AUPEC 2010

Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference

Transmission Challenges
06 December 2010
Dr Patrick Strange Chief Executive, Transpower New Zealand Ltd

New Zealands place in the world

No opportunity for interconnection

Dry Island Godzone

Have to meet all our own electricity needs

Cold Island

Transpower capex
1,200

1,000

$571m
800

Transmission Tomorrow

$m

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Actual/Forecast

Actual/Forecast

Other Major Projects Major Projects (NIGUP, HVDC & & NAAN) (NIGUP, HVDC NAaN)

Other

electricity - the fuel of choice?

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An enduring grid
Auckland will continue to use more electricity than can be supplied locally Long term investment in large-scale, remote generation Requires a grid backbone for northwards transfer
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Going forward
The grid will always be long and stringy, and moving electrons a long distance We will probably have to transport more electrons! Increased variability is a given, due to hydro and wind We need to create solutions to address these issues, and many of these are about technology
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How do we do this?
Grid technology More active integration of grid and generation Demand side the Smart Grid?

Voltage support and voltage stability SVCs, STATCOMs, regional power controllers

 The Pole 2/3 Control System

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August 1975

Variable ratings

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 Series capacitors

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Clyde

Naseby Palmerston

Roxburgh

Three Mile Hill Gore

Halfway Bush

South Dunedin Berwick

Manapouri

Balclutha

Brydone
Existing

Edendale North Makarewa Invercargill

220kV circuit 220kV double circuit 110kV circuit 110kV double circuit 220kV bus 110kV bus 33kV bus 11kV bus

Transformer Series Capacitor Tee point Load Shunt capacitor Generator Circuit breaker

Tiwai

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Integrating generation and the grid

Coordinated operation of renewable generation and the grid New HVDC controls designed for integrated operation with AC network Future - AGC + , to manage generation and transmission events
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The two way grid - consumer response

Interruptible load initiative - defer timing of grid build in Auckland Utilising the consumer technologies currently being installed The future, fully interactive system?

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The two way grid fly by wire

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We must have better information on the dynamic response of the grid

Scada X-rays show the bone structure Phasor CT scans show the soft structures as well

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post-earthquake

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 We will have, over time, vast information on the dynamic situation of the grid

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To use it, we must develop tools to visualise all this for the operator

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