Distributed Energy Resources disrupt the Utility industry. View recent presentation by Zubran Solaiman and Ton de Vries how Siemens - Bentley streamline DER hosting, provide power quality analysis and increase grid reliability.

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Modeling the Grid for De-Centralized Energy
Ton de Vries
Zubran Solaiman

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Utilities face massive changes

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The landscape changes almost daily

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Diverse energy sources impact
traditional operations

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Utility organizations must rethink
business models

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Safety, reliability, and grid resilience
must be maintained

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Going digital can transform
your business

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The pace of change varies
regionally, but PROGRESS
CONTINUES WORLDWIDE
Renewable Energy
Sources

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Source:McKinseyGlobalInstitute,DigitalAmerica:Ataleofthehavesandhave-mores
Capital-intensive sector with
the potential to FURTHER
DIGITIZE PHYSICAL ASSETS
GOOD PROGRESS in the
digitalization of usage and labor
Utilities Digitalization

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DISRUPTION in the Utility Industry

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Bentley’s mission is to provide INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND SERVICES for the enterprises and professionals
who DESIGN, BUILD, AND OPERATE the world’s infrastructure –
sustaining the global economy and environment for IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
“…Even though load and DER reside “behind-
the-meter” the modeling for each of these
respective network elements requires a
different set of data.
As the penetration level of DER increases, the
classical transmission model of distribution
system load (netted generation and load) is
not valid; the unique characteristics of DER
must be modeled separately….”
Source: http://www.nerc.com/comm/Other/essntlrlbltysrvcstskfrcDL/Distributed_Energy_Resources_Report.pdf

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Distribution Utility Organization - structure
Departments, Workflows, Systems – Where is DER?

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Utilities IT-systems
Landscape
ERP
Workforce
Management
Billing
CRM
Portal
Outage
Management
Mobile Management
Geographic
Information System
(Engineering) Document
Management
Asset Management
Scada
Distribution
Management
Meter Data
Management
Asset Register
Planning
Projects
External
services (CBYD)

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Analysis Design
Extract
GIS Data
Extract
Asset Data
Meter Readings
Transformation
Define and
Load
Profiles
Check if Mitigation
Report within Budget.
Optimization
Submit Data to
various Departments
Transform
Data
Transformation of 3rd Party
Data
Extract
Materials/ Cost
Network
Analysis
SCADA
A TYPICAL JOURNEY for System Planning and Design

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Integrated LIFECYCLE
management
INTELLIGENT NETWORK
planning, design, and
operations solutions
SEAMLESS workflows and
data integration
INTEROPERABILITY
CONNECTED DATA
ENVIRONMENT
THE VISION

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Hardened API level data provision, network simulation, and results presentation
Integration of GIS and network models
PSS®SINCAL algorithms for analysis at
planning, engineering and design
One common interface and full DER
integration planning and assessment
Materials and labor costs estimation
Siemens-Bentley Solution Key Capabilities
Constant up-to-date model
Workflow manager for planning,
engineering and design process to
support company standards
POWER SYSTEM PLANNING and GIS INTEGRATION

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Help Planners and Designers
with optimizing size of equipment,
conductors and cost
2. OpenUtilities Optimizer
OpenUtilities and Siemens PSS SINCAL
Analysis leading to a Common
Information model for Designers,
Planners, and engineers
1. OpenUtilities Analysis
Help organizations respond to and
manage DER connection requests,
improve reliability
3. DER Decision Support
KPI Indicators, Alerts and Alarms to
track work Request
4. Dashboards
Siemens – Bentley DER DECISION SUPPORT

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 Integrates PSS SINCAL with
OpenUtilities
 Common Network Model
Management
 Visually navigate engineering
results
Typical Analyses include:
 Unbalanced Load Flow
 Short Circuit Analysis
 Voltage Drop
 Flicker
 Harmonics
OpenUtilities ANALYZER

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 Enables Design Optioneering
 Auto-CU assignments
 Cost compare alternatives
 Integrated design workflows
and approvals
 Interoperates with Enterprise
Asset Management Systems
OpenUtilities OPTIMIZER

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Sample text
 SaaS
 Automated DER Impact
assessment
 Calculations considers multiple
proposed DERs
 Comply with Regulatory
Requirements
 Visualization and Reporting
OpenUtilities DECISION SUPPORT

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 Standard Key Performance
Indicator Template
 Compare current trends to
historical trends
 Drilldown to individual metrics
 Alerts and Alarm
OpenUtilities DASHBOARDS

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• Increasing volume of Distributed Generation (DG)
Interconnection requests
• Integrated modeling required at planning and design
• Consistently complex regulatory requirements
To conclude.. The Challenges

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To conclude.. The Benefits
• Reduction in data maintenance & modeling
costs, effort, and complexity
• Automation of the DER interconnection
assessment process
• Reduce IT integration complexity and costs
• Maximize the ROI on DERs