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Fall TechnicalWorkshop
Integrating RenewableEnergy in Remotemicrogrids
Current Situation,Perspectives and Challenges: Overview of Solutionsfor the Future
@TCEolien #TCE
COMPILATION OF HIGHLIGHTSNovember 2017
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Opening remarks
“The dynamics of renewables integration are part of a larger trend in the energy sector and represent an excellent opportunity to move forward with the sustainable development of partnerships, exports, expertise and betterment for communities here and afar.”
Frédéric Côté, General Manager of the TechnoCentre éolien, kicks off the very first
edition of the Fall Technical Workshop. An innovative event that offers attendees
the chance to get an in-depth view of the energy transition from the perspective
of renewable energy integration in stand-alone microgrids. Stock-taking, project
experience, research and innovation... how can we develop these energies of
tomorrow?
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Portrait of Energy Demand in the Region Covered under the Plan Nord Remote Communities and Industrial ProjectsElectricity Production and Space Heating
“The Plan Nord also implies harmonious development with the land and the people who live there.”
The mandate of the Société du Plan Nord is vast: to contribute to the integrated and coherent development of the region that it serves.
An enormous swath of land north of the
40th parallel that covers 72% of Quebec’s land
area and is home to a population of 120,000.
Jean-Luc Bugnon, strategic infrastructure and
environmental coordinator for the Société
du Plan Nord, presents a portrait not only of
the resources, but also the logistical, energy,
environmental and human challenges.
Energy supply for remote communities and
industrial projects, key electricity production
and space heating issues, synopsis of a region
incomparably rich in natural resources.
Jean-Luc BugnonStrategic Infrastructure and Environmental CoordinatorSociété du Plan Nord
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PV Solar on Stand-alone Grids in Northern Canada
“For eight months a year, the solar potential in the Far North is 80% as much as in the South.”
Is solar power in the Far North nothing more than a pipe dream?
For eight months a year, the solar
potential in the Far North is 80% as
much as in the South. The distribution
of the solar resource is such that
in May, June and July – when the
Arctic sun shines nearly 24 hours –
production can prove to be greater
than the community’s demand.
In this context, solar power represents
a possible solution for better integration
of renewables. CanmetENERGY research
specialist and manager Yves Poissant
presents the various assistance programs, tools and challenges associated with
integrating solar PV in northern communities.
Yves PoissantResearch Specialist and Manager – Photovoltaic TechnologiesCanmetENERGY
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Federal Government and Reduction of Oil Fuel Usage in Northern Regions
Daniel MartineauEnvironmental Policy AnalystIndigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut (Labrador): Five
Regions, Five Geopolitical Realities.
Environmental policy analyst at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) Daniel
Martineau discusses the federal government’s involvement in reducing the use of fuel
oil in northern communities. Specifically, he presents the Northern REACHE Program:
Northern Responsible Energy Approach for Community Heat and Electricity.
This two-year-old program fosters close collaboration with communities to improve
energy efficiency, develop clean energies and promote the development of human
capital.
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How do communities view the integration of renewables as a solution for phasing out diesel?
Interview
Naturally, project success will depend on dialogue with the communities in order to better grasp their objectives and to be able to deploy renewable energy systems that meet their needs and expectations.
– Daniel Martineau
Social accessibility affects communities in a broad sense and
it is known that northern communities generally have a better
understanding of the impacts of climate change than those who
live in the South. This corresponds well with their culture and,
overall, they have a favourable view of renewables integration.
Although some organizations rely on the fossil fuel trade, many
of them see business and economic development opportunities
in renewables and, in this regard, their integration is generally
very well accepted.
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Research and Innovation for Enhanced Energy Supply at Off-grid Sites
Karim BelmokhtarTCE Project Manager, Research and Innovation
Canada and Quebec are home to numerous remote communities that are powered by diesel generators.
Consumption in these communities is
440 GWh/year and has been increasing
annually by 2 to 2.5%. If no measures
are taken, diesel consumption in Canada
could reach 1.5 billion litres by 2035.
