YT YouTube2Text

YouTube2Text → Transcripts → Smart Grid Denmark

Smart Grid Denmark — Transcript

by Energinet · 2,088 words · 339 segments · language en · Watch on YouTube

Open in transcriber Summarize with AI Download SRT/VTT

Full transcript

0:03we use energy lots of energy but there
0:07are going to be some big changes in the
0:09way we use energy the world is running
0:12out of oil and natural gas and we need
0:14to find alternative and eco-friendly
0:17energy sources Denmark has the political
0:20vision of becoming independent of fossil
0:22fuels and our Energy Systems will
0:24therefore be transformed in the decades
0:26to come some believe that the
0:29transformation is comparable to the
0:31effect the internet has had on our
0:33everyday lives in the years to come
0:36energy will be produced transported and
0:39used in a very different and far more
0:41efficient manner than the one for which
0:43the power system was originally
0:46[Music]
0:50designed until recently our electricity
0:53was produced by huge Central CHP plants
0:56close to cities and industrial areas and
0:59then transported on to the consumers
1:02this has already changed thousands of
1:05wind turbines have sprung up along with
1:07hundreds of local CHP plants numerous
1:10photovoltaic cell plants and other local
1:13units to put it simply today energy is
1:16produced everywhere and transported in
1:18all directions in the power system this
1:21trend will intensify over the coming
1:25years in future we will live in
1:28intelligent houses that control our
1:30energy consumption easily conveniently
1:33and intelligently without us really
1:35noticing air conditioning heat pumps
1:38freezers refrigerators washing machines
1:41and Tumble dryers will all be controlled
1:44intelligently the consumer could simply
1:47use an ordinary mobile phone or plug in
1:49an adapter to automatically start and
1:51stop the appliances depending on the
1:54price of electricity the price of
1:56electricity in turn depends on how windy
1:59it is
2:00over time appliances will feature the
2:02new technology when we buy
2:05them in future we will also use
2:07electricity for things that previously
2:09required a different power source the
2:12petrol car will be replaced with an
2:14electric vehicle and the oil fired
2:16boiler will be replaced with an electric
2:19heat pump electricity and heat
2:21consumption patterns will also change as
2:23we insulate our houses better or build
2:26Zero Energy houses some people will also
2:30start to produce their own renewable
2:31energy from photovoltaic cells on the
2:34roof or generate their energy from small
2:36micro CHP units in the basement from
2:39heat pumps or from District Heating in
2:42future we will not just be using
2:45electricity our homes may also be used
2:47to store renewable
2:50[Music]
2:55energy there is no shortage of wind in
2:58Denmark in fact there is so much of it
3:00that wind power could in theory cover
3:02Denmark's entire energy consumption wind
3:05power and biomass are the biggest
3:07renewable energy resources in Denmar
3:11because of the large amounts of
3:12renewable energy the power system will
3:14be the backbone of the energy system of
3:16the future over time renewable energy
3:19will gradually displace coal oil and
3:22natural gas in our energy consumption
3:24patterns heat pumps will for example
3:27replace oil fired boilers elect elect
3:30boilers will supply energy for district
3:31Heating and we will see a growing number
3:34of electric vehicles on the road power
3:36consumption will increase marketly and a
3:39more efficient utilization of energy
3:41will make our energy consumption fall if
3:45we are to integrate large amounts of
3:47renewable energy into the power system
3:49in an efficient socioeconomic way we
3:52must rethink and reconfigure our Energy
3:55System the intelligent power grid smart
3:58grid is the key to realizing this
4:01transformation the green and intelligent
4:04power system of the future is composed
4:06of several elements first we will use
4:09much more renewable energy particularly
4:12from biomass and wind power the large
4:14wind power share means that energy
4:16production will vary greatly depending
4:18on the wind conditions second a strong
4:22power grid will be required that is able
4:24to transport the large amounts of
4:26renewable energy to where the energy
4:28will be consumed in an International
4:30Energy Market third consumption will
4:34have to be made flexible so that we use
4:36green energy not just when we need it
4:38but also when the wind is blowing and
4:40the energy is cheap and
4:42plentiful fourth we must utilize the
4:45renewable energy in an environmentally
4:48and socioeconomically optimal manner by
4:51creating an integrated Energy System and
4:54controlling it in an intelligent power
4:56system a so-called smart grid
5:00[Music]
5:07in future our energy needs will
5:09increasingly be covered by wind
