energy systems integration facility

Energy Systems Integration Facility

May 2010

Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration

ESIF Supports National Goals• National carbon goals require

massive deployment of renewable and efficiency technologies

• The operational characteristics of many new energy technologies will require a transformation of the physical electricity infrastructure and how it’s operated

• ESIF is designed to address issues associated with this transformation, reducing the technical and financial risk of new technology adoption


ESIF Provides EERE with a Comprehensive Approach to Integrating Renewable and Efficiency Technologies with the Electricity System and the Built Environment

Capability Gap Analysis1. Renewable resource characterization2. Renewable systems operations and analysis

support3. Integrated testing and field validation of

components4. Simulation and development of system controls5. Analyzing storage systems 6. Advanced energy computing capability7. Renewable electricity production and hydrogen

synergies 8. Buildings System Integration 9. Market and integration analysis10. Economic validation11. Market competitiveness of zero energy buildings12. Codes and Standards13. Transportation electrification

ESIF Visioning and Design Process

Actions1. Assemble experts2. Identify activities and

tasks needed to address capabilities

3. Identify lab, staff, and equipment needs

Results• 48 activities• 120 tasks• Lab space specs• Equipment specs


180,000 sq. ft.24 Laboratories200 Teraflop Computer200 researchersDesign 2009, early ‘10Construction start 2010Completion late 2012Occupancy late 2012

ESIF

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ESIF Snapshot

FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11$54.5M $41M 0 $39.5M

ESIF Appropriations History and FY11 Request


ESIF Addresses the System of Systems

Buildings Hydrogen Wind VehiclesSolar Storage


Specific RE and EE integration and deployment problems that ESIF capabilities will uniquely address include:

• Impacts on electric system stability and reliability under deployments of variable generation at scale

• Transmission system operations challenges under scenarios of variable generation deployed at scale

• Transition from passive to active operations of the distribution system under large-scale deployment of distributed (variable and conventional) generation technologies

• Transmission and distribution strategies for accessing renewable resources and delivering them to load

• Lack of Smart Grid communications and interactivity of components across the grid from generation to storage to load


Specific RE and EE integration and deployment problems that ESIF capabilities will uniquely address include (cont.):

• Limited, smart load control technologies and communications to reduce peak demands

• Distribution systems impacts caused by the interaction of the built environment with the electricity system

• Lack of control strategies for vehicle-to-grid and grid-to-vehicle to enable the electrification of transportation

• Impacts on the physical infrastructure of transportation electrification and new infrastructure needs

• Addressing hydrogen infrastructure and hydrogen production and storage interfaces with existing energy infrastructure


Creating Unique National Assets

• Renewable and efficiency hardware-in-the-loop testing of components and systems into full scale simulations of the distribution and transmission systems as well as the built environment

• Virtual utility operations and simulation dedicated to integration of RE and EE technologies at scale

• Smart grid testing and validation lab• 200+ teraflop computer with

petabyte data center dedicated to EE and RE

3 kW Load Bank

15 kW Load Bank Inverter #1

AC OutputELGAR Grid Simulator #1

Power Electronics AC Bus Device #8

Power Electronics AC Bus 4 Relay

ELGAR Grid Simulator #2

Power Electronics Test

Bench

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PAB4

PAB2

Each relay shown includes integrated voltage and current sensing with communication to the master SCADA

Configurable fused disconnect (FD) (“lug or plug”)

PAB1

PAD9 PAD10 PAD11 PAD12

PAD5 PAD6 PAD7 PAD8

PAD13 PAD14 PAD15 PAD16

AC Bus 1 Venus

AC Bus 2 Venus

AC Bus 3 Venus

AC Bus 4 Venus AC Bus 4 Mars

AC Bus 3 Mars

AC Bus 2 Mars

AC Bus 1 Mars

Device Under Test (DUT)

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The ESIF’s unique capabilities (Cont.):

• High-power (MW scale at 480V and 13kV) capability to test prototype hardware

• PV inverters (currently no test labs in US can test 500kW+)

• Ability to test both distributed energy and smart loads at MW scale

• Integrated zero-energy building load, generation, and storage testing

• Integrated electricity (AC and DC), fuels (e.g. hydrogen, natural gas), and thermal connections throughout multiple testing bays

• Visualization capabilities of real-time lab and field tests integrated with simulations


• Solar– Solar resource forecasting techniques– Advanced power electronics for grid interconnection– PV with distributed electric storage

• Wind– Models and methods for wind-grid integration– Advanced wind forecasting techniques– Transmission modeling – Operations modeling

• Hydrogen– H2/electric interfaces/RE electrolyzers – Storage systems– Fuel cell integration – Fueling systems

• Vehicles– Plug-in-hybrids: vehicle-to-grid and grid-to-vehicle– Battery thermal management– Power electronics

Imperatives for RE Integration ESIF Capabilities

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Imperatives for EE Integration ESIF Capabilities

• Buildings– Whole building simulation and optimization

Existing building stock retrofit approaches New construction

– Sensors and controls development and integration– Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) design and utilization– Dynamic load integration and control– Electric and thermal storage – Whole building integration – New material modeling and design– Code evaluation

Residential Commercial

Retrofit X XNew Construction X X


Imperatives for Electricity Systems Integration

• Smart grid modeling and testing– architecture – standards– interoperability

• Storage optimization, control, and operation

• Virtual utility operations for large-scale RE integration• Distributed resources optimization and integration• Microgrid control and operations• Power electronics and controls


Status• Design-build team selected (JE Dunn/ Smith

Group)• Preliminary design complete• Contract negotiations awaiting CD-1• Critical Decision package at DOE HQ for

review• Appropriations still lacking equipment dollars

(Included in President’s FY11 request)


ESIF Floor Plan

High Bay

Test Beds

HPC

OfficesAnd Viz Centers


View from West


View from Southeast


View from Southwest


View from East


Summary of Specs• Approximately 180,000 sq. ft.• 25+ Laboratories

– 5 Testbeds (Outdoor, Roof, etc.)

• ~200 person Office area• Specialty Areas

Insight Center including Visualization Rooms and Collaboration areas

Virtual Control Room for RE Integration and Infrastructure Visualization

• 15,000 sq. ft., 200+ teraflop HPC and petabyte data center


Budget

• Total Estimated Cost: $135 Million

– $9,871K – Design*

– $87,538K – Construction* – $32,000K – Equipment & HPC – $3,179K – Other Project Costs* – $2,412K – DOE held Contingency

* includes management reserve of $12,963K


ESIF Schedule• CD-0 (MNS) – Approved May

2007• Received Funding ($55M) October

2007• Define Internal User Requirements July 2008• Define External user Requirements October 2008• RFQ to Potential Bidders

September 2008• RFP Preparation

Dec 08 – April 09• RFP to Potential Bidders April

2009 • Select Design Build Contractor September

2009• CD-1 Package May

2010 • CD 2/3

September 2010• Construction Starts

February 2011• Construction Finishes Late 2012

energy systems integration facility

Documents

new energy technologies

distribution systems

ee integration

new infrastructure

hydrogen infrastructure

renewable resources

electric system stability

deployment problems