
modes • Deregulated environment
modes • Smart appliances &
integration
integration and
and buildings
management
management
 AREVA T&D’S SMART GRID VISION

Customers needs
We
We offer
offer our
our customers
customers aa wide
wide range
range of
of reliable
reliable
and innovative solutions to help them
and innovative solutions to help them meetmeet
Reliability and today’s
today’s and
and tomorrow’s
tomorrow’s electricity
electricity challenges
challenges
Quality

To
To respond
respond to
to these
these challenges,
challenges, grids
grids need
need to to
Stability
evolve to become more efficient,
evolve to become more efficient,
environmentally-friendlier
environmentally-friendlier and and more
more reliable,
reliable, in
in aa
word
word the
the smarter
smarter grids
grids –– aa process
process ofof constant
constant
improvement
improvement
Environmental
concerns
We
We have
have made
made Smarter
Smarter Grids
Grids aa top
top priority
priorityin
in our
our
Energy ambitious R&D program and we already
ambitious R&D program and we already offer offer
efficiency some
some Smart
Smart Grid-enabled
Grid-enabled products.
products.

Making
Making the
the grid
grid smarter
smarter can
can only
only be
be achieved
achieved by
by
combining
combining smarter
smarter technologies
technologies and
and smarter
smarter
Market
teamwork
teamwork
efficiency

A PROCESS OF CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT
SMARTER TEAMWORK
 SMART GRIDS, A SMART COMPANY NETWORK

Customers Technology players

 ICT industry (Software /

 Utilities Hardware / Services)
 Industrial  Energy-related niche
 Domestic players (Metering, Demand
Response…)
 Regulators
AREVA T&D  Integrators
 Other industry players
(Automotive, Domestic
Appliances…)

Universities and experts’ Local specialist

networks associations
 PARTNERING WITH CUSTOMERS

User Groups…

Post-CIGRE Event…

Dr. Pachauri
Nobel Peace Prize 2007
 PARTNERING WITH TECHNOLOGY PLAYERS

Specific skills of Integrators & Software companies…

Supported by Energy experts…

FOR FASTER DEVELOPMENT

AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
PARTNERING WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS

Member of the European Technology

Platform SmartGrids

Member of North American Electric

Reliability Corporation (NERC)

Member of the GridWise Alliance (USA)

Member of the Power Systems Engineering

Research Center (PSERC) in the USA

WITH SUPPORT FROM

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SMARTER TECHNOLOGIES
 OUR E-TERRA PRODUCT RANGE

FOCUSING ON ENERGY GRID

EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY

Main features

e-terraplatform for network
management solution foundation

e-terrasource for centralized
configuration models management

e-terradistribution for active
distribution network management

e-terravision for real-time situation
awareness
 OUR ONLINE STABILITY SOLUTION

PREVENTING
BLACKOUTS

Main features

Advanced visualization of Phase
Measurement Units (PMU) angle
difference

Real time trending of stability
margin

Oscillation monitoring

Wide Area Monitoring and Control
 OUR CB WATCH-2 CIRCUIT BREAKER
MONITORING SYSTEMS

MINIMIZING COSTS AND

ENSURING RELIABILITY

Main features

Monitors, via sensors major
components of the circuit breakers

Analyses information and triggers
alarms locally and/or remotely

Can be applied to all High-Voltage
Circuit breakers : Live Tank, Dead
Tank, Generator Circuit Breaker
 OUR MS3000 TRANSFORMER MONITORING
SYSTEMS
MINIMIZING COSTS AND ENSURING
RELIABILITY

Main features

Continuous supervision

Exact statements about operating
condition

Optimized operating and lifetime Lifetime data
management

management Data Visualisation

acquisition

Early detection of incipient faults

Information

Avoid failures, outages & collateral Data analysis
distribution

damage Condition
diagnostics

Knowledge of transformer life & lifetime

consumption

Extended transformer lifetime

Reduction of life-cycle cost
 OUR FACTS DEVICES RANGE

IMPROVING NETWORK
STABILITY AND RELIABILITY

Main features

Reactive Power compensation
SC SR PST

Power Flow increase MSC MSR

Reactive Power Control

Power Flow Control

Fast Dynamic Response

Stability improvement

Reliability improvement

Power oscillation damping
SVC STATCOM / D-STATCOM TCSC DVR / SSSC
MSC = Switched Capacitor SVC = Static Var Compensator
MSR = Switched Reactor STATCOM = Static Synchronous Compensator
SC = Series Capacitor
SR = Series Reactor
D-STATCOM = Distribution STATCOM
TCSC = Thyristor Controlled Series Capacitor
PST = Phase Shifting Transformer DVR = Dynamic Voltage Restorer
SSSC = Static Synchronous Series Compensator
 OUR D-STATCOM SOLUTION:
SVC MaxSine
SMART NETWORK
SUPPORTING DEVICE
IMPROVING POWER QUALITY
Main features

