Green ICT

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Green ICT

• Padraig McManus
• ESB - Chief Executive

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Contents Green ICT in ESB

• The Green Agenda
• ESB Strategy
• Business Strategy
• Role of Green ICT
• Vision for a Sustainable Future

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The Green Agenda
ICT
Ireland by Sector
2 of all emissions are related to ICT same as
Aviation
ENERGY SECTOR c. 16mT Majority of this is ESB
TRANSPORT SECTOR c. 13mT ESRI increase to 20 mT
by 2020
1.5m Phones scrapped every day
c. 70 Million Tonnes CO2
0.5m PCs scrapped every day
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR c. 7mT
c. 63m T Kyoto Target
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• What is ESB doing about
• Climate Change ?
• What will ICT contribute to it ?

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ESB Strategy
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ESB Strategy - 2 Sides

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Green ICT in ESB
Strategy

• Address the 2 Issue
• by doing ICT Business better
• Address the 98 Issue
• by helping ESB do its Business Better

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Cúl Green

• Joint initiative with GAA
• Reduce CO2 Footprint at Croke Park
• Cúl Green Web Site
• Pledge Reductions

http//www.culgreen.ie/
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Smart Metering
Meter Data Management (ESB)
CustomerInformation / Billing (ESB)
Concentrators
Management Systems (Industry Players)
HAN
Meters
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Smart Metering to Smart Networks a Vision of
the Future ?
linking People, Behaviours and Technologies to
Network Operations
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Typical Electricity Demand
Generation Scheduled to follow Actual Demand
time
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Electric Vehicles Charge Overnight
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Customers Respond by Switching Out Demand
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Transformation 20 Years ?
FUTURE
CURRENT
GENERATION despatched to meet DEMAND
DEMAND despatched to meet GENERATION

• Fundamental Change in Electricity System
  Operation, enabled by
• SMART Metering and SMART Networks
• Electric Vehicles - Energy Storage
• Potential for Profound Change to CO2 Agenda
• Energy Sector and Residential Sector
  Electricity Production and Usage
• Transport Sector

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Future is Electric
ICT at the Heart of that Future