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An Intelligent Pan-European Network: The Supergrid

An Intelligent Pan-European Network: The Supergrid . FEPS, Budapest 10 December 2013 Ana Aguado, CEO, Friends of the Supergrid. 1. The Friends of the Supergrid. The Friends of the Supergrid. EU objectives related to Supergrid. Carbon neutral Europe by 2050

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An Intelligent Pan-European Network: The Supergrid

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  1. An Intelligent Pan-European Network: The Supergrid

    FEPS, Budapest 10 December 2013 Ana Aguado, CEO, Friends of the Supergrid 1
  2. The Friends of the Supergrid The Friends of the Supergrid
  3. EU objectives related to Supergrid Carbon neutral Europe by 2050 Single European electricity market Secure and sustainable supply Transformed energy system Innovative technology to use and export Skilled employment opportunities Offshore wind Solar Hydro
  4. What is the Supergrid? Supergrid is the fundamental architecture of European electricity generation and supply. Without it we have a collection of sub-optimised national markets Offshore wind Solar Hydro
  5. Definition of Supergrid? The Supergrid is a pan-European transmission network facilitating the integration of large-scale renewable energy and the balancing and transportation of electricity, with the aim of improving the European market Offshore wind Solar Hydro
  6. OBJECTIVES OF ALL ENERGY PACKAGES Createcompetitionfor the industryand the consumers Productionwhere most efficient/existingandconsumptionfromanywhere A unique open market integratedandcompetitive
  7. The Realityafter 18 years National approaches Expensive energy: variable RES plus switchablefossil power Greaterexternaldependency Increased CO2 emissions Capacitycontracts 28 energy markets
  8. Example of Supergrid Phase 1 Phase 0 – 2015-2020 Phase 1 – 2020+
  9. Financing 1st Face of Supergrid connecting 4 Member States “Merchant”: paid by the direct users of the system: 1,55-4,67 cents/kWh “Socialized”: paid by all consumers 0,23 cents/kWh increase in tariff over a period of 40 years
  10. OffshoreGridStudy: Connecting MSs would save €14 billion. Further additions would bring benefits of €16-21bn
  11. Total investmentneeds in the electricity and gas sector between 2010-20: over 1 trillion € Power generation: ~ 500 bn Transmission and distribution: ~ 600 bn Distribution: ~ 400 bn RES: ~ 310 – 370 bn Transmission: ~ 200 bn Electricity: ~ 140 bn Gas: ~ 70 bn Investments foreseen NB: approximative figures, mainly from DG ENER calculations based on data from PRIMES, ENTSOs, KEMA etc.
  12. Supergrid Requires Strong political support in order to: Plan the network at EU level and not only national Adjust returns to attract investors Optimise generation at EU level Secure the supply at EU level and not 28 times
  13. Le contexte européen Mêmes défis pour tous les pays: Une production renouvelable décentralisée Une production intermittente Une pression sur la rentabilité des unités thermiques Une responsabilité diluée en matière de sécurité d’approvisionnement Même constat dans tous les pays: Le marché n’y arrive pas seul
  14. Le contexte européen Mais pas de vision européenne: Chaque pays cherche sa recette propre, déterminent ses priorités dans le triangle Tous fixent la sécurité d’approvisionnement comme pré-requise Par contre, les choix environnementaux (sortie ou pas du nucléaire, choix technologiques) et de partage des coûts entre les types de consommateurs varient
  15. Meshed HVDC Grid system Here breakers are needed to isolate faults on the DC side from the remaining healthy parts In a future power network with a high density of DC converter station it is logical to connect them also on the DC side to have a combined AC and DC transmission grid
  16. Recent Key DevelopmentsTechnical landmarks during 2012 DC current interruption enable planning of the HVDC Supergrid now. Building blocks Hybrid HVDC Breaker and Half bridges Full bridge with fast switches Capacity increase in cable factories, ships, production and engineering facilities are announced Gearing up for anticipated larger future volumes The number of interconnection and embedded HVDC links in construction increases rapidly with higher power ratings E.g. South-West link SE, EWIP IR-UK, INELFE FR-ES, Western link UK FOSG technology members spend every year around 4% of their turnover on R&D: large part on transmission
  17. Whatshouldbeeasier???? Further European integration via a common project of totalcost 600-800bn€ in 30 years Negotiatingnationalydriven long-term contractswiththirdcountriesfor gas andoilof 400bn€ everyyear
  18. No Transition without Transmissionwww.friendsofthesupergrid.eu Ana Aguado Cornago
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