Smart grid research in New Zealand – A review from the GREEN Grid research programme

Stephenson, Janet; Ford, Rebecca; Nair, Nirmal-Kumar C.; Watson, N.R.; Wood, A.; Miller, Allan

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.07.010

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“…However, a growing literature focuses on individuals and household energy choices, including specific decisions related to energy consumption and becoming prosumers, and prosuming uptake through social practice and policy perspectives [16][17][18][19]. These studies are often anchored in psychology, behavioural economics, anthropology, sociology or similar disciplines, applying practice theory (or similar) to explain adoption rates, aspects of behaviour, roles, or the scope for change [20,21]. While these studies provide useful micro-foundations for prosumer uptake, they tend to relate to factors like individual values or social practices that are difficult to measure on aggregate levels.…”

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Is there a Prosumer Pathway? Exploring household solar energy development in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom

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2018

Energy Research & Social Science

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Section: Comparing Prosumer Developmentsmentioning

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Is there a Prosumer Pathway? Exploring household solar energy development in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom

Inderberg

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Turner

2018

Energy Research & Social Science

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“…The GREEN Grid household electricity study measured 1-min level electricity power demand data for 21 New Zealand households in Hawke's Bay and Taranaki using commercially available monitors from 2014 to 2016 (Anderson et al 2018;Stephenson et al 2018). In this paper, we use data for the year 2015 as it had the maximum number of dwellings reporting data, had the fewest data outages or quality issues and coincides with the first year of the efficient lighting technology uptake model described above.…”

Section: Calculating Annual Seasonal Lighting Electricity Consumptionmentioning

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Lightening the load: quantifying the potential for energy-efficient lighting to reduce peaks in electricity demand

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One of the key challenges to greater renewable electricity supplies is the temporal mismatch between non-dispatchable renewable sources and peaks in electricity demand. In addition, increased electrification coupled with the de-carbonisation of electricity generation is likely to increase the scale of demand peaks. This could force investment in carbon-intensive peaker generation or capital intensive storage capacity as well as additional transmission and distribution network capacity which may then be substantially underutilised. Whilst considerable effort has been devoted to testing a range of demand response interventions to reduce or shift consumption, less attention has been given to the ability of certain appliances to permanently reduce demand at peak through energy efficiency. In this paper, we use a published model of future energy-efficient lighting uptake together with multi-year measured lighting demand data from a sample of residential households to model the potential power (MW) and energy (MWh) reductions of a ‘business as usual’ rate of efficient lighting adoption. Our estimates suggest that whilst lighting comprises ~ 4% of overall New Zealand annual electricity consumption, it comprises up to 12% of evening peak electricity consumption in winter. As a result, we estimate that by 2029, more efficient residential lighting could reduce New Zealand’s total annual demand by 1 TWh and reduce the highest winter evening peaks (at 17:00) by at least 500 MW (9%). The winter evening demand reduction would be roughly equivalent to avoiding the need for additional generation capacity of the scale of New Zealand’s Huntly Power Stations 1–4 (coal/gas) plus the Stratford peaker plant (gas open-cycle) and has clear implications for any electricity system that is intending to transition towards ~ 100% renewable generation at least cost.

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“…Studies have pointed out that Europe and the U.S. lead the development of SGs systems, while Brazil and India strongly depend on foreign technology and investment for development in their countries [25,26]. Meanwhile, an increasing number of studies is paying attention to the development of China's SG field [13][14][15][16].…”

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“…The vigorous development of SGs can reasonably regulate the distribution of electricity, improve the efficiency of energy use, optimize the energy structure, promote energy conservation and emission reduction, effectively respond to the challenges from the transformation of energy strategies, and boost the building of a resource-conserving and environment-friendly society in China [14][15][16]. The role, at the same time, is of great significance to global energy structure adjustment and sustainable development.…”

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Exploring and Visualizing the Patent Collaboration Network: A Case Study of Smart Grid Field in China

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Smart grids (SGs) have been widely recognized as an enabling technology for delivering sustainable energy transitions. SGs have a positive effect on the development of the world economy and society. SG construction plays an important role in responding to global climate change and promoting the sustainable development of the world economy and society. Under such a background, this paper attempts to investigate patent collaborations of the SG field in China. Based on the application data of collaborative patents from State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) in China, this study employs complex network theory and social network analysis (SNA) method and conducts in-depth research on the patent collaboration network of SG field in China. The trend of patent collaboration was examined, the collaboration network of SG-related patents was investigated, the network characteristics, and the network structure were also explored. The results show that the proportion of enterprises participating in patent collaboration is relatively large for SG field in China, the percentage of collaboration relationships formed by different patent applicants varies greatly, and that the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) plays an important role in patent collaboration in SG field currently. It can also be found that patent collaboration is an effective form of cooperative innovation among different entities. Finally, three suggestions are provided in response to the existing problems.

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Smart grid research in New Zealand – A review from the GREEN Grid research programme

Cited by 42 publications

References 24 publications

Is there a Prosumer Pathway? Exploring household solar energy development in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom

Is there a Prosumer Pathway? Exploring household solar energy development in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom

Lightening the load: quantifying the potential for energy-efficient lighting to reduce peaks in electricity demand

Exploring and Visualizing the Patent Collaboration Network: A Case Study of Smart Grid Field in China

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