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Ken Smith of Ever-Green Energy and Betsy Engelking of Geronimo Energy will share what they learned through Germany's experience with renewable energy. In recent years, Germany has taken many new steps in its Energiewende campaign to reliably operate on mostly renewable energy by 2050. Having the largest industrial sector in Europe, Germany is simultaneously testing many approaches to reaching this goal while learning valuable lessons, not only for them, but for the rest of the world. Over the past four years, a small bipartisan group of energy leaders and policymakers from Minnesota have ventured to Berlin and the surrounding area to learn about the transformation underway in Germany and share experiences with German energy and climate leaders, policy makers and innovators. The trip this June was particularly interesting as Minnesota Energy continued to dig deeper into the affect the Energiewende is having on the broader energy system, and more specifically the local change that is occurring in communities across Germany.
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- 1. German Infrastructure Impacts Minnesota Energy Thinkers Takeaways from the Regional Economies & Renewable Energy Policy Exchange Betsy Engelking | Geronimo Energy Ken Smith | Ever-Green Energy September 11, 2014
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- 4. Pg. 4 Community Forum | How Community Actions and Resources Will Shape our Energy Future Event Info: Thursday, October 2nd Earle Brown Heritage Center, Brooklyn Center Networking Reception 8:45 – 9:30 Program 9:30 – 11:30 Michael Li Senior Policy Advisor US Department of Energy Target Audiences: •MN City Council members •City and County staff •Neighborhood leaders •Utility Public Affairs experts •Foundations Jenny Edwards Program Manager, Innovation Exchange Center for Energy and Environment Anne Evans Chief Executive Officer Elevate Energy
- 5. Pg. 5 Presenting Today Ken Smith President and CEO Ever-Green Energy Betsy Engelking Vice President of Development Geronimo Energy
- 6. Pg. 6 Regional Economies & Renewable Energy Policy Office of University Economic Development the University of Minnesota @ The Honorable Yvonne Prettner Solon, MN Lt. Governor Robert P. Ambrose, Great River Energy Ellen Anderson, J.D., Office of Governor Mark Dayton Dr. David C. Boyd, MN PUC Commissioner Betsy Engelking, Geronimo Energy Patrick Garofalo, Minnesota State Rep. Tom Hackbarth, Minnesota State Rep. Foung Hawj, Minnesota State Senator Margaret Hodnik, Allete/Minnesota Power Melissa Hortman, Minnesota State Rep. Steve Kelley, University of Minnesota Dr. Georg Maue, German Embassy David Senjem, Minnesota State Senator Kenneth W. Smith, District Energy St. Paul, Inc. Dr. Rolf Weberg, University of Minnesota Duluth Betsy Wergin, MN PUC Commissioner
- 7. ever-greenenergy.com Ever-Green Energy Ever-Green Energy Ever-Green Energy leverages industry-leading expertise to plan, develop, own, and operate advanced community energy systems that integrate sustainable and effective technologies.
- 9. source: BMWi Energiewende Targets
- 10. Geronimo Energy The “Geronimo” Approach 10 Farmer Friendly Philosophy •Founded with deep roots in agriculture with understanding & respect for farming principals •Ensure each of our projects benefit the local area for generations to come •Look to hire locally in communities we work with •Work closely with our landowners and their neighbors Community-Driven Approach •Committed to building projects that can provide opportunities needed to repower rural American communities •Establish local offices and maintain interaction with key stakeholders and local governments •Keep landowners informed on project status Geronimo's Mission: “We seek to leave the world we touch in a better place than it was before we touched it: environmentally, through the deployment of clean and renewable energy; in our communities, through economic development; for our employees, through personal improvement and pride in what we do; and for our shareholders, through profitable operations.”
- 11. How has Germany moved so far, so fast? •Situation: densely populated country with few indigenous fossil fuels •Strong National Energy Policy that sees opportunity, not cost, of greenhouse gas reductions •Use of communities/smaller entities to serve as laboratories for new ideas and applications of efficiency and renewable technologies •Targeted support/goals for industrial customers •But, lack of planning requires readjustments 11
- 12. Germany’s Situation 12 Population: 80.5 million 2013 Energy Consumption: 631.4 TWH Nuclear Energy: 17.7% Fossil Energy: 56.9% Renewable Energy: 25.4% •Indigenous Fuels: coal, lignite coal, natural gas, oil, uranium •Nuclear phase-out underway •Government policy opposes fracking for natural gas
- 13. Strong National Energy Policy 13 Nuclear Phase-out •8 plants permanently closed post- Fukushima •3 to close 2015-2019 •3 more to close in 2021 •3 remaining plants will close in 2022 Transition to Renewables via Coal and Natural Gas •Feed-in tariffs to encourage renewables •Expanded natural gas-fired CHP Commitment to keep industrial rates competitive •Export of efficiency/renewable tech •Downside is high residential rates
- 14. Using Communities as “energy laboratories” 14 •Grants and Incentives to permit local innovation •Applied across all sectors – residential, commercial and industrial •Experimental Technologies: solar panels as building materials, micro CHP units, mixed-use energy parks Saerbeck Energy Park
- 15. Lessons learned: a bumpy ride •Germany is transitioning in the face of already deregulated power markets –Few Options to encourage renewables –Feed-in tariffs had design flaws and failed to incorporate flexibility measures as prices dropped –Rapidly increasing residential prices may test nation’s resolve 15
- 16. Mid-Course Corrections will improve Transition •Feed-in Tariff adjustment mechanisms •Use of “smart inverters” to improve power quality •Better planning for transmission expansion •Still need to consider the use of capacity markets to ensure adequate supply 16
- 17. Our opportunities are as good (or better)! 17
- 19. ever-greenenergy.com Ever-Green Energy Communities Explored •Berlin •Hamburg •Dusseldorf •Bottrop - Innovation City •Henningsdorf •Saerbeck •Feldheim
- 22. ever-greenenergy.com Ever-Green Energy Saerbeck
- 23. ever-greenenergy.com Ever-Green Energy Integration is Key to Achieving Targets •Widespread Integration of Power Generation and DH/Thermal Grids: –Increase power generation and overall energy system efficiency (CHP, recovery and reuse of residual heat) –Expand renewable energy usage for building/process heating (biomass, biogas, solar thermal, renewable power to heat) –Increase electric grid flexibility and reliability using distributed generation together with thermal storage
- 25. ever-greenenergy.com Ever-Green Energy Lessons from Germany •Holistic / systems approach to energy Actions to increase demand and supply side efficiency •Policies are being tweaked to achieve desired outcomes •Engagement of communities large to small •Competition is used to encourage creativity Successes adds to the narrative •Variety of funding mechanisms use to lower cost of capital or incentivize investment •Achieving the Energiewende locally frequently takes a village…but it always requires leadership
- 28. Ken Smith | ken.smith@districtenergy.com Betsy Engelking | betsy@geronimoenergy.com Megan Hoye | mhoye@mncee.org
- 29. Question & Answer Webinar Link: http://www.mncee.org/Innovation-Exchange/Resource-Center/
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