5:12turbines in just 10 years up to half of
5:15Danish power consumption may be covered
5:17by wind power produced increasingly by
5:20large offshore wind
5:22farms power stations will still be
5:25required to Supply Power when the wind
5:27is not blowing these stations must be
5:29able to quickly ramp their output up or
5:32down to ensure that power generation and
5:34consumption always
5:37balance in the long run the conventional
5:39Coal Fired power stations will be phased
5:42out and replaced by or converted into
5:45Power stations running on biomass biog
5:48gas or other renewable energy
5:51gases in very windy conditions when wind
5:54energy is abundant electric heat pumps
5:56in the district heating plants will in
5:58future be able to produce cheap heat
6:01which is stored in large storage
6:03facilities for later
6:05use it will also be possible as in this
6:08fullscale trial in Denmark to use
6:10Advanced Computers to jointly control
6:13small wind turbines CHP plants and other
6:16local generation units making them
6:19operate as a single integrated virtual
6:22power plant that can intelligently ramp
6:24production up or down depending on wind
6:26conditions and power consumption
6:34the second element of the green Energy
6:36System of the future is a strong power
6:38grid capable of transporting the large
6:41amounts of renewable energy from where
6:43it is produced to where it will be
6:45consumed in an efficient International
6:47electricity Market a strong power grid
6:50ensures that energy can be produced
6:52where it is cheapest and used where it
6:55is needed and where it has the highest
6:57value large submarines cables will
7:00connect new wind farms to the power grid
7:03the power grid will be expanded so it
7:05can handle a steep increase in power
7:07consumption when we rarely get going
7:09with electric vehicles and start to use
7:11heat pumps instead of oil fired
7:14boilers new strong International
7:16connections ensure that the large
7:18amounts of renewable energy are
7:20transported to consumers in a large
7:22geographical area strong power links
7:25help to ensure that the consumers always
7:27receive the cheapest electricity
7:30when wind energy is abundant we can
7:33export it and on quieter days we can
7:35import hydr power or in the longterm
7:38perhaps also solar energy from southern
7:40Europe in a large competitive
7:43international market supply and demand
7:45will guarantee transparent and fair
7:48Energy prices for the consumers at the
7:51same time electricity prices Will Be an
7:53Effective means of Shifting consumption
7:55to the times of day when there is a
7:57surplus of wind power and the power grid
8:00is not so heavily
8:03[Music]
8:06loaded the third element in the green
8:08and intelligent power system of the
8:10future is demand response in future
8:13energy will not only be produced when it
8:15is required with the many new onshore
8:18and offshore wind turbines energy should
8:21be used when it is plentiful and
8:24cheap unfortunately electricity is the
8:27most perishable commodity in the world
8:29it cannot be stored it must therefore be
8:32used in the same second it is produced
8:35there are no large cheap batteries that
8:38can store the electricity for later use
8:40but electricity can be converted into
8:42heat in District heating plants this is
8:45done by using heat pumps and electric
8:47boilers which function as big immersion
8:50heaters in enormous hot water tanks in
8:53this way the Surplus wind energy can be
8:55stored as hot water that can be used
8:57when needed to heat our houses
9:00in the same way a surplus of wind energy
9:02can be converted into heat in our homes
9:05this is done by intelligently
9:06controlling hundreds of individual heat
9:09pumps as if they were a single vast
9:11energy storage with the heat being
9:13stored in buildings and hot water tanks
9:17heat pumps work like a refrigerator in
9:19Reverse this means that they produce
9:21heat instead of cold they do this by
9:24taking advantage of the temperature
9:25difference in the ground for example
9:28when there is no wind and all power
9:30generation is needed elsewhere the heat
9:32pumps stop running and the houses start
9:35using the stored heat in the hot water
9:37tanks in this way heat pumps can help to
9:40turn power consumption up and down
9:43depending on the demand for power and
9:45the house owner will not be able to tell
9:47the
9:47difference we will therefore scrap our
9:50oil and natural gas fired boilers and
9:53our homes will primarily be heated by
9:55District Heating and electric heat pumps
10:00because of the increasing amounts of
10:01wind energy we will be able to displace
10:04fossil fuels in transport concurrently
10:06with petrol Vehicles being replaced with
10:08electric vehicles but if we all attempt
10:11to recharge our cars at the same time
10:13when we get home from work the power
10:15grid must be expanded and new power
