CANMET Energy Technology Centre(CETC)

OCN /FPTT Networking Event

December 12 2006

2

Focus of Science & Technology Development at CETC-Ottawa

CETC-Ottawa is currently active in the following technology areas:

• Renewable energy (wind, solar, small hydro and bio-energy)• Energy efficient buildings and industry• Distributed generation of electric power and community energy

systems• Hydrogen and fuel cells• Clean coal, CO2 capture and storage for electric power generation and

industrial processes• Industrial process energy efficiency

3

HQ & CETC Programs, Ottawa, ON

Ottawa, ON

Devon, AB

Varennes, QC

4

Associated Technology Centres

Wind Energy Institute of Canada (PEI)

National Solar Test Facility (ON)Laboratoire de Machines Hydrauliques

Université Laval (QC)

Canadian Centre for Housing Technologies (Ottawa)

5

CETC - Ottawa People

224 Staff

Scientific &Professional

Technical

Program & Administrative

142

34

47

Executive

1

6

Our Partners in Program Delivery

Universities

National Research Council

Natural Resources Canada

National Defence National Defence

Environment Canada

Transport Canada

Industry Canada

•Basic R&D

•Engineering Testing•Codes & Standards

•Technical Demonstration•Safety &•Emissions•Testing

•Market Demonstration

•First Purchase

•Production•and•Sales

•Applied R&D

•Product Development

7

8

Advanced commercial buildingsResidential biomass

District heating for communities

Small hydro

Wind energy

Technology Transfer – Areas of Collaborations

9

4oC

one of the largest district energy systems in North America, providing heating and/or cooling services to over 130 buildings in downtown Toronto.

Deep Lake Water Cooling – Toronto Chills Out

• What - cold water (4oC) from Lake Ontario will provide air-conditioning to 100 office buildings in Toronto’s harbour front

• How –Pipes transport cold water from Lake Ontario, filter it and pump to a chilled water plant

• Impact - Reduces GHG by 40,000 T/yr – the equivalent of taking 8,000 cars off the road

• Innovation - largest lake water cooling system in the world and first of its kind in Canada

Water captured at 85 metres

10

Canadian Centre for Housing Technology

Twin Test Houses• Identical construction, twin R-2000

reference houses allowing side-by-side comparisons

• Simulated occupancy• Real-world testing for innovative

technology such as residential fuel cells, CHP systems, grid connection for PV, and hydrogen/natural gas hybrids.

• “Stepping stone” to field trials

Information Centre• Demonstration of adaptable housing

(Flexhouse)• Showcase for innovative products• Meeting room

11

Drake Landing Solar Community- Alberta, Canada

Town of Okotoks - leading Community in Sustainable Development with a proactive approach to community energy planning

First solar seasonal storage community in North America

First in world >90% solar fraction

Reduction of 6 tonnes GHG per home per year

Largest subdivision of R-2000 single family homes in Canada

12

Wind-Diesel Energy

• Installation of the first Canadian Wind-Diesel demonstration project was completed in Ramea, Newfoundland in 2004

• The project consists of six 65 kW wind turbines, with an installed wind energy capacity of 390 kW, or roughly 1 million kWh of electricity per year

• NRCan’s unique Wind Diesel Integrated Control System (WDICS), integrates the wind energy with the existing diesel generating system

• The project will also achieve an estimated 750 tonnes per year of GHG emissions reductions, and improvements in air quality Installation of the Wind Machines

for the Wind-Diesel System in Ramea, Newfoundland

13

Hydrogen Highway – 2010 Winter Olympics

• 7 stations on the Sea to Sky Hwy

• More than vehicles: stationary, micro, portable hydrogen and fuel cell technologies

14

International Flaring Consortium (IPC)

• CETC - Ottawa has a world-unique Flare Test Facility and also established the IPC

• Flares are a significant source of CO2 emissions

• The IPC address emissions, regulations and establishes best practices for the optimal operation of industrial flares

• Partners include BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, John Zink, NovaCHEM and Saudi Aramco

Flare stacks at Imperial Oil in Sarnia, Ontario

Flaring in Nigeria

15

ēKOCOMFORT® Consortium

• A CETC led consortium of manufacturers, trade associations, utilities and government agencies

• The consortium created the ēKOCOMFORT® line of high performance systems for housing construction products

• Partners include CMHC, Enbridge Gas Distribution, Union Gas Products Ltd. And a many individual companies

16

• The CPCC is focused on the technical, environmental and economic viability of new clean coal-burning technology

• Goals include retrofitting an existing coal-burning power plant by 2007 and building a full-scale demonstration facility by 2010

• Partners include CETC, various utilities, coal producers, federal and provincial governments, EPRI, IEA Greenhouse Program and IEA Clean Coal Centre

Canadian Clean Power Coalition (CPCC)

Clean Coal- Is it possible?