Transcript U.S. Support for Village Power

USA: Village Power Opportunities
and Challenges
20th Meeting of the APEC Expert Group on
New and Renewable Energy Technologies
(EGNRET)
November 4-6, 2003
Seoul, Korea
Jean Ku
National Renewable Energy Lab.
Cary Bloyd
Argonne National Lab.
Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET)
U.S. Support for Village Power
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Research for renewable energy technologies
Resource assessment
Development of technologies
System implementation and projects
Renewable energy applications: productive uses,
telecom, micro-enterprise
• Hybrid systems (PV/wind/diesel)
Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET)
Village Power Support Activities
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R&D
Resource assessment
Deployment
Training
System design
Outreach
Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET)
Research and Development
Research to develop technologies: technology is
necessary, but not sufficient
• - PV
- wind
- hybrid
- battery
- biomass
Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET)
Resource Assessment
• Resource assessment and GIS analysis tools to
develop projects: knowledge of renewable
energy resources is critical to project success
• -solar
-wind
-hydro
-biomass
• http://rredc.nrel.gov/
Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET)
System Analysis
• Computer modeling and system analysis:
performance, resource availability, loads, and cost
effectiveness can aid project design
• HOMER (Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric
Renewables) - model that helps design electric power
systems
• Hybrid2 - tool to conduct long-term performance and
economic analysis on hybrid power systems
• ViPOR (Village Power Optimization Model for
Renewables) - optimization model for designing village
electrification systems
• http://www.nrel.gov/villagepower/model.html
Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET)
Sustainability Issues
• Village power sustainability issues: RE provides a
service to users and has potential to improve
quality of life
• - O&M
- productive uses
- health clinics
- schools
- micro-enterprise (access to markets)
- community centers
- telecom,
access to information
Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET)
Outreach
• Outreach: networking and training opportunities
support village power projects
• Village Power conferences (1994, 1997, 1998
2000)
• Village Power database and newsletter
http://www.nrel.gov/villagepower
• WEATS
• GVEP
Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET)
Domestic Applications
• Tribal Energy Program
– Financial and technical assistance for feasibility studies
– Shares cost of implementing sustainable energy
installations on tribal lands.
– www.eren.doe.gov/tribalenergy
• Wales, Alaska - high penetration wind-diesel hybrid
demonstration project in rural Alaska. 130 kW wind/365
kW diesel. Prototype to validate the technical feasibility
and economic viability of wind-diesel hybrid electric
generation systems for widespread applicability to rural
villages
Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET)
International Applications
• Asia
• Africa
• South America
• www.nrel.gov/international
Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET)
Example: Integrated Strategies to Support VP in China
• Analyses
– Inner Mongolia case studies - technical and economic performance
of household and village power systems
– Rural household energy surveys in Xinjiang, Qinghai and Inner
Mongolia and analysis of least-cost systems options
 Resource Assessment
- Biomass assessments and resource database, conversion technologies,
technical and economic assessment, and market strategies and
policies
 Training – at NREL, in China
 SDPC Brightness Program/Township program
- SDPC grant for 17 MW PV and wind village power systems
- Training certification program, hybrids systems training, productive
Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET)
uses and micro-enterprise training