Asia Power Week 2017

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Grid Stabilization & Energy Supply Reliability by Reciprocating Engines in Future Energy Integration (Room Nile 1)

In next decades, Asia will have rapidly population increase with areas not connected to electricity. The economy is assumed to achieve strong growth over medium to long term requiring significant increasing energy demand with conventional power plants, nuclear or coal fired plants for constant & predictable power. Extension of renewable energy in overall energy mix will take place considering world target to 1/2 CO2 emissions by 2050. It will be more challenging to keep the grid at a stable freq due to the unpredictable weather-dependent nature of wind and solar power. Operation philosophy of grid stabilisation has to adapted to increase flexibility in power generation according to energy demand and corresponding needs for intelligent load balancing systems/approaches that require solutions to deal with such fluctuations. Demand response solution supported by reciprocating engines can provide this flexibility: their short-term availability, fast and flexible start-up/ramp-down times, stable power output are particularly attractive for such applications. In addition decentralized power production and consumption with reciprocating engines are highly efficient compared to centralized large power stations considering the losses in transmission and the possible use of thermal power. Fuel flexibility is a further advantage of reciprocating engines. This paper aims to describe and showcase how recips-backed demand response solutions, based on our experience in designing and implementing such projects for customers, could offer the intelligent and flexible load balancing needed for grid stabilization. This could be provided both by emergency backup gensets as well as continuously running decentralized units. In alignment with storage concepts like batteries or e.g. Power to Gas, Renewable energy can be used in an efficient and environmental friendly way while grid remains stable.