vector: nz leads in global power revolution - storage battery

People in the Oakland suburb of Glen Inness may not be aware of this, but they are at the forefront of an invisible revolution that a master of energy disruption says will change the world by 2030.
Glen Inness is number one in New Zealand
Asia first-Pacific -
Installation grid-
Battery storage system;
Tesla's Powerpack system provider, industry and home power, is part of the upcoming global energy turmoil that Stanford University lecturer Tony Seba said.
This is invisible, for example, because the head of Glen Inness does not know where their power comes from when the lights are turned on.
But changes in their suburbs have brought light to the predicted massive global change.
Seba, once considered alarmist vandals, is now seen as more visionary;
He predicts that energy companies, investors and countries are now looking at the future, only 15 years from the future --
When today's generation and transportation will be eliminated by the revolution of solar, battery and electric vehicles.
This is home to Glen Inness, New Zealand's largest power and gas distributor, and vector, as well as the new Powerpack system.
$5 million Powerpack, equivalent to 2 for 450 homes.
It has been installed for 3 hours, not a traditional $12 m upgrade to the existing network infrastructure
Obvious savings
Simon McKenzie, chief executive of Vector, said batteries store electricity to help ensure energy is always available to customers at winter peak levels.
"If we do a traditional upgrade, we may have to do it again in about five years," he said . ".
"Traditional upgrades will also give us a lot more capacity than we actually need, and we can add more batteries if needed.
"Powerpack can also be used as back-
In the case of a power outage;
Vector plans to install 12 more in different places in the next year or so;
The local economy adds up-
The new batteries will also be integrated into global energy trends and will soon create a world with few centralized power generation, 100 of electric vehicles and the lowest private car ownership, Seba said.
In a series of meetings with Australian investors, Seba said: "As far as we know, energy and transportation are over and will come soon.
It will end on 2030;
It's already started.
"This is a prediction supported by the progress of the four technologies --
Solar energy, battery storage (
Just like Tesla's Powerpack and Powerwall batteries, which are for domestic use)
Electric cars and driverless cars.
So far, most of the publicity has focused on vehicles, and seba says many mainstream energy companies have neglected that solar energy is approaching a tipping point, it will drive solar absorption in much the same way as smartphones become global phenomena.
When the cost of solar energy is lower than the cost of transmission, this will happen, he said, and centralized power generation will be largely redundant.
People will be their own generators, selling electricity to each other and to the grid.
Watch this video and see the Tesla Powerpack launched in glennes.
"At this point," Seba said, "it is in the selfish interest of every consumer to install solar panels on every available roof, because in those sunny hours. . .
"The central generation will never be able to compete with rooftop solar," he said . ".
"Solar energy is going to eat everything.
"When the sun is not bright, the battery will --
Using the electricity they store means that large power stations only need to provide additional power to large factories such as cities and aluminum smelters.
Seba said the distribution company will be the manager of power grid trends and transactions.
McKenzie said, there is no doubt, "You can see us when you connect all the things he's talking about [
New Zealand and New Zealand
In a very good position.
"Vector is investigating and investing in new technologies described by Seba.
McKenzie said the system allows Vector to better manage the risks associated with the $2 billion it needs to invest in the Auckland network over the next 10 years.
Predictions of falling solar costs have become reality, as have battery costs: "They have been reduced significantly over the past 10 years.
Five years ago, battery prices exceeded $1500 per kilowatt hour.
Electricity bill that the battery can Launch].
Now that the cost per kilowatt hour has dropped to $350, independent experts such as Tesla and Deutsche Bank said that by 2020, the cost per kilowatt hour will drop to $150.
"We are leading change in New Zealand because we know not only that change is coming, but that it is also a matter of investing in capital wisely.
You can't just spend 40-
A year's life, I believe there will be no change at that time;
You must plan well in advance.
"McKenzie also believes that in the next 10 years, 50,000 New Zealand homes will install Tesla Powerwall batteries, which may be led by rural customers, where solar costs will be better than installing wires
Vector has also been providing chargers for electric car owners with 20 chargers installed around Auckland, and plans to provide more chargers.
McKenzie said that the emerging peers of vectorto-
Peer energy trading platforms are also creating early interest.
The experiment involves an online platform that enables people and businesses to buy and sell surplus electricity to each other.
About 500 solar families, schools and community groups in Auckland
Electricity can be sold to each other or donated to a school or a neighbor without solar energy.
"We think there's a green element and a social element there, and a lot of people will find it attractive, and that's part of what we're prepared for that change," he said . ".