Electricity and Renewables SSE EAP Breakfast Andy Knight, Professor and Transmission Electric Industry Chair February 9, 2017
Bulk Energy vs Distribution System - Wholesale vs Retail http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/Electricity/pdfs/RMRC_Ch4_ElectricityRates.pdf
Price Impact of Intermittent Renewable Energy Sources Generally reduces wholesale energy costs Market action Retail is more complex State of existing infrastructure Policy design https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/ what-german-households-pay-power
Sufficient gas capacity Storage Intermittency Sufficient gas capacity Storage Pumped Hydro Compressed Air Gas Peaking Plants Imports
Yes, and no: Yes No Is Alberta “Special” High base load relative to peak Limited interconnect capability Future reliance on one fuel source for firm generation? No Other jurisdictions moving in similar directions We can learn from others mistakes No inflexible generation
What is UCalgary doing? Storage Integration Technology, Operation, Price Impacts Dynamic Line Rating Getting more wind power through the transmission system Renewable Integration and System Dynamics Wind / solar ramping Subsynchronous oscillations Forecasting Microgrids Operation, impacts on resiliency and reliability