Disparities in the cost of energy
throughout Canada, supply difficulties,
climate change... faced with the urgent
need to act, governments are taking
measures to achieve the energy
transition and promote the integration of
renewables such as wind and solar PV.
TCE’s project manager for research and
innovation Karim Belmokhtar provides an overview of a few integration projects
completed at off-grid sites. However, despite these actions, numerous technical and
technological challenges remain and, now more than ever, research is the cornerstone
of a profound paradigm shift with regard to the energy portfolios of jurisdictions.
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Quoting Idriss Aberkane, TCE project manager for research and innovation Karim Belmokhtar states, “Sharing a material good implies its division, while sharing knowledge multiples it.” At a time when so many experts are gathered for the Fall Technical Workshop, it is worth recalling the importance of sharing advances in the research and development of innovative solutions for the communities of today and tomorrow.
“Access to reliable, affordable and clean energy is an important vector for alleviating poverty in the world.”
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Technical Challenges of Integrating PV Solar into Stand-alone Grids
How Integrating Renewables Can Compromise Stand-alone Microgrid Performance
Dave TurcotteProject Offi cer – Distributed Energy ProgramCanmetENERGY
Stéphan LandryElectrical Engineer – Power Networks, BBA
Zero emissions? A multitude of solutions exist, with diverse renewable resources such as solar PV and wind, energy storage, evolution of controls. The challenges are just as numerous, however, in terms of integrating renewables into electrical grids, including microgrids.
Exchange between experts.
Project Experience – Technical and Economic Challenges
Integrating new technologies into stand-alone grids for mining sites or remote communities represents a formidable challenge. Experience demonstrates that validating such new technologies is a key factor for the integration of clean forms of energy. Stability in stand-alone microgrids remains an issue, especially if we want to increase the penetration of renewables.
Dave Turcotte presented the various technical chal-lenges and areas for improvement in the context of operation and control of stand-alone grids that in-corporate solar power. Demand management, solu-tions such as thermal storage, and high-performance, flexible and economic energy management systems are just some of the prerequisites that could help achieve “zero emission” targets.
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PV Solar Systems in the Canadian North
Renewables integration is a hot topic and an extremely
important one, argues Green Sun Rising CEO Klaus
Dohring.
Present at the Technical Workshop organized by the
TechnoCentre éolien, Mr. Dohring presents the various
solar PV integration projects that Green Sun Rising has
deployed in the Canadian North.
Klaus DohringCEO, Green Sun Rising
NRStor’s Experience in Remote Microgrid Projects
Innovative projects are always difficult to carry out.
Nevertheless, NRStor vice president Jason Rioux
remains convinced that energy storage can
help communities achieve energy independence.
Two projects being completed in Arviat and
Kugluktuk could eventually help to eliminate
9,000 tonnes of atmospheric emissions of CO2
and 2 million litres of diesel consumption every
year.
NRStor teams up with communities in order to
identify needs, select appropriate technologies and define economic parameters to
develop comprehensive and viable energy solutions.
Jason RiouxVice President, Chief Development Offi cer, NRStor
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A New Microgrid Planning Method to Capitalize on the Synergies between Energy Efficiency, Renewables and Storage Programs
“Whether it’s the person living at the project site or the expert in one particular aspect of the project, responsibilities must be shared.”
The future is not necessarily a continuation of the past, and in this regard, integrating renewables implies a long-term vision requiring a broad outlook that is possible only through collaboration, evolution and simplicity.
It is with these watchwords that SG2B proposes a
collaborative tool in which different stakeholders are
invited to enrich the planning process. According to
SG2B’s chief technology officer Jonathan Coulombe,
integrating renewable energies in electrical grids
will be possible only when different components
that have never before been integrated begin to
work in tandem.
In this context, simulations are indispensable; however, they remain contingent
on the quality of inputs and the sharing of responsibilities amongst stakeholders
throughout the region.
