The Smart Grid Vision in the Wind Walk Development
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Jim Floyd, President & CEO Over 30 years of technical and management experience
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W i n d W a l k A New Smart Community BUILD IT RIGHT -‐ HOLMES
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A New Smart Community PowerOn Ltd
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The Wind Walk Challenge February 2009 challenged by the Wind Walk Team to: Develop an advanced and technologically innova've project that would
last more than 100 years Design and Build the most technologically advanced, innova've and superior systems for Wind Walk – to be “A Smart Community” “Future-‐Proof” Wind Walk so that new technical advancements could be easily added to the development as they become available Seek strategic alliances with leading-‐edge companies that are ac'vely developing new systems and processes to achieve Wind Walk’s vision Bring advanced systems together to Wind Walk as a “Proof of Concept” development PowerOn Ltd
A Vision of the Future Bad News or Good News
The Limits to Growth. Written by MIT researchers for an international think tank, the Club of Rome, the study used computers to model several possible future scenarios.
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Carbon Dioxide Last 200 Years
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Carbon Dioxide Last 200 Years
American Association for the Advancement of Science Nov. 2005
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Climate Change Last 65 Million Years
Based on Oxygen Isotope Ratios Veizer et al 1999 updated 2004
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Popula'on Growth
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Energy Usage Per Capita
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Good News • MIT study noted that unlimited economic growth was possible if we limited humanity’s ecological footprint. • Some of the heavy li_ing is done. – Natural Gas • Retrofits 25-‐50% less CO2 • CHP -‐ Geothermal -‐ Fuel Cells -‐ Bio-‐fuels -‐ Tidal Power -‐ Solar -‐ Wind Power -‐ Fusion PowerOn Ltd
What Do They Cost?
California - 2008
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Solar Panels May become Standard In Homes
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Hybrid and Electric Vehicles May Become Very Popular
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100 Years of Natural Gas?
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Smart Grids – Time of Use Demand Management – Peak Shaving Typical Daily Demand Profiles
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“Future Proofing” Wind Walk OUR VISION: Wind Walk homes and community will have these features:
Combined Heat and Power Systems
Micro-‐genera'on Advanced Distribu'on Design Community Energy Storage Automated Demand Management Smart Grids Electric or Hybrid Vehicles High Speed Communica'ons
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Combined Heat and Power Concentra'on of buildings: Prime opportunity for Co-‐Genera'on and Central Hea'ng Plant (CHP)
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Micro-‐Genera'on East/West facing lots: Superior opportunity for solar panels
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Micro Genera'on Prime Loca'ons for installa'on of Micro Wind Genera'on
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Advanced Design
Bio-‐Swales: Good loca'on for rear lot shallow u'li'es
Lower environmental impact to construct
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Advanced Design
Conven'onal Design:
Proposed Design:
• Primary rings the block • Secondary circuits separated
• Wiring in swale area
• Networked Secondary • Small Community Energy Storage Units
CES and Switch
Transformer
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CES and Switch
Transformer
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Community Energy Storage Smart Grid Systems Community Energy Storage
(NaNiCl)
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Automated Demand Management
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Smart Grid Systems Design goals: • Improve energy efficiency • Allow for more Distributed Genera'on • Maintain secondary waveform for DG • Bi-‐direc'onal energy to / from vehicles • Management of short term power peaks • U'lize HEC systems to control demand and adjust to Time of Use price signals • Reduce street furniture impact Substation
CHP
Transformer
CES & S
Transformer
Home
CES & S
HEC
Multiple DG
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High Speed Communica'ons Wind Walk: A Template for Future Developments
• Complete Fibre Op'c Infrastructure to and through the homes and businesses. (FTTH+) • Enhanced home and business opportuni'es and capabili'es. • Where ever power and data convergence
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Summary
Wind Walk: ”At the leading edge of sustainable projects” Wide array of new technology Strategic corporate partnerships to provide technologies Financially Sustainable (Repeatable and Profitable) Value in environmentally responsible projects Planned implementaQon of technology in all Phases Large reducQon in GHG emissions compared to standard “Future Proof” Wind Walk design and construcQon
WIND WALK “ The Smart Community”
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