India Smart Grid Week, 2016

Yogendra Patwardhan

Vice President, Grid Automation

ABB

Grid Modernization-Technology Choices for India

 Urbanization and Overpopulation

Crucial megatrends that will define tomorrow’s world

With a population of 8.3 billion people by 2030, we’ll need...

 Elements of a SMART Mega City

Future world will look very different in some fundamental ways

SMART Buildings
SMART Infrastructure SMART Energy
Green and Intelligent built
with BIPV Multimodal transport hubs
High penetration of renewable
providing excellent connectivity
energy

SMART Technology SMART Cars SMART Grids

Infrastructure to enable real
Intelligent communication Electric Vehicles with fast time monitoring of power
systems charging stations flow

‘Smart’ is the new ‘Green’: Technology will impact every aspect of our world
 Energy and grid transformation

Big shift in the electrical value chain

Renewable
Renewable share:
share: ~50%
~50% of
of global
global generation
generation by
by
2040
2040
Generation mix
Greater
Greater volatility,
volatility, less
less predictability
predictability
More
More feed-in
feed-in nodes
nodes

Power Increasing
Increasing complexity
complexity
transmission and Control
Control // information
information flow
flow isis key
key value
value driver
driver
distribution Transmission:
Transmission: longer
longer distances,
distances, higher
higher voltages
voltages

On-
On- and
and off-grid
off-grid
Micro / Nano
Control
Control // automation
automation on
on “local”
“local” level
level
grids
Energy
Energy storage
storage isis key
key
 Power Grids will need to evolve

From Mega to Micro: We have alternatives

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 Changing power sector landscape

Technology options to be considered

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 Technology: Key focus areas

Finding the right balance remains the key

Key requirements

Trends affecting the power sector

 Reformation of regulations
Reliability  Increased cross border transfer
 Increased electricity trading
 Increased urbanization
 Increased demand on power quality
 Increased use of renewable production
Affordability Sustainability  Reduced implementation times

The ideal spot

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 Key technologies being adopted

Rapid adoption leading to evolution of the T&D sector

Gas
Gas insulated
insulated substations
substations Flexible
Flexible AC
AC Transmission
Transmission High
High Voltage
Voltage DC
DC Digital
Digital substations
substations
(GIS)
(GIS) systems
systems (FACTS)
(FACTS) Transmission (HVDC)
Transmission (HVDC)
Technology

Technologies
Technologies that
that have
have gained
gained wide
wide popularity
popularity during
during the
the recent
recent past
past

 Dynamic voltage
 Integration of  Increased safety and
 Reduced land
control renewable energy reduced installation
requirement
Drivers

time
 Increased power
 Grid reinforcement
 Ease of installation  Increased availability
transmission  Increased power
 High reliability and and performance
capability and transmission
safety stability  Built-in cyber security
capability

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 What next?
Energy Storage may become next «Big Thing»
Large scale Small scale Charging
Battery PHS Flywheel Supercap Battery DC fast charger

Utility grid control Bulk storage Microgrid stability Traction End-user Terra series

What
What could
could drive
drive energy
energy storage?
storage?
Large scale
integration of
renewables in
the grid Continuously
Adoption of falling prices
Text
distributed of Li-ion
generation, esp. batteries
Microgrids

PHS: Pumped Hydroelectric Storage 9

 What next?
Other emerging technologies
Superconductors / High temperature
superconductor (HTS) Cables
• Ability to conduct electricity with near-zero resistance

• HTS Cables can carry three to five times the power of

conventional cables

• Superconducting materials can also be used to replace the

copper windings of transformers to reduce losses by as much
as 70%

Wide Area Monitoring Systems

• Real time and more precise monitoring of transmission

systems

• Can aid in higher loading of transmission systems

• Transmission operators could conceivably change the loading

of transmission lines by thermal monitoring

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