Sustainable Energy
Dr. Noel N. Schulz
Paslay Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering
Kansas State University
Outline of Discussion
• Noel‟s background
• Changing the conversation in the U.S.
• Technical Challenges to make
sustainability possible
• Opportunities for K-State
MSBS
Instructor PhD Asst Prof,
MTU
Assoc Prof,
MSUTVA
Professorship
Prof,
MSU
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Sabbatical,
Cardiff,
Wales
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Spent summer 1993
working for Northern
States Power
Company,
Minneapolis
Spent four
months on
sabbatical in the
UK and traveling
around EU
My Background
Technical interestsResearch Area:
Application of computers, including intelligent systems, to solve problems
in power systems operations; Alternative power systems
Teaching Interests:
Power systems, energy conversion, application of computer programs to
power engineering, application of intelligent systems to engineering
problems, fundamentals of electrical circuits and technical
communications in engineering
Administrative Interests:
Faculty Development, Administration Development, Women and Minorities
in Engineering, Engineering in a Global Community
Recent Research Activities and Interactions with Federal
Agencies, Utilities, Industry and International
Universities
Southern Company
EntergyTVA
DoD MURIOffice of Naval Research
SchweitzerDoE – Alternative Energy Mississippi Power
Homeland Security/Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
South Mississippi
Electric Power
Association
Cardiff University
Queen’s University Belfast
University of Manchester
University of Strathclyde
Brunel University
Distributed Generation/Sustainability
Research Activities
• Feasibility of small DG operations in Mississippi
– Wood Chips on Choctaw Site
– Photovoltaics at a Water Park
– Biomass on Farms
• DOE Projects
– DOE Biomass – Sustainable Energy Center
– Integration of Alternative Power into Distribution
Systems
• Combined Heating and Power or Cooling,
Heating and Power
• Household Solar Applications with Storage
Changing the Conversation in
the United States
• Opportunity to live for four months in
Cardiff, Wales
– Personal Experiences
– Professional Experiences
• National Challenges and
Opportunities
• Local Challenges/Opportunities
• Technical Challenges
Personal Experiences
• An Engineer in the UK
• Societal Differences
– Recycling versus Trash
– Public transportation
– Packaging/Plastic Bags
• Politically cool to be green
Professional Experiences• Conservation efforts at work
• Universities across UK and EU looking
to impact carbon footprint
• Creative solutions and implementations
• Question not “if” but “when”
National Challenges/Opportunities
• National Energy Policy with consistent
incentive and long term tax benefits
• Balancing Reliability expectations with
sustainability goals
• Aging Workforce Issues
EU Goals for Renewables
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT, Renewable Energy Road Map, Renewable energies in the 21st century:
building a more sustainable future,
Balancing Reliability and
Sustainability
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Engineering Workforce Employees Exiting
46% of electric utility engineering jobs could be vacated by
2012 *
*Source: Gaps in the Energy Workforce Pipeline: A 2007 Workforce Survey Report From
the Center for Energy Workforce Development Center
Local Challenges/OpportunitiesOne size does not fit all!
http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/index.asp
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Courtesy of Mississippi Power and Mills Farm
Siting and Sizing of Distributed Generation
• Flexible Siting
– Possible Support of the Grid
– Location where “fuel” is transported for conversion
• Non-Flexible Siting
– Use fuel as close to origin as possible
– Smaller farm/business operation
• Sizing
– Load on Site
– Available fuel and DG technology
– Pricing Structure
Technical Challenges
• Sustainable energy equipment costs
• Quantifying economic and social
benefits
• Life cycle costs
• Interconnection issues
• Storage
• Political issues
Interconnection Issues
• IEEE Standard 1547 -- Interconnection– http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/scc21/dr_shared/
• Key Issues– Protection of Utility and DG
– Synchronization
– Safety Issues
– Metering
Utility Benefits to DG
Going Green Benefits
• Decreased losses
• Delayed upgrading of infrastructure
• Possible VAR support
• Possible Decrease in Generation Costs
• Emergency Generation and/ or Islanding Capabilities
Some utilities actually talking about doing their own DG
Opportunities for Emergency
Islanding with DG
• Reliability expectations are higher and higher
• Natural Disasters create disruptions in infrastructure
– Tornados
– Lightning
– Hurricane Katrina
• Develop a plan for temporary emergency generation
to support local pockets until interconnection
capabilities available
New publishing opportunityIEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy --- To Be Launched in 2010
PERIODICAL FINANCIAL CO-SPONSORS:
IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS)
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) IEEE Industrial Applications Society (IAS)
PERIODICAL TECHNICAL CO-SPONSORS:
IAS, IES, PELS, SSIT (Society of Social Implication of Technology), Photonics, OES
(Oceanic Engineering Society)
PERIODICAL OFFICIAL SCOPE:
The IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy is intended to be a cross disciplinary and
internationally archival journal aimed at disseminating results of research on sustainable energy
that relates to, arises from, or deliberately influences energy generation, transmission, distribution
and delivery. The journal will publish original research on theories and development on principles
of sustainable energy technologies and systems. The Transactions will also welcome manuscripts
on design, implementation and evaluation of power systems that are affected by sustainable
energy. Surveys of existing work on sustainable energy may also be considered for publication
when they propose a new viewpoint on history and a challenging perspective on the future of
sustainable energy.
Opportunities for K-State
• Land grant mission – its our
responsibility
• Strong engineering and agricultural
activities to help find solutions
• Opportunities for dialog to work on
public perception and acceptance along
with technical and policy issues