Green ICT

Padraig McManus

ESB - Chief Executive

Contents – Green ICT in ESB

• The Green Agenda

• ESB Strategy – Business Strategy– Role of Green ICT

• Vision for a Sustainable Future

The Green Agenda

c. 70 Million Tonnes CO2

TRANSPORT SECTORc. 13mT

ESRI “increase to 20 mT by 2020”

ENERGY SECTORc. 16mT

Majority of this is ESB

c. 63m T Kyoto Target RESIDENTIAL SECTOR

c. 7mT

ICT

2% of all emissionsare related to ICT – same as Aviation

1.5m Phones scrapped every day

0.5m PCsscrapped every day

Ireland by Sector

What is ESB doing about Climate Change ?

What will ICT contribute to it ?

By 2020 [ EU Targets ]

-20% reduction in Energy Usage

-20% increase in Renewables

-20% reduction in CO2 emissions

ESB Strategy

ESB Strategy - 2 Sides

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Net Zero Carbon Producer by 2035

Wave & Tidal Generation

Clean Coal Technology

2000MW Wind

RDD

Smart Meter Project

OUT

Director of Sustainability

Exemplary in Our Own Use of Energy

Own Behaviour

Use technology to change behaviours

Demand Management

NI

Green ICT in ESB Strategy

1. Address the 2% Issue

• by doing ICT Business better

2. Address the 98% Issue

• by helping ESB do its Business Better

Smart Metering

two example initiatives

Cúl Green

Many Initiatives Benchmark / e-billing / green champions

low energy servers / data centre review

procurement standards / share point

Multi function Print / night watchman

Desktop thin client / video conference

Cúl Green

• Joint initiative with GAA

• Reduce CO2 Footprint at Croke Park

• Cúl Green Web Site– Pledge Reductions

http://www.culgreen.ie/

Smart MeteringMeter Data

Management

(ESB)

Meters

Management Systems

(Industry Players)

CustomerInformation / Billing

(ESB)

HAN

HAN

Concentrators

OBJECTIVE : CHANGE CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOUR – Reduce CO2

…linking People, Behaviours andTechnologies to Network Operations

Smart Metering to Smart Networks – a Vision of the Future ?

Typical Electricity Demand

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Generation Scheduled to follow

Actual Demand

Electric Vehicles Charge Overnight

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Customers Respond by Switching Out Demand

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• Fundamental Change in Electricity System Operation, enabled by

• SMART Metering and SMART Networks

• Electric Vehicles - Energy Storage

• Potential for Profound Change to CO2 Agenda

• Energy Sector and Residential Sector [ Electricity Production and Usage ]

• Transport Sector

CURRENT FUTURE

GENERATION despatched to meet DEMAND

DEMAND despatched to meet GENERATION

Transformation – 20 Years ?

Future is Electric

ICT at the Heart of that Future