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ICT, energy and data centers; a holistic view
John Post
Managing director Green IT Amsterdam region
Board TKI SWITCH2SmartGrids
Power and pollution, the bad and the ugly
European ambitions & reality
Dutch ambitions & reality
Consortium Green IT Amsterdam region
Greening of IT and greening by IT
Agenda
Energy in Europe, two parallel trends
Larger energy companies. Large power plants on large
distance from energy consumer.
More exchange of energy across national borders.
Large number of small power plants (distributed generation, microgrids), renewables, new companies, often small and local.
New forms of cooperation, participation of end users.
Europeanization: Localisation
2010 2030 2050
The Dutch….
… a conducive innovation environment Mindset of creativity, collaboration
and reliability Strong and open consultation and
concensus model Striving for open standards and
open source
Strong citizen involvement Many citizen initiatives, Privacy
conciousness, various living labs
Unbundling of TSO, DSO, production/supply
Well developed gas industry
Integrative approach to energy cariers Multi utility, Multi stakeholder
Strong government involvement Well developed PPPs: Amsterdam
Smart City, innovation policy
The Dutch characteristics
International grid, aka strong grid
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Local smart grid
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Issues: Local balancing New metering and financial
systems (un)predictability Power to the people
Smart Grids: status in NL
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Development of knowledge and products: PowerMatcher, Power Router, Smart Cable Guard, SASensor, etc.
First demonstration projects: Smart Storage, PowerMatching City, GROWders, etc.
Large-scale pilots are starting: Smart City A’dam, Easy Street, Couperus, Smart Energy Collective, etc.
Smart Grid Vehicle-to-Grid (V2X
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Breakthrough to a broader societal and economical implementation of smart grids.
Using electric vehicles powered by locally produced, renewable energy to create a balanced energy system and sustainable mobility
Amsterdam participation in Smart Grids projects (1)
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Amsterdam and data centers as a growing market
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Ambitions Amsterdam
households enterprises traffic & transport
Public-private network organisation (founded June 2010).
Contribute to reducing 40% CO2 in 2025 in Amsterdam
Ambitions realized by: Greening of IT
Realising energy savings within the ICT sector Greening by IT
Innovative use of ICT for the reduction of CO2 emissions in other sectors
Green IT Economy Creating new business opportunities with
Green IT
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Green Deal data centers
Agreement between the Dutch Government, the City of Amsterdam and Green IT Amsterdam Region
Creation of a data center improvement package Coordinate with:
Nederland ICT NL Agency (AgentschapNL): working group Datacenter Cooling City of Amsterdam: EPP and PUE regulations
Activities: Clustering of best practices (including feasibility aspects, planning, costs, etc) Offering quick scans
Foundation for improving de-facto standard of data center energy efficiency in the Netherlands
Source: GreenIT Amsterdam region
Self-sufficient
Greening of IT
Self-sufficient
Incl. renewable energy
The NYT DC
Participation Smart grid
Deviation from a common trend
Source: de kas als energiebron, stichting innovatie glastuinbouw
On horticulture:
Deviation in thinking on renewable energy can be found in turning around the supply of heath and cold processes to the horticulturist:
Do not generate the energy needed for heating by degrading high value heath, but by upgrading low value heath with electrival water pumps in combination with short and long term storage”
Smart grids
Thank you
John Post
Managing Director Consortium Green IT Amsterdam regioBoard TKI SWITCH2SmartGrids
Chairman Platform Open Data NederlandEmail: [email protected]: bikerspeedwell