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ENERGY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION for the NORTH SEA REGIONS www.enseascotland.net Natasha Madeira International Collaboration Manager: ENSEA Energy Technology Partnership Energy Technology Partnership Annual Conference West Park Conference Centre, Dundee - 23 rd April, 2014

Overview Nearly € 3million from EU FP7 funding is supporting ENSEA’s aims to: • Promote cooperation & innovation in integrating sustainable, renewable energy into existing energy systems; • Identify opportunities & develop collaborations for a Joint Research Programme and research proposals (e.g. Horizon 2020); • Increase competitiveness of research- driven energy clusters; • Facilitate development & sharing of knowledge.

ENSEA: Regional Partners & Collaboration 4 EU regional Academia partners: Innovation • Lower Saxony, - Energy Germany Systems Integration • North Holland (Project Management) Public Industry • South West Norway Sector • Scotland Germany • Associate partners? The Netherlands Norway Scotland

EUROPEAN NORTH SEA ENERGY ALLIANCE - ENSEA ENSEA is promoting innovation and demand-driven collaborative research in energy systems integration for renewable and low-carbon energy sources ENSEA is identifying opportunities & developing collaborations for a Joint ESI Research & Innovation Programme and funding (e.g. Regional, UK, EU Horizon 2020, INTERREG). ENSEA is working towards increasing cooperation between, and competitiveness of, research-driven energy clusters . ENSEA is Facilitating Development & Sharing of Knowledge.

ENSEA Initiative Goals For within Scotland, across the 4 ENSEA Regions & beyond: • Explore where we are now, and the potential and opportunities in relation to demand-driven research and innovation in energy Explore systems integration for renewables. • Strengthen the collaborations through development of Joint Action Plan for innovation and research initiatives. Plan • Develop collaborative research programmes within regional, national and European (e.g. Horizon 2020) Research and Technical Development (RTD) funding programmes. Develop

ENSEA Initiative: Phase 1 Regional Analysis & Integration of Research Agendas • Provide information on the capabilities , Provide roles and connectivity of participating ENSEA research-driven clusters. Information • Analyse strengths and weaknesses of current Improve approaches to research and innovation, effectiveness • Identify opportunities for improving the overall effectiveness of the system . • Identify opportunities for strengthening Strengthen the relationships, within and between the clusters, to optimise regional economic Relationships development and global competitiveness .

ENSEA Initiative: Phase 2 Initiatives to Improve Integration: Definition of a Joint Action Plan • Research & Technological Development ( RTD ) Roadmap, Innovation & Strategic Planning International Strategy Development for each region. • Inter-regional Joint-Action Planning for Innovation, Smart Specialisation, Joint-Action Planning Internationalisation, RTD and energy cluster development . • Improve links between stakeholders in Strengthen the regions, between the regions, and Relationships to international partners.

ENSEA Initiative: Phase 3 Measures towards implementation of a Joint Action Plan Formalise • Formalise research & Innovation Collaboration collaboration around the North Sea regions. • Arrange co-financing to implement activities Establish Funding within the Joint Action Plan. Sources • Facilitate establishment of funding for joint research and innovation activities. • Initiate an international joint Energy Academy/ Centre of Excellence to Establish Joint Energy strengthen and support research-driven Academy energy clusters.

2014 ENERGY SYSTEM - LOW INTEGRATION Hydro power Wind turbines

2020-30+ ENERGY SYSTEM VISION - HIGHER INTEGRATION Hydro power Wave & tidal power

ENSEA THE NETHERLANDS ++?? ++?? GERMANY Strategic Aims SCOTLAND NORWAY EXPERIENCE EXPERTISE CHINA EXAMPLES IDENTIFY ROLES REVIEW & IMPROVE COLLABORATION (INDUSTRY/ ACADEMIA/ PUBLIC SECTOR) ENERGY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION 2014 2020-30+ LOW INTEGRATION HIGH INTEGRATION INNOVATION REVIEW & IMPROVE ID OPPORTUNITIES DATA POLICY EVIDENCE BASE FUNDING BENCH-MARKING HORIZON 2020 ++??

What is the Energy System...? Electrical Renewable Energy Energy Sources Pathways Fuel Thermal Fossil Nuclear Energy Pathways convert and deliver energy services at different physical scales: – End user (individuals, homes, businesses) – Community (campus, communities, cities) – Regional (Local Authority, Country, National, Continental)

ENSEA Energy Systems Integration Coverage Energy Systems Integration for increasing the energy mix and the proportion of Renewables and Low Carbon Energy sources Boundary Conditions Supply Boundary Conditions (flexibility) Storage & Renewable Generation Conversion Energy Systems Demand Integration CCS (flexibility) Integration Grid/ Methods Infrastructure

PRIMARY ENERGY FLOWS IN ENERGY SYSTEM OF EU27 - 2010 Source: Report on EEA website ‘Overview of the European Energy System’ (ENER036, 2013)

UK ENERGY SYSTEM - ELECTRICITY Source: Electricity Flow Chart 2009 for the UK. From Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and DECC Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES).

DANISH ENERGY SCENARIO FOR 2050 Source: Report ‘IDA Climate Plan 2050 by the Danish Society of Engineers (IDA) (2009)

Why think about Energy Systems & Whole Systems...? Interactions and interdependencies of the energy system are increasing: • among the pathways • across the physical scales of the energy system • between the energy systems • between other systems (e.g. data & information networks, economic, innovation, legal, environmental, political).

ENERGY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION: LEVELS & SCALES Source: US National Renewable Energy Laboratory Report ‘Energy Systems Integration: A convergence of ideas’ (NREL July, 2012)

Why Energy Systems Integration...? Energy Systems Integration (ESI) enables: • effective analysis, design, and control of these interactions and interdependencies along: – technical, – economic, – regulatory, and – social dimensions. • Focus on optimisation of energy systems across multiple pathways and scales. • Better understanding and use of potential co-benefits to: – increase reliability and performance, – reduce cost, and – Increase sustainability and security.

Energy Systems Integration Challenges How do we collaborate to: • Balance the future grid, given the substantial increase of intermittent resources? • Develop sufficient new storage technology and capacity? • Organise sufficient back-up facilities? • Manage demand? • Align the various grid systems which connect the various sources of energy supply and demand? • Turning the decommissioning challenges into new opportunities for sustainable energy production and storage? • Involve smaller companies in energy transition activity? • Organise and develop supporting research, technological development, and training activity?

Be part of Scotland’s ENSEA ESI Innovation Network… Thank you! Natasha Madeira natasha.madeira@strath.ac.uk Energy Technology Partnership David Butler Jenny Hogan Increasing Innovation & jhogan@scottishrenewables.com david.butler@scotent.co.uk Collaboration in Scotland Scottish Scottish Enterprise Renewables www.enseascotland.net