# Presentation: 726282

## Applications, Markets and Technologies for Distributed Power

**National Energy Modeling System**
**Annual Energy Outlook Conference**
**Washington, DC**
**March 27, 2001**
**Joseph Iannucci**
**Principal**
**Distributed Utility Associates**
**1062 Concannon Blvd.**
**Livermore, CA, USA 94550**
**925-447-0624**
**joe@dua1.com**

## Today's 

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**Customer ****Efficiency**

**Central Generation**

**Today's **
**Central Utility**

**Tomorrow's **
**Distributed Utility?**

**Remote****Loads**

**Wind**

**PV**

**Genset**

**Fuel Cell**

**Battery**

**Customers**

**Central Generation**

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**Microturbine**

## Concept: Expanding the Value Definition

**From...**

**To...**

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## Recent Distributed Resources News

- Interconnection Standards: IEEE P1547, Texas, PJM, California, New York, etc.
- ComEd 100 MW Summer Diesel Rental
- ComEd “Neighborhood DR Project”
- Omaha Bank Six Nines
- Flywheel/Fuel Cell/Microturbine Alliances
- Residential fuel cell buzz
- DG market capitalization >> $1B
- Tacoma Power 30 1.6 MW engines

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## Market Segmentation

- Leading Applications
- Market Models
- Technologies

- 1. Electric Generation/“Utility”
- 2. Customer (Residential, Commercial, Industrial)

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## Utility Case Examples

- Distribution substation upgrade in urban location
- Improve local reliability in commercial office park
- Upgrade radial line (capacity) serving seasonal agricultural loads with increasing peak demand but relatively flat energy sales

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## Comparing Central andDU Solutions 

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***T,***

***D,***

***FUEL***

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***fuel,***

***[cogen],***
***[VOS], [Env.]***

- DUVal

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## The Distributed Utility Opportunity: Improved Asset Utilization

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**The Distributed Utility Opportunity:**** ****Improved Asset Utilization**

**Typical System Load and Percent of Feeder Maximum Load**

**Electric Generation**
**Asset Utilization**

**Distribution**
**Asset Utilization**

**100**

**90**

**80**

**70**

**60**

**50**

**40**

**30**

**0**

**Load**
**Factor**
**Percentage**
**(%)**

**0**

**10**

**20**

**30**

**40**

**50**

**60**

**70**

**80**

**90**

**100**

**Percentage of the Year (%)**

**System**

**Typical Feeder**

**20**

**10**

**System**
**Typical Feeder**

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## Leading Utility-Perspective Technologies

-  Peaking applications dominate
- Activating fleets of standby generators
- Reciprocating engines, especially natural gas-fired
- Small gas turbines (e.g., ATS)
- Medium gas turbines - 10 MW+
- Control systems to manage the above

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## Next Utility-Perspective Technologies

- Advanced gas-fired reciprocating engines
- Storage technologies
- Fuel cells (baseloaded)

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## Customer Perspective 

***Purchasing***
***power***

***Cost and***
***benefits of***
***DG options***

- DUVal-C

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## Customer Distributed Resource Applications

- Premium Power
- Standby Power
- Peak Shaving
- Low-Cost Energy
- Combined Heat & Power

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## Leading Customer-Perspective Technologies

- Activating & refurbishing standby generators
- Cogeneration of all types and sizes
- Reciprocating engines that are permittable
- Anything that can make electricity (microturbines, etc.)
- “Data Hotel” _systems_ (recips _plus_ batteries _plus_ controls)
- Advanced storage _systems_ (flywheel, UPS, etc.)

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## Next Customer-Perspective Technologies

- Advanced gas-fired reciprocating engines
- Fuel cells
- Renewables

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## Comments on AEO 2001

- Data
- Methodology
- Electric Generation (“Utility”)
- Customer Perspective
- residential
- commercial
- industrial

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