Galvin Electricity Initiative: Phase 1
Phase 1 of the Galvin Electricity Initiative focused on defining consumer needs, specifying the design criteria of the Perfect Power System, selecting system configurations, and identifying potential areas of technology innovation. For each technology area identified, a criticality gap analysis compares the current state of technology and functionality to the level of performance required for the Perfect Power System of the future.
Phase 1 Results Summary
This report summarizes the work completed in Phase One of the Initiative—including defining consumer needs, specifying the design criteria of the “perfect power system,” selecting system configurations, and identifying potential areas of technology innovation. For each technology area identified, a criticality gap analysis compares the current state of technology and functionality to the level of performance required for the perfect power system of the future.
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Task 1: Consumer Needs and Expectations
Task 1 of the Galvin Electricity Initiative identified the needs and expectations of electricity consumers.
Task 2: Potential for End-Use Energy Technologies to Improve Functionality and Meet Consumer Expectations
Task 2 of the Galvin Electricity Initiative identified and evaluated innovative energy technologies that may both influence and meet consumers' needs and expectations as identified in Task 1. The task also developed insights regarding how today's uses may evolve. The project team searched the worldwide energy technology horizon for early indications of innovative electricity utilization, distributed resources, power electronics, and power quality technologies. The full report consists of three volumes.
Volume 1—Summary of Results
Volume 2—Evaluating Trends in End-Use Sectors
Volume 3—Descriptions of Technology Application Areas
Task 3: Technology Scanning, Mapping, and Foresight
Task 3 of the Galvin Electricity Initiative developed Technology Scanning, Mapping, and Foresight to lay the foundation for broader application of science and technology innovations by the Initiative. It particularly focused on technologies that may exist outside of the traditional electricity industry.
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Task 4: Analysis Framework
Task 4 of the Galvin Electricity Initiative developed an analysis framework for evaluating the innovation nodes and Perfect Power System configurations defined in previous tasks. The analysis framework relates alternative technology innovations and system configurations, key drivers and uncertainties, and relevant value metrics.
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Task 5: Developing Functional Requirements for the Perfect Power System
Task 5 of the Galvin Electricity Initiative translated results of the previous tasks into functional specifications for the corresponding electric energy services, including the end-use devices and the power systems that support them. This task identified potential power system configurations that leverage identified “nodes of innovation,” representing the convergence of future customer needs and technological promise.
