A. Smart Communities
1) The Development of a Demand Response Program & Aggregator in Abu Dhabi
Major Project Features
To pursue digitization of the power grid through the establishment of the demand-centered aggregator role in Abu Dhabi to offer a multitude of services to the grid regulator, operator and end-users including a demand response program offering flexibility services to the grid
Key Activities Performed
- Detailed benchmarking and assessment of different aggregators around the world, including their specific roles, business models and services;
- Detail framework and rollout plan for such a project in Abu Dhabi;
- Detail modeling of national savings produced from the project through the assessment of hourly load duration curves;
- Detail business model for the successful and profitable development of this project;
- Detail assessment of services to be provided by the aggregator;
- Engagement with the different stakeholders in Abu Dhabi to be involved in this project,
2) The Development of a Smart City in KSA
Major Project Features
To develop the role of the Master System Integrator (MSI), that will lead an ecosystem of best of breed partners, to design, develop, build, operate and transfer a user-centric smart city inclusive of all infrastructure, smart city platform, smart city pillars as well as the rollout of use cases
Key Activities Performed
- Lead the multidisciplinary team that developed the strategy to approach this project;
- Design the framework for assessment, design and rollout of smart city use cases;
- Detail scoping and sizing of the requirements of the city;
- Benchmarking of different partners for the different scopes of the project, including platform, smart city pillars and solutions;
- Benchmarking of different smart cities around the world and extractions of lessons learned and critical success factors for such an endeavor;
- Optimizing the design and sizing of the requirements of the city including functional requirements to ensure achievements of the city requirements
B. Energy Management
1) Roadmap for the Development of an Advanced Energy Management Platform
Major Project Features
The scope was to plan, design and lead the development of an advanced energy management platform, capable of harnessing high-resolution data from remote locations and apply advanced energy management to provide energy intelligence and services to the grid operator and end-users
Key Activities Performed
- Development of the concept for the platform including the multitude of services to be offered through the platform to end-users and the grid;
- Development of a detailed feasibility study for the development of the platform including the detailed business model to be offered;
- Development of the high-level architecture and wire frame for the platform;
- Development of the backbone for the rules engine to be developed to allow the platform to apply multitude of services;
- Planning the detailed development plan for the rollout of the platform including the MVP, the use cases and services;
- Detail manpower planning for the development and operation of the platform;
2) Energy Audit and Energy Management Strategy Roadmap Development
Major Project Features
The owner of four hotel/ resort properties, wanted to carry out an audit for four of their facilities in order to identify areas of improvement in terms of utility consumption. The major utility consumption in each of these properties happens in the form of Water use, Electricity use and LPG use. The objective of the project was to identify interventions and develop utility management plan that allows for high resolution visibility on major losses drivers and causes.
Key Activities Performed
- Conduct the opening and closing meeting with the team on site/ facility managers
- Develop the audit plan (in line with ISO 50002) and inform the client of the audit plan, required data, information, etc.
- Interact closely with the engineering staff from each of these properties and understand the building operating plan
- Perform the onsite audit with the team of engineers focusing on the MEP of these properties
- Consolidate the audit observations and develop a detailed proposal for the client on the probable interventions and effective energy management plan following principles of ISO 50001.
- Provide a detailed tech-commercial assessment of a wastewater treatment facility at one of the resorts
C. Distributed Energy Resources
1) Techno-Economic Assessment for a DER System Integration Capability in KSA
Major Project Features
To assess the development of a localized manufacturing capacity in partnership with industry leaders catering to the increased demands of energy related products. The objectives :
- Follow Energy aspiration of Vision 2030 initiative in Made in KSA products
- Delivering the ability to meet peak demand surges
- Facilitate the transition towards a decentralized green and smart power grid
- Reduce Dependency on Oil & Gas
Key Activities Performed
- Feasibility study assessment of the following potential products to be manufactured/assembled in the factory with their respective market studies:
- Energy Storage Systems (ESS)
- Solar PV Modules Manufacturing & Production Lines
- Fuel Cells
- Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
- The following critical success factors for the project were analyzed and investigated:
- Increasing demand for renewable power penetration in the grid in the region;
- Increased focus to transition towards a smarter power grid in the region;
- Increasing the requirement to balance the grid during fluctuations or outage in supply and demand.
- Limited advanced production facilities for energy storage, PV modules and DER solutions available In KSA to meet the growing regional demand;
2) Optimization of an Off-grid Distributed Energy Resources System
Major Project Features
An off-grid site with no power connection to the main substation. Thus, reliance for meeting demand is on diesel generation. The client wanted to minimize the use of diesel power for environmental and economic reasons using a microgrid consisting of solar panels and batteries.
Key Activities Performed
- Sizing of solar panels to be able to meet peaking loads;
- Sizing of storage system to allow for minimal reliance on diesel generation;
- Design of controller and inverter systems to charge and discharge the batteries efficiently;
- Optimization of the use of the system to ensure reliability and long-term performance of the batteries and solar systems
- Energy audit of the facility identifying power system structure as well as load profile;
- Mapping hourly demand with activated hourly generation from solar system;
- Detailing demand versus supply system in a report along with scenario analysis for different load profiles;
- Sizing of battery system along with support for developing the RFQ for the batteries and supporting the client procure most suitable system;
- Designing controller and inverter systems to optimize the operation of the system;
- Designing demand side management frameworks for optimizing load profile on site
