{"id":513,"date":"2020-07-06T11:26:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T10:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/?p=513"},"modified":"2020-07-06T12:23:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T11:23:51","slug":"schneider-electric-works-with-western-power-on-flexible-energy-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/2020\/07\/06\/schneider-electric-works-with-western-power-on-flexible-energy-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Schneider Electric works with Western Power on flexible energy approach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Schneider Electric and Western Power have combined forces to launch a pilot scheme to enable Western Australia (WA) businesses to manage their distributed energy resources.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schneider Electric has joined forces with Western Power in a pilot project designed to enable Western Australia (WA) businesses through energy retailers to manage their distributed energy resources (DER) for compensation while also providing support for the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pilot is part of Western Power\u2019s drive to a brighter, stronger energy future through transforming the network by using emerging technologies and integrating customer owned energy resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delivered through a flexibility services program, the pilot will see WA businesses through energy retailers managing their DER, such as solar PV, batteries and manageable loads like heating and cooling systems, in return for compensation by Western Power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schneider will provide the technology for the project, which is one of the first steps Western Power is taking towards building capability to deliver on the WA Government\u2019s DER Roadmap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The roadmap is part of the State\u2019s Energy Transformation Strategy, which outlines actions that need to be taken over the next five years to enable the full potential, benefits and value of small-scale devices including rooftop solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schneider will provide Western Power with a platform to manage flexibility services, which will include features such as participant portfolio management, user interfaces for program partners and transaction management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schneider Electric\u2019s Zone President Pacific Gareth O\u2019Reilly said the company was pleased to provide a world leading platform for the business\u2019s grid flexibility project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur remote energy management systems will provide increased levels of visibility allowing commercial and industrial program participants to balance their use from the grid and their own energy resources, such as PV and Storage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited about this innovative approach and supporting Western Power in a project that will facilitate greater adoption of distributed energy resources in WA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western Power CEO Ed Kalajzic said WA\u2019s energy landscape was rapidly changing and Western Power was at the forefront of delivering a more flexible, smarter and lower carbon energy future for West Australians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy connecting renewable energy sources such as solar and wind and using smart technology, we\u2019ve begun to progressively transform our network into a flexible grid that seamlessly connects batteries and microgrids,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCurrently, rooftop solar PV across our network has the potential to contribute to 45% of our system needs at certain times of the day \u2013 one of the highest percentages in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith households and businesses now not only consuming energy from the network but also supplying energy we\u2019ve begun to transform the grid to ensure its more sustainable, adaptive and responsive for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis project aims to demonstrate how both our customers and the network can realize value by using customer owned distributed energy resources in balance with traditional network solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith support from Schneider Electric, our teams are working at the forefront of energy transformation and believe these advances will become a relevant benchmark for other distribution networks globally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western Power\u2019s pilot aims to demonstrate that by providing flexibility services to pilot participants, commercial and industrial costs will reduce helping address voltage issues while enabling grid flexibility and greater renewable penetration into the energy system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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