This document evaluates the impact of advancing battery storage technologies on energy economics within the context of renewable energy adoption and peak demand management. It highlights the shift towards smarter energy systems and real-time monitoring to enhance efficiency and reliability in energy distribution. The research aims to improve understanding of how these technologies can shape the future of the energy grid.

1. Evaluating the impact of advancing battery storage
and other technologies on energy economics
Gerard Reiter, Executive General Manager, Asset Management
23 February 2016
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2. About us
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Sydney
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Operator and manager of the NSW
transmission network, we supply:
3 million homes
30,000 businesses
12,900 km transmission lines
99 substations
2,300 km optical fibre
Keeping you and your way of life
connected- 24/7

3. Grid of the future
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˃ Shift towards renewable sources of
generation
˃ Smarter ways of managing peak
demand
˃ Widespread adoption of energy
efficiency initiatives
˃ Increased access to local generation
The grid of the future will look very different
to the grid of today
Smarter, more options

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iDemand
www.transgrid.com.au/iDemand
Live monitor updates
every 5 seconds
Real-time updates:
Solar generation,
battery discharge
& site consumption
Opens conversation
for storage & demand
management integration

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Next steps
We share our research to create better understanding

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Managing peak demand
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Typical feeder profile
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Demand response is one of the ways we manage peak demand

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OpenADR
Distributor Network Service
Provider or Aggregator
TransGrid
Commercial
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Industrial
Commercial
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Industrial
Residential
OpenADR linkSource: http://www.openadr.org/
Residential
We’re all connected through the energy ecosystem

8. Managing energy
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Peak shaving for a 1.0MW, 2.0MWh based on
existing tariffs approx. $100,000 per year
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Latent energy

9. Base system
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Normal operation without any outages and system within technical limits
Armidale Inverell Moree Narrabri Boggabri
North/East
Gunnedah Tamworth
968
969

10. Outage of 968
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Normal operation without any outages and system within technical limits
Armidale Inverell Moree Narrabri Boggabri
North/East
Gunnedah Tamworth
968
969

11. New transmission line solution
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Normal operation without any outages and system within technical limits
Armidale Inverell Moree Narrabri Boggabri
North/East
Gunnedah Tamworth
968
969
Build a new transmission line from
Tamworth to Gunnedah

12. Phase shifting transformer solution
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Phase angle regulator solution, reduces flow on 969 and restores loading on 969 to
acceptable level, reduction in reactive line losses restores acceptable volts at Gunnedah
Armidale Inverell Moree Narrabri Boggabri
North/East
Gunnedah Tamworth
968
969
Phase shifting transformer changes
network impedance and forces more
energy to be supplied from Armidale

13. Battery solution
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A 15MW injection at Gunnedah from a battery, voltage is restored to within acceptable range,
loading on 969 is reduced to acceptable level
Armidale Inverell Moree Narrabri Boggabri
North/East
Gunnedah Tamworth
968
969

14. Battery solution
Evaluating the impact of advancing battery storage and other technologies on energy economics14 /
A 15MW injection at Gunnedah from a battery, voltage is restored to within acceptable range,
loading on 969 is reduced to acceptable level
Armidale Inverell Moree Narrabri Boggabri
North/East
Gunnedah Tamworth
968
969
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Load profile on 969
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969 Line rating

15. As the energy landscape continues to evolve, advancing
battery storage and other technologies provide new
pathways to help shape the grid of the future
demandmanagement@transgrid.com.au