Philippines Island Microgrids Case Study: Design, Simulation, Deployment and Operations with Integrated Digital Platform
07 HYB24-100
Presented by: Sunil Cherian
Over the past decade, equipment and control technologies for operating island microgrids have made significant progress. Incorporating increasing amounts of renewables and energy storage into island systems, displacing fossil fuels, maintaining operational reliability, improving levelized cost of electricity, and increasing energy access to remote communities are the dominant drivers for transitioning diesel-based conventional systems to renewable energy based microgrid systems.
While equipment costs are stable or declining, the specialized expertise required and the engineering costs of developing, deploying, and supporting hybrid island energy systems remain high limiting the broad adoption of these solutions. This presentation will focus on an integrated approach to the design, simulation, performance validation, field deployment, operations, and technical support of hybrid power systems using a standardized digital platform.
The case study will cover how certain islands in the Philippines were transformed from diesel-based systems delivering power for about 8 hours per day to high penetration renewable energy systems with battery energy storage and upgraded diesel gensets that deliver reliable power continuously to the local community. The energy service provider that won the rights to serve the communities, partnered with Spirae to take the systems from concept to operation. The result is a reliable island energy system that operates with high penetration of renewables including periods when the diesel gensets are completely turned off. While the long-term socio-economic benefits to the positively-impacted communities have yet to be quantified, the expectation is that the availability of clean, reliable, power will transform these communities from marginalized to mainstream communities. However, scaling the case study relies on the regulators' fair appreciation of the extraordinary risks taken by the service provider and the recognition of the true costs of service. The regulated rates for the case study are yet to be issued.
The case study will show how a standardized, model-driven approach to hybrid energy systems development in a zero-coding environment enables large scale deployment of hybrid energy systems for island and grid-connected applications.
While equipment costs are stable or declining, the specialized expertise required and the engineering costs of developing, deploying, and supporting hybrid island energy systems remain high limiting the broad adoption of these solutions. This presentation will focus on an integrated approach to the design, simulation, performance validation, field deployment, operations, and technical support of hybrid power systems using a standardized digital platform.
The case study will cover how certain islands in the Philippines were transformed from diesel-based systems delivering power for about 8 hours per day to high penetration renewable energy systems with battery energy storage and upgraded diesel gensets that deliver reliable power continuously to the local community. The energy service provider that won the rights to serve the communities, partnered with Spirae to take the systems from concept to operation. The result is a reliable island energy system that operates with high penetration of renewables including periods when the diesel gensets are completely turned off. While the long-term socio-economic benefits to the positively-impacted communities have yet to be quantified, the expectation is that the availability of clean, reliable, power will transform these communities from marginalized to mainstream communities. However, scaling the case study relies on the regulators' fair appreciation of the extraordinary risks taken by the service provider and the recognition of the true costs of service. The regulated rates for the case study are yet to be issued.
The case study will show how a standardized, model-driven approach to hybrid energy systems development in a zero-coding environment enables large scale deployment of hybrid energy systems for island and grid-connected applications.