Jonathan CoulombeChief Technology OfficerSG2B
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Challenges of Integrating Renewables into Stand-alone Grids
Hydro-Québec intends to convert 22 autonomous generating plants to cleaner and less costly energies.
To do so, the Hydro-Québec Research Institute
(IREQ) has developed technical and financial
models that have been integrated into the
operation stimulator OPERA (French acronym
for stand-alone grid planning and operation
tools).
IREQ researcher Jacques Brochu also
presents Explora, an optimization tool for
stand-alone grid operations. Forecasts,
current technologies, microgrid behaviour, costs, and availability of dynamic models
and validated, high-performance simulation tools. Mr. Brochu compiles a list of the
challenges that remain to be overcome before use of these tools can be optimized.
Jacques BrochuResearcherHydro-Québec Research Institute (IREQ)
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Storage as a Means of Accelerating Renewables Deployment
“Improving energy access means improving quality of life.”
Despite the enormous potential they represent, renewable energies such as solar and wind are intermittent, hence the importance of storage technologies.
In this context, energy storage is the Achilles’ heel
of communities that wish to integrate renewable
energy. SIGMA Energy Storage CEO Martin
Larocque presents a cutting-edge compressed
air storage solution that can notably be deployed
in harsh environments such as those of sites
located in the Arctic or Antarctic.
Martin LarocqueCEO, SIGMA Energy Storage
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Ms. Hélène Fortier urges participants to take advantage of funding programs offered by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
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“The excitement around wind power in the first decade of
the 21st century has now shifted to microgrids. However,
such solutions must be endorsed by the communities.
Markets will emerge in those places where the push comes
from the communities themselves, where the communities
seek equipment manufacturers and stakeholders to assist
them in implementing the solutions that they have selected
themselves to ensure their long-term prosperity.”
– Louis Robert
Market
Wide-ranging effort has been
made in terms of the technical
and technological feasibility of
renewable energy integration
projects, but beyond these
developments, what are the
elements that will allow these
technologies to enter the market?
Does the “business case” of these
projects exist? Are there turn-key
solutions to install systems that
can be deployed more simply and
more quickly? What do we have at our disposal to facilitate microgrid projects?
Such questions spark interesting exchanges between participants, who share their
respective experiences and the conclusions they draw from them.
Many believe that we’re currently at an excellent conjuncture here, in Africa and
elsewhere for rural electrification and affordable and available technologies, notably
in the markets of Ontario, the eastern US and California, where energy rates are high.
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Project Deployment and Sustainability
“It’s impressive to see the number of technologies
and methods that can be used to integrate renewable
energy into microgrids. However, this integration
must be achieved in a manner that is compatible
with the energy security of the community. Only by
collaborating with the communities will we succeed in
resolving the microgrid issue.” – Cédric Arbez
Does the increased integration
of renewables call for greater
use of solar? Wind? Geothermal?
Battery storage? Compressed
air storage?
Should we be concentrating on
generating energy for heating?
Or electricity production? Or
both?
The issue of integrating renewables into microgrids requires the validation of a
number of solutions, none of which offers clear advantages or major disadvantages.
Workshop participants are of the opinion, however, that microgrid development
will require a balance between integrating different types of energy and storage
solutions while maintaining energy security and generating economic advantages for
the community. To achieve this balance, it is crucial that market players continue to
collaborate in order to ensure the energy transition of these systems in the medium
term.
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Technology Development
“The issue of penetration rate remains fundamental. In
fact, it is a question of optimizing project profitability
without sacrificing the reliability or quality of energy
in the microgrids. Further, the integration of heat
production into microgrids will represent one of the
main development thrusts over the next few years.”
– Karim Belmokhtar
Workshop participants discussed
the relationship that exists
between the development of
technologies and the success
of renewable energy projects in
remote communities.
