ESB Innovation

THE TRANSACTIVE GRID

Conor Cooney, ESB Innovation

March 2017

esb.ie

Macro Energy Trends

Decarbonisation

Must happen

•Destination clear

•Path uncertain

•Pace is uncertain

Renewables

Unstoppable

•Costs reducing

•Efficiency Gains

•Flexibility solutions

Demand

stalled

•Passive housing

•DM technology

•Data Centre offset

Prosumer

Take-off

•Connected Homes

•DER availability

•Heat &Transport

New business models

•Multiple Players

•Service /Data orgs

•Towards ‘Free’ electricity

Our energy world is transforming, with or without us

ESB Strategy

Low Carbon Generation & StorageEmpower Customers

Empower Customers

Empower Customers

Blockchain Technology???

Low Carbon Generation and Storage

ESB Innovation

ESB Strategy

Low Carbon Generation & Storage

Smarter & Reliable Networks Electrify Heat & Transport

Empower Customers

Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Electricity

Generation

19%

Other (ETS)

8%

Agriculture

33%

Other

(Non ETS)

8%

Heat

15%

Transport

19%

Emissions Trading Scheme (27% 16Mt)

Non ETS (73% 42Mt)

ESB ecars

Extensive Island-wide Network

● Worlds First Nationwide EV public charging

infrastructure

▪ 90 Fast Chargers (50kW)

▪ Over 1,100 Standard Chargers (22kW)

● Multi-jurisdictional allowing cross-Island travel

▪ Public EV charging in the majority of communities with >1,500

▪ DC 50kW every 50km on all major inter-urban routes (initially

Japanese Chademo only; latterly also with German Combo2)

eHeat

● Fully Passive All Electric Home –

Durkan Residential

● 700,000 Oil Boiler Homes

● Superhomes Project – Tipperary

Energy Agency

● Dublin District Heating

Path to decarbonisation

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

2015 2030 Scenario

CO2 Emissions

Electricity Generation (g/kWh) Heat Pump (g/kWh) Electric Vehicle (g/km)

Smarter and Reliable Networks

Challenges

● Electrify Heat & Transport

● Aggregation

● Designed based on Diversity

● Smart metering

Opportunities

● IOT platforms

● Predictive maintenance

● Distributed battery access

● Blockchain

Thank you