10:18stations will be required to meet the
10:20increased demand for
10:22electricity this is where intelligent
10:24charging comes in intelligent charging
10:27means charging at times when when there
10:29is spare capacity in the power system
10:32and when the electricity produced by
10:33wind turbines is plentiful and therefore
10:36cheap and because the power system is
10:39intelligent electric vehicles will
10:41recharge at the best time for the system
10:44thus ensuring that the vehicles are
10:46always charged and ready for
10:49use eventually thousands of electric
10:52vehicles could act as a giant
10:53electricity storage facility the
10:56electricity could then be sold back to
10:58the power system when we do not need to
11:00drive anywhere after all the car is
11:03mostly just parked at home or at
11:06work and all this happens automatically
11:09and intelligently without us even
11:12noticing it will be possible to replace
11:15oil and natural gas fired boilers in
11:17private households with a micro CHP
11:20unit this is a personal power plant that
11:23can easily fit into the basement
11:25occupying only as much space as a normal
11:28refrigerator
11:29using fuel cells the micro unit converts
11:32either hydrogen or natural gas into
11:35electricity and heat in the house if it
11:38is windy and electricity therefore cheap
11:40homeowners can buy the electricity and
11:43convert it into hydrogen the hydrogen is
11:45stored and can later be converted into
11:48electricity and heat for the house in
11:51the long term homeowners will also be
11:53able to use their micro CHP unit to sell
11:56Surplus electricity back to the power
11:58system when there is no wind and the
12:00electricity price is high for
12:03example in future we will be consumers
12:06and producers of electricity at the same
12:08time with an electric car in the garage
12:11heat pump coils under the lawn a micro
12:14CHP unit in the basement and
12:16photovoltaic cells on the roof we will
12:19become what are known as prosumers
12:21producers and consumers of
12:25energy the houses of the future are
12:27insulated and energy op imized for
12:29extremely low energy consumption zero
12:33energy or plus energy houses will be
12:35built and will be able to intelligently
12:37control the charging of the electric car
12:40our heat consumption and the starting
12:42and stopping of the washing machine and
12:44other electric appliances and the whole
12:47process will be as easy as using a
12:49modern
12:50smartphone all this will be possible if
12:53we use our energy intelligently
13:01the Energy System of the future is
13:03intelligent we call it smart grid
13:06advanced computer control supports the
13:08digital monitoring coordination and
13:11control of power generation transport
13:14load management and consumption building
13:17a smart grid represents the biggest
13:19change in the power system since Denmark
13:21along with the rest of the world
13:23switched from direct current to
13:25alternating current some people even
13:27draw parallels with the internet just as
13:30the internet revolutionized in a few
13:32years the way we communicate with each
13:34other the smart grid rollout will
13:36revolutionize our everyday lives and the
13:39way we use
13:41energy smart grid is the key to
13:43integrating large amounts of renewable
13:46energy into the power system smart grid
13:49intelligently binds the entire Energy
13:51System together and is the most
13:53effective way of expanding the power
13:55system to meet the challenges of the
13:57future
13:59in the 19th and 20th centuries
14:01electrification helped to drive the
14:04Industrial
14:05Revolution in the 21st century smart
14:08grid is likely to be the most
14:10significant contribution to the
14:12transition to a sustainable Society
14:14based on Renewables to the benefit of
14:17people the economy and the environment
14:20throughout the
14:21[Music]
14:28world for

About this transcript

This page contains the full transcript of Smart Grid Denmark by Energinet, generated from the public captions YouTube serves with the video. The transcript has 2,088 words across 339 segments, with the original timestamps preserved so you can click any line to jump to that moment in the embedded player.

What you can do with it

Use the transcript to take notes, quote the speaker, build a study guide, generate a summary with ChatGPT or Claude via the YouTube Summary tool, or export it as a timed subtitle file with YouTube to SRT. You can also re-open it in the transcriber to translate the transcript into 100+ languages.

Free YouTube transcript tool

YouTube2Text is a free YouTube transcript generator — no signup, no daily limit. Paste any YouTube link and get the full transcript instantly, with timestamps, click-to-jump, translation to 100+ languages, AI prompts for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, and exports to TXT, SRT, VTT, or Markdown.