Impact of the availability of
technologies on renewable
energy penetration rates in
microgrids, integration of loads
such as space or water
heating, solar panel orientation,
availability of telecommunication networks, storage systems, absence of regulatory
frameworks, unavailability of certain technologies (e.g. wind turbines rated between
200 kW and 900 kW) tested in the Far North, permafrost... the number and diversity
of topics addressed in the course of this Workshop was impressive.
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Participants are unanimous in recognizing that in order
to move forward, we must draw from projects completed
in the past.
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Michel CarreauDirector Hybrid PowerHatch
Global Energy Transition: Impact and Opportunities
The technology exists. The biggest challenge now is to complete more projects.
The vectors of change that will pave the
way toward an energy transition are all
here: the urgency to act to curb climate
change, the Paris Agreement (COP21),
carbon exchanges, cost reduction
of alternative energies, proliferation
and accessibility of technological
innovations, including energy storage.
These vectors of change have raised
serious questions that translate into a
strong desire to shift toward green energy. Electrification of transport, subsidies for
innovations, waste recovery, hybrid power plants... things are changing and more
than 100 major companies, including Google and Facebook, have announced their
intention to become carbon neutral within a few years.
According to Hatch’s director of hybrid power Michel Carreau, this context is
favourable for the take-off of a promising market that will offer exciting opportunities
for key players of the energy transition. Some off-grid sites are already innovating,
thereby paving the way to numerous renewable integration projects. Change is
possible!
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Next Steps for Integrating Renewables into Stand-alone Microgrids
In 37 months of operation, the wind turbine installed at the Raglan mine has helped offset 6.7 million litres of diesel in one of the most fragile environments on the planet, where wind gusts have been recorded at over 145 km/h and temperatures can drop to as low as -26°C.
Recap of a positive experience that, according
to TUGLIQ CEO Pierre Rivard, paves the way
for numerous renewable energy integration
projects in stand-alone grids, whether they
are for communities or mining companies.
Energy storage, community and industrial
technology showcasing, storage systems, transport electrification... Quebec-based
businesses such as TUGLIQ are working together to develop innovative solutions for
the integration of renewable energies not only here in Quebec, but also throughout
Canada and around the world.
Pierre RivardCEO, TUGLIQ
“China has installed a 40 MW floating solar plant and cancelled the construction of 103 coal plants.”
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Export Development Canada and Clean Technologies
Contract financing, collateral instruments, accounts receivable insurance...Export
Development Canada’s senior account director Luis Torres presents an
overview of clean energy support programs.
Luis TorresSenior Account DirectorExport Development Canada
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Closing remarks
This concludes this year’s Fall Technical Workshop. In closing, I would like to join the entire TechnoCentre éolien team to extend my sincere gratitude to the speakers, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada as well as the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service for their involvement in this event. I would also like to thank all of you for your participation and your interest in renewable energy integration.
We rose to the challenge of bringing together experts and stakeholders around an important issue for the energy transition. Beyond wind, we have created a tremendous opportunity to take the pulse of a sector that is even more vast – integrating renewables into microgrids – a topic on which the TechnoCentre éolien has been working for several years, as evidenced by the 5-year research program for which we received NSERC funding. Furthermore, we set the stage for exchanges and networking, and that is also the expertise of the TechnoCentre éolien, which for almost 20 years now has been supporting the cultivation of know-how and the growth of businesses.
At the end of the day, participants – whether researchers, equipment manufacturers or developers – were unanimous in affirming that we offered them content that was of exceptional quality, dense, diversified and relevant, and in this regard, we are hopeful that we can continue the discussion. And so I say to you all, until next time!
Frédéric CôtéGeneral Manager, TechnoCentre éolien
“I’d also like to take the opportunity to invite you to attend the 12th edition of the Quebec Wind Energy Conference, which is scheduled for June 11-13, 2018 in Carleton-sur-Mer. Mark your calendars!”
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Thanks to our partners
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QUEBECWIND ENERGYCONFERENCE
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Thanks to our partners
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MARK YOUR
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Wind Meetings
11 /12 /13 June 2018Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec
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