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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPillar Mountain High Penetration Wind Project Presentation - Sep 2013 - REF Grant 7050803Darron Scott President/CEO Kodiak Electric Association, Inc. shall endeavor to produce 95% of energy sales with cost effective renewable power solutions by the year 2020. Adina Preston Photography Locally-Owned Electric Cooperative Provides Electricity to approximately 6,000 meters Isolated Electric Grid Peak Load – 28 MW Minimum Load – 11 MW 2x 10 MW Hydro Units at Terror Lake Hydro Facility 1x 10 MW Hydro Unit due to be online by fall 2013 3x 1.5 MW Wind Turbines 3x 1.5 MW Wind Turbines 2x 1.5 MW Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) ≈30 MW assorted diesel-fired power generation Bringing Wind and Water Together with the BESS “Bridge” Up to Photo Courtesy of Dake Schmidt 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 3 - 1.5 MW Wind Turbines 3 - 1.5 MW Wind Turbines 2 - 1.5 MW Battery Energy Storage Systems 1 - 10 MW Hydroelectric Turbine System Power Factor Upgrade Hydroelectric Governor Upgrade 25 kV line Ties to transmission/distribution substation Substantial Relaying SCADA and Wind Farm control Energy Storage System responds to frequency excursions outside of 59.8Hz Data resolution shown is 2 seconds Data from April 21, 2013 Duration: 20 Hours Average day has ≈250 events The battery discharges to deliver real power for under-frequency events Events are short in duration: 98% move the State of Charge by < 1% 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 # of Frequency Response Events Monthly Cumulative 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%100%# SOC CyclesChange in SOC Cycle Life in this Application - 2,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 12,000,000 14,000,000 16,000,000 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Wind Hydro Diesel K w h Third hydro turbine online this fall.