Energy Systems Integration Facility May 2010
Jan 19, 2016
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
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
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
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
180,000 sq. ft.24 Laboratories200 Teraflop Computer200 researchersDesign 2009, early ‘10Construction start 2010Completion late 2012Occupancy late 2012
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ESIF Snapshot
FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11$54.5M $41M 0 $39.5M
ESIF Appropriations History and FY11 Request
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
ESIF Addresses the System of Systems
Buildings Hydrogen Wind VehiclesSolar Storage
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
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
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
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
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
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
PAD1 PAD2 PAD3 PAD4
PAB3
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)
DUT
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FD FD FD FD FD FD FD FD
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
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
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
• 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
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
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
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
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)
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
ESIF Floor Plan
High Bay
Test Beds
HPC
OfficesAnd Viz Centers
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
View from West
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View from Southeast
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
View from Southwest
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View from East
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
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
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
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
Renewable and Efficiency Technology Integration
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