Overview of Micro-grid

Research and Development

Activities in Japan

Satoshi Morozumi
The New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization (NEDO)

Montreal 2006 Symposium on Microgrids

June 23, 06

The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Role of NEDO
NEDOs Activities

New Energy
Industrial Technology and Energy
Sector Conservation Sector
Grid-Connected
Power System

International Other NEDO Micro-Grid

Cooperation Activities Battery Storage
System Protection
..
Difference between Commercial Local Grid
and Demonstrative Micro-Grid
Typical recently introduced commercial self-supporting local Grid in Japan

Local EMS Electricity

Large Industry G Commercial and public
with Mass Heat Demand Electric Demand
G G

Demonstrative Micro-Grid Projects added several values NEDO Supporting)

Local Grid Maintaining

Power Quality

Promoting New Energy Managing Supply and

Demand
NEDOs Micro-Grid Projects

New Energy Technology Dept.

Grid-Connected Power Systems Group

Promoting and managing projects

[1] Demonstrative Project on New Power Network Systems (FY2004-2007)

[2] Demonstrative Project of Regional Power Grids with Various New
Energies (FY2003-2007)
[3] Demonstrative Project on Grid-Interconnection of Clustered Photovoltaic
Power Generation Systems (FY2003-2007)
[4] Wind Power Stabilization Technology Development Project (FY2004-
2007)
* Large Scale PV Power Station Project, New Battery Technology for
Renewable Energy will start from FY2006.
NEDOs Micro-Grid Related Projects

NEDO
Headquarter Hachinohe Project
(Kawasaki)
Sendai Project
Kyoto Project
(without Local Grid) Akagi Project
Tokyo (Distribution Power
System Control
Equipment
Aichi Project Development)

Demonstration Sites for Demonstrative Project on New Power

Network Systems Project and Demonstrative Project of
Regional Power Grids with Various New Energies
 Demonstrative Project of Regional Power Grids with Various
New Energies ( Aichi Project)

project participants
Chubu Electric Power,
Toyota Motor Corporation,
NTT facilities,
Japanese NGK Insulators,
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
Kyocera,
Association of Exhibition,
Aichi Pref.,
Japanese Environment Systems
Demonstrative Project of Regional Power Grids with Various
New Energies ( Aichi Project)

PAFC(200kW*4units)
NAS Battery(500kW) Methane
Fermentation
MCFC(270kW+300kW) System (4.8t/Day)
Gasification
System PVs
(20kg/h)

SOFC(25kW)
Operating from Dec. 2004 to Sep. 2005
* These Facilities are being moved to near Chubu
International Area *
Demonstrative Project of Regional Power Grids with Various
New Energies (Hachinohe Project)
project participants
Mitsubishi research institute,
Mitsubishi Electric,
Hachinohe City
Demonstrative Project of Regional Power Grids with Various
New Energies ( Hachinohe Project)

Operating from Oct. 2005

Wooden Waste
Burned Boiler

Digestion
Gas Tank

Gas Engine

Battery Energy Storage

Demonstrative Project on Power Supply Systems by Service
Level New Power Network Systems: Sendai

Utility System
project participants
NTT Facilities,
350kW 350kW 250kW Sendai City,

GE
ENG GE
ENG
MCFC
(MCFC)
Tohoku Fukushi Univ.,
NTT-BTI
CB-CS CB-GE CB-MC AC 6.6kV
CB-H CB-RPR
Bus
50kW
CB-N CB-B3 CB-AB1 CB-B2
PV

Series Series

Compensator 200kVA Integrated Power 600kVA
Compensator

Quality Backup System

DC/DC DC/DC
20
Converter

Standard
High
High
High
High

Quality Quality B3 Quality Av Quality B1 Quality B2
B3
DC A B1 B2 Private

Load
Load
Load
Load
Load
Load Distribution Line

910kW 130kW 20kW 180kW 18kW 440kW

Utility System Compensating DC
DC Loads
Uninterrupted
Compensating
Compensating

Quality Level Voltage drop DC
No-interrupted Wellcom21
Voltage drop
Voltage drop
longer than longer than longer than
15msec 15msec 15msec

 Demonstrative Project on Power Supply Systems by Service
Level New Power Network Systems: Sendai

High Quality Power

Supply Facility Series Compensator200VA
Series Compensator
600VA

MCFC

PVs
Gas Engine

Under Constructing. This system will start operation from June

2007.