1. Smart Grids –
What and why?
May 30th, 2011
Richard Wunderlich
Siemens Canada

2. Agenda
Challenges for a future energy supply
Into the new Electricity Age – Tackling Smart Grid
What does Smart Grid include?
Working together to pave the way to Smart Grid
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3. Megatrends
Demographic dynamics Scarce resources Climate change
§ Population growth § Geopolitics § Climate goals
7.5 bill. in 2020 (+1.1 bill.) 70% of global oil and gas Political programs aimed at
§ Megacities (>10 mill. people) reserves are located in just long-term reduction in
27 megacities by 2025 a few countries CO2 emissions
§ Oil price fluctuations
Source: UNO
Due to efficiency increases: Growing
Rising
Growing electrification of demand for
energy consumption
society “clean” electricity
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4. The grid challenges
Growing demand Increasing share of re-newables
Stochastic power flow Increasingly distributed generation
Source: E SGA
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5. Agenda
Challenges for a future energy supply
Into the new Electricity Age – Tackling Smart Grid
What does Smart Grid include?
Working together to pave the way to Smart Grid
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6. Our Utilities are in transformation –
The energy system as we know it…
Today
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7. … a system with central generation and
unidirectional power flow …
4-5 kW
for light bulbs and milking machines
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8. … is changing to decentralized generation
30 kW
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9. … is changing to decentralized generation
60 kW
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10. With innovative technology,
Energy Consumers transform into real Prosumers …
power
information
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11. … trade power and earn money …
power
… and buy a Chevy Volt!
information
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12. Intelligent components enable the transition
from Conventional Grids to Smart Grids
Micro-Grid-
Controller
Bi-directional
electric vehicle
charging station
power
information
Transformer Smart Meter
Monitoring-
Station
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13. Agenda
Challenges for a future energy supply
Into the new Electricity Age – Tackling Smart Grid
What does Smart Grid include?
Working together to pave the way to Smart Grid
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14. The basic idea of a Smart Grid
Tomorrow
power
information
“Smart Grid is essentially
an intelligent management of load
enabled by an IT-supported bi-directional connection
between energy generation and consumption.”
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15. Smart Grid is a necessary change in the Energy
World – and will affect our daily life
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16. Agenda
Challenges for a future energy supply
Into the new Electricity Age – Tackling Smart Grid
What does Smart Grid include?
Working together to pave the way to Smart Grid
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17. Ontario Smart Grid Fund –
Durham Region Demonstration Project
Transmission
Electro-
mobility
Efficient fossil Distribution Large Commercial Industrial
Wind Power power generation
Light
Commercial
Photovoltaics & Residential
Concentrated Solar Power
Smart Grid Applications
Emission-neutral
Intelligent Generation Intelligent Grids Intelligent Consumption
Transport
Generation Transmission Distribution Smart Grid Applications Consumer Solutions
Energy Durham Region Industry
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