Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-04386, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Davison, Matthew (The University of Western Ontario), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : The mine complexes (underground mine and above ground mill) Goldcorp operates in Ontario draw large_x000D_
amounts of power. Power billing for large industrial consumers ascribes a high cost to annual consumption if_x000D_
electricity is used on any of the top five overall 'calendar' demand hours for the entire province [17,19]._x000D_
Goldcorp wants to avoid the top demand hour on five different days where these five peaks are the highest for_x000D_
the fiscal year. The site need only reduce the load long enough to ensure the peak demand hour is avoided._x000D_
Idling the mine and switching from line power to expensive diesel generation causes major production_x000D_
disruptions. The site requires about six hours of reduced load to avoid the one-hour peak event. This_x000D_
shut-down practice also suspends all gold production. If the provincial load for the entire next year were_x000D_
known in advance, Goldcorp's problem would be easily solved by finding the top consumption calendar hours_x000D_
and, for each of these hours, determine the optimal way to avoid high electricity costs by deciding how much to_x000D_
idle, what to idle, and what to replace with on-site diesel generation._x000D_
However, the provincial peak-load hour is not known a whole year in advance, although provincial load_x000D_
predictions, which are fairly accurate up to 2-3 days in advance, can be made using publicly available weather_x000D_
forecasts and the historical relationship between load and temperature at given hours [6]._x000D_
Idling the operation involves major lost opportunity and additional costs. Mine personnel want to minimize the_x000D_
expected number of days that this power-management strategy is employed for ceasing mine production._x000D_
Simultaneously, however, the site wants to strongly dissuade operation at any time during the top five peak_x000D_
hours. To make this trade-off optimally, the initial part of the evaluation will be to quantify the cost of running_x000D_
in a top-five day against the cost of idling for a day and a focus on quantifying and appropriately adjusting the_x000D_
shut-down threshold. Goldcorp stands to improve revenue by approximately $1.8 M CAD through additional_x000D_
production and avoid high annual "Global Adjustment" power costs in the order of $ 6 M CAD., program purpose french : The mine complexes (underground mine and above ground mill) Goldcorp operates in Ontario draw large_x000D_
amounts of power. Power billing for large industrial consumers ascribes a high cost to annual consumption if_x000D_
electricity is used on any of the top five overall 'calendar' demand hours for the entire province [17,19]._x000D_
Goldcorp wants to avoid the top demand hour on five different days where these five peaks are the highest for_x000D_
the fiscal year. The site need only reduce the load long enough to ensure the peak demand hour is avoided._x000D_
Idling the mine and switching from line power to expensive diesel generation causes major production_x000D_
disruptions. The site requires about six hours of reduced load to avoid the one-hour peak event. This_x000D_
shut-down practice also suspends all gold production. If the provincial load for the entire next year were_x000D_
known in advance, Goldcorp's problem would be easily solved by finding the top consumption calendar hours_x000D_
and, for each of these hours, determine the optimal way to avoid high electricity costs by deciding how much to_x000D_
idle, what to idle, and what to replace with on-site diesel generation._x000D_
However, the provincial peak-load hour is not known a whole year in advance, although provincial load_x000D_
predictions, which are fairly accurate up to 2-3 days in advance, can be made using publicly available weather_x000D_
forecasts and the historical relationship between load and temperature at given hours [6]._x000D_
Idling the operation involves major lost opportunity and additional costs. Mine personnel want to minimize the_x000D_
expected number of days that this power-management strategy is employed for ceasing mine production._x000D_
Simultaneously, however, the site wants to strongly dissuade operation at any time during the top five peak_x000D_
hours. To make this trade-off optimally, the initial part of the evaluation will be to quantify the cost of running_x000D_
in a top-five day against the cost of idling for a day and a focus on quantifying and appropriately adjusting the_x000D_
shut-down threshold. Goldcorp stands to improve revenue by approximately $1.8 M CAD through additional_x000D_
production and avoid high annual "Global Adjustment" power costs in the order of $ 6 M CAD., agreement title english : Optimal Mine-Production Strategies that Minimize Global Adjustment Charges, agreement title french : Optimal Mine-Production Strategies that Minimize Global Adjustment Charges, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-09-20, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada