Jeroen Brouwers

October-20-2017

Connecting electrons and molecules

Hoe houden we het licht aan ?

Prof. Mart van der Meijden TenneT / Delft University of Technology

North Sea Wind Power of the Future

TenneT at a glance October-20-2017

The European energy transition

Production

SunPV

Wind

Paris (COP21) agreement:

Limit global avg. temperature to well

below 2ºC above pre-industrial levels.

Pursuing efforts to limit the

temperature increase even further to

1.5ºC.

EU Goals:

2030: 40% CO2 compared to 1990

levels.

2050: 80-95% CO2 reduction.

Power sector decarbonized.

Regional cooperation is essential

Challenges: Support schemes | renewables goals | national focus

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TenneT Offshore track record

By 2023 TenneT will have realised 14.400 MW (14,4 GW) of offshore connection capacity

(10.600 MW for offshore wind energy, 3.800 MW for interconnector)

• 12 grid connections for offshore

wind farms

• 9 DC and 3 AC connections

• 5.200 MW at present

• 7.132 MW in 2019

• NordLink: 1.400 MW (2020)

• 5 grid connections for offshore wind farms

• Only AC connections

• 3.500 MW in 2023

• NorNed (2008): 700 MW

• BritNed (2010): 1.000 MW

• COBRAcable (2019): 700 MW

Germany Netherlands

8-3-

2016

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Inspiration:

PAN European sustainable sources

Solar Thermal Power

plants

Photovoltaics

Wind on-/of-shore

Hydro

Biomass

Geothermal

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Electricity importance is growing

Share (%) of electricity in total final energy consumption

2006

10%

20%

30%

40%

2015 2030 2050

18%

21%

39%

36%

16%

S o u r c e : I E A 2 0 0 8 , E C 2 0 1 1

40 % electrons

and

60 % molecules

sector coupling

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the winner is….

however….

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Solar needs wind Complementary sources during the year

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Huge amounts of offshore wind COP21 agreements implies a radical change in electricity generation mix

for the North Seas countries

Assumptions study1

• Full decarbonisation of electricity production

• 50% reduction of the total energy demand by 2045 (relative to 2010)

• Electrification level of 45%

Outcome

• 230 GW offshore wind capacity

• 180 GW deployed in the North Sea

• 50 GW deployed in ‘other seas’ (Baltic, Irish and Atlantic)

1 Translate COP21: 2045 outlook and implications for offshore wind in the North Seas (Ecofys 2017 by order of

TenneT and Energinet). Countries: FR, BE, NL, UK, IE, LU, DE, DK, SE and NO)

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North Sea infrastructure

Three main functions

• Connection of countries: price convergence

• Transmission of offshore wind energy

• Enhance system security and stability by allowing the

exchange of power

No consumption at sea

Impact of failures differs

• Cost of onshore failure 200 x cost of electricity not delivered

• Cost of offshore failure 1 x cost of electricity not delivered

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Solution: the Wind Connector

The ‘wind-connector’: wind infrastructure and interconnector combined

in one function

Country A

Country A

Country B

Country B

~40% ~40%

~100% ~100%

100%

Solution: the Wind Connector

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North Sea infrastructure

Doggerbank plaatje

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Combining wind with interconnectors

Wind Connectors

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Hub and spoke concept

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Consortium Since13 September 2017: four participants North Sea Win Power Hub

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How to get it at home?

4-5

GW

2-3 GW

4-5 GW

1

GW

>8 GW

5-6 GW

Connecting wind power to load pockets

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Solutions

• Grid infrastructure

(on-offshore-AC-DC)

• Demand side integration

(P2H, HP, B-EV, FC-EV)

• Energy storage (P2G)

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P2G in the energy transition, TSO2020

• Flexibility

• Back-up power

• Use in other sectors:

mobility, chemicals

• Act as a buffer to

increase resilience

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P2G multi sector coupling, TSO2020 TenneT research

with TU Delft:

Exploitation of

Ancillary Services in

Multi-Energy Sector Coupling

to contribute to the stability

in the Power System

Real Time Digital Simulation

Power Hardware in the Loop

RTDS-PHIL

Dr. José Rueda Torres

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Press: Sector Coupling opportunities

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Long term perspective

40 % electricity

60% molecules

flexibility

resilience

green feedstock

chemicals

materials

common target more RES -> far shore wind

-> lower LCOE

-> offshore sector coupling e + g

-> Dogger Bank island

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Energy transition North Sea Connecting electrons and molecules

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The island

Jeroen Brouwers

October-20-2017

Thank you for your attention

Prof. Mart van der Meijden

TenneT / Delft University of Technology

North Sea Wind Power of the Future