All-in-one Real-time
Compensation
Current Harmonics
Compensation
 Voltage Stabilisation
 Flicker Reduction
 Power Factor Correction
 Load Currents Balancing

Reaction Time is less than
2ms

Universal Communication
Connectivity
 OUR ACTIVE FILTER: MaxSine

ACTIVE FILTERING
Main features

Reactive Compensation

Active Filtering

Selection of harmonic
currents to be compensated

Compensation factor
selectively adjustable from 0 to
100%
 OUR NETWORK STUDIES CAPACITY

MODELING SMARTGRIDS

Main features

Renewable Energy Sources
integration (wind farms)

FACTS integration and
coordination

Distributed Generation integration
900

Protection plan analysis [kV]

750

(Distribution Networks with 2-ways 600

power flow) 450

300

150

Best solutions for Short Circuit 0

Currents limitation -150

-300
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 [us ] 80

Electric cars integration (f ile jebel-back.pl4; x-var t) v:BUSH.

…
SMARTER TECHNOLOGY
Some Success Stories
USA – OUR NEW GENERATION PE
SVC Xcel ENERGY

IMPROVING TRANSMISSION
GRID STABILITY

Customer Benefits
Easing connection of
renewable energy and
stabilizing the network
Minimizing voltage
fluctuation
Increasing power transfer
capabilities
Improving steady and
dynamic transmission
system performance
CANADA – OUR NEW GENERATION PE
HVDCice™
IMPROVING NETWORK
STABILITY AND DE-ICING
OVERHEAD LINES

Customer Benefits
SVC to improve 735kV
network security and
reliability
DC injection to melt the ice
on overhead lines.
Fast reconfiguration from
SVC mode to HVDC de-icer
mode (<1 hour)
WEST-AUSTRALIA – OUR SVC MaxSine

IMPROVING POWER QUALITY

FOR A NICKEL MINE

Customer Benefits
3-in-one Compensation
Power Factor Correction
Voltage Stabilisation
Flicker Reduction
Listens to the Network, not
to the Load
Compensation-on-demand
Features
EMIRATES – OUR SVC MaxSine
IMPROVING POWER QUALITY
FOR A STEEL FACTORY

Customer Benefits
All-in-one Real-time
Compensation
Harmonic currents
Compensation
Flicker Reduction
Power Factor Correction
Load Currents Balancing
Reaction Time is less than
2ms
Universal Communication
Connectivity
USA – OUR e-terrasettlement

DEMONSTRATING OUR
SOLUTIONS’ POWER
AND RELIABILITY

Customer Benefits
Offering a truly scalable
architecture to meet the
growing data volume
needs.
A fully configurable
solution.
 DENMARK

TOWARDS MORE EFFICIENT

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION
MANAGEMENT

Customer Benefits
Providing crucial information for
properly estimating how much
generation each turbine
produces
Assessing the network security
Providing a full realistic
operational behavior simulation
environment with Dispatcher
Training Simulatorn (DTS)
CHINA – OUR e-terravision

FOR SMARTER
TRANSMISSION

Customer Benefits
An integrated and unified
Situation-Awareness tool
within the Generalized Grid
Security Framework (GGSF).
Providing advanced decision
support tools to guide
operators with re-dispatch
actions to alleviate security
violations
SWITZERLAND - OUR INTRA-DAY PLANT
OPTIMIZER

FOR SMARTER
DISPATCH
Customer Benefits
All generation, transmission
and distribution applications
in a single, field proven
system
Providing a very broad and
cost-effective set of
functions
Real Time monitoring:
improve compliance with
schedules, reduce counter-
trading, increase security
FRANCE - MICROGRIDS CONTROLLER

THE MOST EFFECTIVE

AND RELIABLE
SOLUTIONS

Customer Benefits
Cheaper solution than
the traditional Generator
+ battery solution
Conformity with the
National and EC laws
applicable in Medical site