Demonstration Reporting - ORIGINAL CONTENT

By:: Edward A. Reid Jr.
Posted On:: Apr 5, 2022 at 7:00 AM
Category: Energy Policy, Climate Change

This commentary suggests a reporting format for the renewable plus storage demonstration discussed in the prior two commentaries.

Pre-demonstration electricity generation infrastructure:
	Fuel	Rated Capacity (MW)	Capacity Factor (%)	Annual Generation (MWH)
	Coal
	Natural gas (CCT)
	Natural gas (SCT)
	Nuclear
	Other
	Total

	Peak Demand:
	Capacity Reserve Margin:

Initial demonstration electricity generation infrastructure:
	Source	Rated Capacity (MW)	Capacity Factor (%)	Annual Generation (MWH)
	Wind
	Solar
	Nuclear
	Other
	Total

	Design Peak Demand:
	Design Capacity Reserve Margin:

Initial demonstration electricity storage infrastructure:
	Storage	Rated Capacity (MWH)	Rated Discharge (MW)
	Short Duration
	Intermediate Duration
	Long Duration
	Total

Demonstration electricity demand growth (MW):

Demonstration electricity consumption growth (MWH):

Initial demonstration electricity storage infrastructure:
	Source	Rated Capacity (MW)	Capacity Factor (%)	Annual Generation (MWH)
	Wind
	Solar
	Total

Demonstration electricity storage infrastructure additions:
	Storage	Rated Capacity (MWH)	Rated Discharge (MW)
	Short Duration
	Intermediate Duration
	Long Duration
	Total

Demonstration annual withdrawals from storage:
	Storage	(MW)
	Short Duration
	Intermediate Duration
	Long Duration
	Total

Demonstration emergency capacity requirements:
	Total events (#)
	Peak emergency demand (MW)
	Total emergency consumption (MWH)

Pre-demonstration customer electricity bills ($/MWH):

Demonstration customer electricity bills ($/MWH)(inflation adjusted):

This proposed demonstration project has several important objectives:

Create a unique renewable plus storage service area
Force design of a standalone capable renewable plus storage grid
Highlight the critical nature of electricity storage in this grid
Highlight the evolving status of grid storage technology
Highlight the sensitivity of this grid to daily and seasonal weather variations
Document in and out storage losses in real storage systems
Document inversion system losses in real grid operation
Demonstrate the advantages of storage at the generation sites
Establish the real cost of electricity in a renewable plus storage grid
Document the number and magnitude of grid emergencies
Document the effects of the transition to electric vehicles on the grid
Document the effects of the transition to electric appliances and equipment
Document the effects of the transition to electric industrial processes

The information collected using the form above should be available to the general public on a website designed to provide easily understandable access to information on the performance of the renewable plus storage grid demonstration, since this is the intended future national electric grid. The project should be treated as a learning experience for grid designers and operators, but also for customers served by the grid.

It is regrettable that the demonstration must begin with largely pseudo-storage, rather than physical storage systems. However, it is not possible to design and operate a reliable grid based on renewable generation without storage. The proliferation of renewable generation with conventional generation support has created the impression that renewable generation system design can be simple and inexpensive. However, in a fossil-free generation system, additional renewable generation plus storage must replace the conventional backup currently relied upon for generation when wind and solar generated electricity is not available in sufficient quantities to meet the contemporaneous demand of the electric grid.

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Demonstration Reporting - ORIGINAL CONTENT