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© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2017

CanmetENERGY in Varennes Presentation to the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources

February 8, 2017

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Advanced controls Renewable heating and cooling

Cold climate heat pumps Heat storage Refrigerants

Biorefinery Data mining and process diagnosis Energy and waste heat management

Smart grid: Microgrid applications Distributed generation

Clean energy decision-making software RETScreen Expert

CanmetENERGY in Varennes

Buildings $3M, 30 PY

Industrial Systems

$3M, 35 PY

Renewable Distributed

Energy $2M, 20 PY

RETScreen International $1.5M, 11 PY

• Budget: $13M • Staff of 125

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Commissioning Existing Buildings Joan Gregerson, E-Source, Report TU-97-3; www.esource.com

http://www.esource.com/

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Optimizing Building Operation

Development of a building diagnostic software (DABO: Diagnostic Agent for Building Operation)

Development of a standard recommissioning methodology

Development of training courses Implementation in NRCan buildings

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NRCan Sites – GHG Progress to Date

LoC projects resulted in reduced operating costs for the Department and contributed to facility renewal.

**The above percentages reflect static GHG factors.

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Cold-climate heat pumps Heat storage Refrigerants

Renewable Heating &

Cooling

To develop technologies capable of meeting 75% of the heating and cooling needs from renewables (air, water, ground, sun) and available heat (rejected heat, irreversibilities)

Renewable Heating and Cooling

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Case Study Innovative refrigeration system at the Loblaws supermarket in Repentigny, Québec

Store Opening:

April 28, 2004

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Northern and Remote Communities: Rethinking Energy Systems for the North

Activities Description DND projects • Alert base • Gagetown mobile camp • Varennes – Demo-camp

Meetings with NATO Resolute Bay

• Identification and quantification of electrical and thermal energy loads and consumption

• Strategies for thermal energy recovery and upgrading in fixed and mobile camps (30 to 55% energy savings)

• DND aware of the importance of energy

• Energy consumption reduced by 19%, annual utility costs by 14%, and GHG emissions by 15% (already identified)

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Learn the Process Integration concepts for a more efficient use of energy in industrial facilities

Understand, identify and evaluate heat recovery opportunities in utility systems and processes

Waste Heat

Understand biorefinery technologies Evaluate the economic viability and environmental benefits of

a biorefinery (integrated into existing pulp and paper operations or standalone)

Biorefinery

Modeling and optimization of CHP systems Understand production, equipment, environmental

and contractual constraints Produce heat and power cost effectively

Cogeneration (CHP)

Learn advanced data analysis to understand process and reduce process variability

Uncover the most critical variables affecting process operations

Identify low-cost improvement measures

Data Mining

Industrial Systems Optimization

$3M, 35 PY

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A National Outreach Strategy: Office of Energy Efficiency–Canmet collaboration

CanmetENERGY in Varennes is the national centre of expertise in PI!

Aides è res

Process Integration in Canadian Industry

Awareness & Demonstration

Information Communication

Plant Visits

Scoping Studies

Training Workshops

Support to Policy and Programs

Financial Support

Technical Support

Results & Impacts

Training Workshops

Capacity Building

INTEGRATION Software

Training & Workshops

Technical Support & Coaching

Objective: PI market transformation Strategy: Increase supply and demand for PI services

Raising Awareness

Building PI Capacity

Supporting Programs Definition & Delivery

Assessing Results & Impacts

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Process Integration Industrial Program: Impact Study Results (2014)

GHG Reductions 390,000 Tonnes per year: Emissions of 100,000 cars

Fuel Savings Achieved 6,600 TJ per year: Enough to heat 100,000 homes Cost savings: $34 Million per year (at 2013 energy prices)

Cost-effectiveness Industry investment Over $110 million Average payback 1.5 Year

Other benefits Water savings, Production increase

Program Participation 62 PI studies In 8 industrial sectors and 8 provinces

Renewable Electricity 460 000 MWh per year: Electricity consumption of 100,000 Canadians Revenue: $35 Million per year

Ref.: Process Integration Incentive program: Results and Impacts 2004-2013, Natural Resources Canada, 2014

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Forest Biorefinery 2020: Enabling Innovation Pathways

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Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Integration

To support national S&T efforts that will contribute to the modernization of the electricity grid network, enhance the benefits of renewable and clean distributed energy resources

Key Issues: Standards and Codes Interoperability Balancing (renewable energy

variability) Power quality

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Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources

Efficient control and reliable operation of distribution networks with self-healing capability

Impact and benefits of distributed generation

Optimum design and energy management of grid-connected and remote microgrids

Active Distribution

Networks

Sustainable Microgrids

Balancing power system supply & demand Virtual Power Plant

PV Integration

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Example: Nemiah Valley, BC Research on medium-penetration solar PV, whereby the

PV generation exceeded the load

Three measures in the Nemiah grid:

Introducing 6 distributed rooftop PV - 27kW

Replacing a 95 kW genset by a 30 kW genset

Reducing commercial loads

Fuel saving with 25% reduction in diesel fuel compared to baseline

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PV Commercial load control 30 kW genset

Source: Dave Turcotte, Sophie Pelland

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66 residences and 18 buildings Hartley Bay, BC: first remote microgrid of its kind in North America “Rural electricity cooperative” – savings remain in the community First-year research results – modify transformer loading;

monitoring 3 diesel generators; research “dispatch strategy” with DR; years 2-3: research on demand-responsive load and validate optimal smart grid operation.

Estimated Savings in Diesel Consumptions (l/year) Fuel savings with 20% reduction in diesel fuel compared

to baseline

Example: Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Demand Side Management in Hartley Bay, BC

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