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Title: Synergies in Renewable Energy


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  • Synergies in Renewable Energy

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Renewable Energy Synergies
If we are going to reap the potential economic,
environment, and energy security benefits that
are the promise of renewable energy, integrated
energy systems must be developed.
3
Renewable Energy Synergies
  • Production Systems
  • Economics
  • Conservation

4
Renewable Energy Production Systems
  • Wind
  • Biofuels and Biomass
  • Hydrogen
  • Other and Emerging technologies
  • Multiple energy sources for multiple uses.

5
Production Systems
  • University of Minnesota Renewable Energy Research
    and Demonstration Center in Morris

6
NWROC
NCROC
WCROC
Twin cities
U More Park
SWROC
SROC
7
WCROC Renewable Energy Project
  • The beginning
  • Turn the resources available in the region into
    an advantage.
  • - Strong desire to make a positive and
    substantial impact on the citizens of the state,
    especially in rural Minnesota.

8
Renewable Energy
  • Goal
  • To develop a community scale, integrated,
    research and demonstration Renewable Energy
    Center.

9
Vision
  • 1) Provide a model for rural communities and
    agricultural producers to integrate renewable
    energy into their economies
  • 2) Conduct and facilitate the research and
    development of the knowledge and technology
    needed to stimulate a renewable energy industry

10
Renewable Energy
Turn resources of west central MN into an
advantage
  • Wind-to-hydrogen research and demonstration.
  • UMM biomass/district heating facility.
  • Community Anaerobic digester
  • Solar Smart WCROC Building addition.

11
WCROC Wind Turbine
  • -Research tool and production system.
  • -1.65 MW V 82 Wind Turbine
  • -5.6 million kWhr per year
  • -Direct line to the UM-Morris campus.
  • -Projected to supply over 60 of the
  • campus electrical needs.

12
Wind-to-Hydrogen Research and Demonstration
  • 3-Phase Project
  • Provide systems to store wind energy for base
    load / dispatchable / on-demand power.
  • 2. Develop value added products and hydrogen
    bridge technologies from wind energy. NH3.
  • 3. Combine these technologies and systems and
    conduct economic analysis.

13
Biomass Gasification System
  • A biomass assessment was conducted to quantify
    the resource. 600,000 tons in 60 mile radius
  • Funded with 6 million from state, university,
    private funds. Construction to begin Spring
    2006.
  • Builds on the current UMM district heating and
    cooling system across the campus (natural gas)
  • Adds a 15,000 psi biomass boiler to the current
    system and provides fuel flexibility
  • 7,000 to 9,000 tons of biomass required

14
SCADA System
  • On-line access for learning and information
    distribution
  • Allows real time access to system performance
  • Collaborative research across nation

15
Morris Methane Facility
  • Large livestock operations
  • Facilitate assessment
  • Renewable Industrial Park, Ethanol Facility.

16
Renewable Energy Economic Systems
Peak demand electricity
Transportation fuels
biofuels

Wind
Gasification
Hydrogen
biomass
Other products
NH3
Value added
17
Conservation Systems
  • Ultimately, not only do we need to develop
    robust, dependable, and efficient renewable
    energy systems to meet a growing global energy
    demand, we need to use less energy and have less
    impact on our environment.

18
Renewable Energy
Turn resources of west central MN into an
advantage
  • Wind-to-hydrogen research and demonstration.
  • UMM biomass/district heating facility.
  • Community Anaerobic digester
  • Solar Smart WCROC Building addition.

19
Research and Demonstration Education Center
  • Solidify educational infrastructure for the
    site.
  • Integrate solar, lighting and energy
    technologies.
  • Long-term research and education capabilities.
  • Systems approach

20
Renewable Energy Production Systems
  • - Ultimately use waste products from energy
    production systems for value added uses.
  • Aqua Culture
  • Hydroponics
  • ????

21
Renewable Energy Production Systems
  • - Being safe or being good?
  • - Safe
  • - Comfort
  • - Growing global demand
  • - Political stability
  • - Environmental stability
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