BEYOND SMART GRIDS:

CONNECTING THE DOTS

Jatin NathwaniProfessor and Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable EnergyUniversity of Waterloo

Presented at theOntario Smart Grid Forum

8.30 – 4.30 pm, IESO Board Room

Monday, Dec 3, 2012

Toronto, ON

AGENDA

• Canadian Council of Academies “Greening

Canada through ICTCanada through ICT

• CISCO Chair on Smart Grids at UW

• Smart Energy Networks

Smart Grid Forum and then…..CISCO and U Waterloo

Cisco has launched a frontal attack on the academic community in a benign bid to bolster R&D in important Canadian market segments. This past month, the Canadian division of the networking giant announced relationships with the University of Waterloo for Smart Grid research, the University of Saskatchewan for the development of mining solutions and with the University of Regina for the advancement of e-governance solutions to drive collaboration, productivity and efficiency in the public sector. sector.

At Waterloo, Cisco has contributed $1 million over five years for a new Cisco Research Chair in Smart Grid, in addition to establishing the Cisco Incubation Centre, located in the university’s David Johnston Research + Technology Park, which will focus on supporting local start-ups and students with Cisco technology to enable global collaboration, and by providing access to Cisco expertise and global partner ecosystem.

Information Systems and Science 4 Energy

Like Cisco, we have been able to leading academics to the area of the Smart Grid research in the recent past. In 2010, Prof. Catherine Rosenberg and Prof Keshav set up a laboratory we call ISS4E. Progress has been rapid progress. In 2012:

• We had 9 publications, including 2 best paper awards• added 3 new affiliated faculty (Brecht, Wong in CS, Golab in Management Sciences)• built a team of 4 postdocs, 4 Phds, 4 masters, 2 research associates• Delivered numerous invited presentations including at Microsoft Faculty Summit and • Delivered numerous invited presentations including at Microsoft Faculty Summit and

SmartGrid World, Geneva

CISCO research funds to explore some innovative areas including:• studying routing protocols over low-cost wireless mesh networks, used for smart

meters and appliance control• studying the role of non-cash incentives in effecting behavioural change• studying the use of battery storage to mitigate power variations from solar panels• using smart sensors and controllers, think Microsoft Kinect, for personalized thermal

comfort

SMART

ENERGY

NETWORKS

Smart Energy Networks

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• Escalation of global energy demand

– expected to double from 16.5 to

30 terawatts by 2050;

• Urgent need to decarbonize the

energy system through innovation

and wealth creation;

• Technological opportunities

CHALLENGES AND

OPPORTUNITIES

Global Context

• Technological opportunities

– smart urbanization,

– renewables integration with

storage

– off-grid electricity access;

• Canada can play the role of a global

leader in cleaner energy systems.

Innovation

Baseload

Renewables integration & large scale storage

Nuclear and gas integration

LOW-CARBON ENERGY FUTURES:

WGSI.ORG

Innovation & wealth creation

Smart urbanization

Enhanced smart electricity grids

Electrified transport

Off-grid

Micro-grids

Solar, wind, hydro…where they make sense

SMART

ENERGY

NETWORKS

Smart Energy Networks

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Micro Combined Heat and Power

The primary technology is the WhisperGen™. WhisperGen™ is Micro Combined Heat and Power (or Residential Co-generation) technology that is creating a quiet revolution in energy generation. It is an effective and clean energy generation an effective and clean energy generation system which is poised to replace existing home Hot water systems. Not only can it supply all of the household’s water heating demand (with domestic hot water and central heating), but at the same time it generates electricity which can either be used in the home or supplied back to the grid.

Land Use

Wealth

Creation

Natural

Gas +

Nuclear

Oil

Smart Grid Wealth

Creation

Wind

Forests

Smart

Urbanization

n

Power

Generation

&

Employment Sustainable

Mobility

Climate & GHGs Air Quality

Solar

GDP

Gas + Hydrogen

Bioenergy/Hydro/Tidal Coal

Energy Networks

Land Use

n

Innovation

&

Transmission

Security

Food

Buildings

Paths to a

Sustainable Life QualitySustainable Life Quality

How do we manage the big risks? Not to focus on regulations for helmets!

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Additional

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Large scale storage for renewable energy

Characteristic times for energy storage and cost benefit data

Value and cost of electricity