Catálogo Offshore Wind Energy Basque Country 2017
Smart Grids Basque Country Catalog
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2. Central de generación Transporte Puntos de consumo
A major technological change is currently
taking place in the area of power
networks, as they develop towards a
very different concept in terms of
functionality and characteristics
Active power demand
management
Informed and proactive
consumers working to improve
efficiency (“prosumer”)
Integration of renewable energy
sources (distributed generation)
Grid-integration of new
elements (storage systems,
electric vehicle, etc.)
Trends and changes that are driving the
transformation of power grids
Automation of power distribution
(renovation of grid assets)
Centralised grid
Environmental targets: reduction
in GHG emissions, consumption
(20-20-20) . . .
Decentralised and complex grid
In response to these trends and demands,
traditional power networks are evolving
towards the new concept of “smart grids”,
incorporating electrical and electronic
technologies and information and
communications systems
The power grid of the
21st-centuryThe power grid of
the 20th-century
Towards the power grids of the future …
3. New equipment, systems and functions are making it possible to optimise management of the power grid, improve supply quality and
provide new services and information to electricity consumers
… through the concept of “Smart grids”
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22.716
92,8M€
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One of the primary strengths of the Basque Energy Cluster is its
experience and capacities in the field of power grids (power
transmission and distribution networks)
Operations figures for Basque companies working in this field clearly
demonstrate their level of domestic and international
competitiveness
Basque Country: competitiveness hub in power networks. . .
T&D
companies
Overall
employment
Spending
on R&D
Employment
in R&D
Overall
turnover
Source: Panorama del Clúster de Energía del
País Vasco 2011, EVE/Cluster de Energía
T&D in the Basque Country, 2011 figures
5. presencia internacional de las empresas vascas de T&D
Total 224
implantaciones
exteriores
… with a strong international presence
Basque power network companies operate
extensively at an international level, with
production, services and commercial centres in both
developed and emerging markets
North America Europe
Asia Pacific
South America
Africa
* Only includes production and commercial operations of
companies with head office in the Basque Country
Countries in which Basque power network
companies operate
6. Smart grids consist of products and systems…
Smart grids
include
industrial
equipment and
electronic
systems at all
grid levels to
provide
advanced
functions.
7. … that interact in a complex value chain with a wide presence
of Basque companies in all segments
Design and
engineering services
Installation and
maintenance
Grid operators
Operating systems and applications
High and medium
voltage equipment
Power
transformers
Power electronics
and storage
Protection, automation, monitoring and communications equipment
Test and certification of electronic equipment
Knowledge / R&D agents in
network technology
Measuring equipment (smart meters)
8. Showroom
Bidelek Sareak
Bidelek Sareak: actual “Smart grids” project…
dimension
scope
innovation
collaboration
•Bidelek Sareak is a joint initiative of the Basque Government (through EVE) and Iberdrola Distribución
Eléctrica. Its aim is to comprehensively renovate the electricity grid in the metropolitan area of Bilbao
•It has required an investment of €60M in smart grids systems with the following scope:
•More than 250,000 digital meters
•Introduction of different automation levels in 1,200 secondary substations and 3 HV
substations
•Integration of distributed generation plants and electric-vehicle charging stations
•It has had a major business-inducing effect among equipment and systems suppliers in the Energy
Cluster, offering them a opportunity to develop and test their smart-grid product range, technologies
and services portfolio in a real-life application
A real project with complete smart-grid functions,
developed In the Basque Country, outstanding on the
international stage for its size, scope, technical and
innovation challenges and public-private collaboration
Needs a high level of quality and
performance in products and systems,
requiring suppliers to have capacity
for development and innovation
European reference point in smart-
grid roll-out
Covers all levels of the smart grid:
meters, transformer centres,
substations and management centre
across the full range of voltages
Based on collaboration between
Iberdrola, Ente Vasco de la Energía
and other suppliers from the value
chain (Basque Energy Cluster)
Auditorium of the Bidelek Sareak showroom
at Tecnalia's facilities in Zamudio
Equipment on display in the showroom
Located in Tecnalia, it
showcases technological
equipment and
innovation utilised in the
project
9. for consumers
•Overall reduction in power consumption
•Reduction in carbon emissions
•Job creation
•Generation of tax revenue
•Reduction in consumption and electricity bills
•Greater consumption information and
management capacity
•Improvement in quality and reliability of the
power supply
•Comfort and access to new services
for society
for the industrial
fabric
•Improvement in competitiveness of
manufacturers and service providers:
•Boost to R&D activities
•Benchmark demonstration project
•Image of competitiveness in international
markets
•Attracting new investments
for power
companies
•Reduction in operating costs
•Reduction in Average Interruption Time
•Reduced technical losses in the grid
•Fraud detection
•Optimisation of investments: greater availability of
network assets through improvements in
monitoring, management and maintenance
“€3.8m annual
saving in the Basque
energy bill”
“possible 25% cut in
CO2 emissions
thanks to smart
grids”
“Improvement in
supply quality with
60% reduction in
Average Interruption
Time”
“40% reduction in
number of incidents”
“20% reduction in
cost of field
operations”
“10% reduction in
grid losses"
… that creates advantages and benefits at all levels
“16% reduction in
duration of
incidents"
“ 16% increase in
profits through
improvements in
efficiency and
incentives”
“26% increase in
suppliers' turnover
by 2018 (extra
€24m)”“18% increase in
companies' R&D
activities by 2018
(extra €2.8m)”
“212 direct jobs
created (nearly 900
taking into account
indirect and spin-off
jobs)”
“€14m in tax
revenue on
increased business”
10. SOA4AMI
SAREBAT
ALIA2
MUGIELEC
SAGER
Infrastructures and services for integration
of smart metering in responsible and
efficient consumption management
Automated supervision of LV power
network
Li-ion storage for advanced
applications
Large-scale power storage systems for
the power grid
Companies, technology centres and universities in the
Energy Cluster have a long history of collaboration, jointly
taking on large R&D projects around products and systems
for smart grids
Promoted by the Basque Government and Ente
Vasco de la Energía (EVE), Energibasque defines
the strategy and mechanisms of support for
harnessing and promoting existing capacities in
the energy industry
ENERGIBASQUE The Basque Technological and
Industrial Development Energy Strategy
“Energy” is one of the priorities identified by
the Basque Government’s Regional Innovation
Smart Specialisation Strategy (RIS3)
Companies develop high tech products through R&D projects in collaboration
Development of infrastructures and
energy management systems
associated with electric vehicles
11. The work of developing equipment and systems for power networks is backed
by the availability of top-level infrastructures for product experimentation,
testing and certification
High power & smart grid
laboratory
Ultra-high voltage
laboratory
Power electronics and
control laboratory
INGRID laboratory
Smart grid
laboratory
Battery assembly and
testing laboratory
Storage device research
and testing centre
… and have powerful infrastructures for testing and certifying equipment
