Innovation

2023 R&D zoo qhia (PDF)

Xyoo tas los no, peb hosted 300 tus neeg nyob rau hauv tus neeg thiab nrog ntau tshaj 3,000 virtual attendees nyob rau hauv peb thawj Innovation qhov ua siab tshaj. Ua ke nrog entrepreneurs, hlauv taws xob phooj ywg, policymakers, academics, lub teb chaws labs, thiab ntau dua, peb explored txoj kev sib tw muag los ntawm PG& E hauv achieving lub hom phiaj ntawm peb True North strategy: ib tug zoo, txhim khu kev qha, txhim khu kev qha, thiab resilient zog lawv rau tag nrho Californians. Qhov ua siab tshaj—nrog rau cov publishing ntawm peb R&D strategy qhia—uas muaj tuaj pib ntawm peb cov lus rau cocreate breakthrough tov rau cov kev sib tw nrog innovators thoob sectors. Ntau tshaj 20 tshiab solutions emerged ntawm ntawd dag zog, muaj ntau tuaj.

Innovation qhov ua siab tshaj 2023 recordings

Txais tos rau PG&E innovation qhov ua siab tshaj 2023

Jason Glickman, Executive Vice President ntawm Engineering, npaj thiab zoo nyob PG&E kicks tawm lub tuam txhab thawj puas Innovation qhov ua siab tshaj rau lub Xya hli ntuj 25, 2023.

R&D zoo thiab Delivering ib huv zog yav tom ntej – PG&E Innovation qhov ua siab tshaj 2023
Quinn Nakayama, Senior Director Grid Research, Innovation thiab kev loj hlob tham txog PG&E R&D zoo.

Tswv yim rau kev tshawb fawb thiab nyiaj txiag – PG&E Innovation qhov ua siab tshaj 2023
Heather Pob zeb, Senior Director of Strategy (PG&E), Rob Chapman, Senior Vice President ntawm lub zog tus me nyuam thiab cov neeg muas zaub/Chief Sustainability Officer (Fais fab kev tshawb fawb lub koom haum – EPRI), Leslie Nplua nuj, Senior Consultant, Nyiaj txais kev pab cuam office (U.S. Department of zog – DOE), thiab Ron Snedic, Senior Vice President of Neeg txoj kev loj hlob (GTI zog) tham rethinking innovation hauv txoj kev ua lag luam; tsim kom muaj txoj kev sib raug zoo; sib koom thiab to taub lwm lub tswv yim; fostering innovation rau entrepreneurs thiab startups; collaborating thiab teeb meem solving.

Patti Poppe, PG&E CEO sib tham Elon Musk, Tesla CEO ntawm PG&E Innovation qhov ua siab tshaj 2023
Patti Poppe, CEO, PG&E Corporation tham txog PG&E lub hom phiaj, Virtues thiab Stands thiab lub tuam txhab 10 xyoo True North strategy thiab yog nkaus los Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla rau ib sab laj ntawm electrification, artificial txoj kev ntse, cov super txoj kev ntse, thiab lub rooj sab laj zog xav tau tag kis.
 

PG& E, Schneider Electric, Microsoft ncha moo DERMS ntawm PG&E Innovation qhov ua siab tshaj 2023
Patti Poppe, CEO, PG&E Corporation joins Annette Clayton, Chief Executive officer Schneider Electric North America thiab Darryl Willis, neeg Vice President, zog & resources kev lag luam, Microsoft ncha moo thiab tham txog txoj kev loj hlob thiab deployment ntawm lub tuam txhab uas muag tshiab Distributed zog Resource Management System (DERMS).

Yuav koom tes hauv PG&E R&D zoo teg num--Innovation qhov ua siab tshaj 2023
Dan Gilani, Senior tus thawj tswj ntawm Emerging Technology strategy & E paub meej txog txoj kev koom tes nrog PG&E rau R&D tej los ntawm nws cov Pitch Fest.

Breakout qhib: Ensuring affordable thiab timely sib txuas rau txhua thaj chaw neeg muas zaub
Explores txoj kev sib tw hais txog kev cob cog rua cov neeg muas zaub EVs rau PG&E daim phiaj, los ntawm ob tus neeg muas zaub thiab PG&E foupective. 

Breakout qhib: EVs: Unlocking tej zaum EVs li Grid cuab tam

Kawm li cas ob leeg cov neeg muas zaub thiab PG& E yuav capitalize rau daim ntawv qhia txog tej zaum EVs li yooj ywm grid cuab tam, ua resilience hla PG&E tag nrho lawv.

Breakout qhib: Undergrounding: Civil Siv thiab Scalable solutions
Dive rau hauv PG&E tus 10K mais undergrounding qhov kev pab cuam thiab tshawb cov peevxwm yuav tsum tau streamline txoj kev undergrounding xws li kev sojntsuam thiab subsurface mapping, lawv tsim thiab npaj thiab civil siv cov ntaub ntawv thiab plahaum.

Breakout qhib: yav tom ntej ntawm lub kaw lus roj: Ntxuav roj
Qhov chaw tseem ceeb ntawm kev tshawb fawb foundational thiab kev innovation uas tseem ceeb heev rau navigating ib txoj kev hloov mus rau cov nuj xoom roj lawv ntawm lub neej yav tom ntej.

Breakout qhib: yav tom ntej ntawm lub kaw lus roj: O&Efficiencies
Qhov chaw tseem ceeb ntawm kev tshawb fawb foundational thiab kev innovation tsim nyog kom muaj kev ruaj ntseg thiab efficiency ntawm cov roj lawv thaum uas tuav affordability thiab txo emissions.

Breakout qhib: Integrated Grid npaj: Txo qhov xav tau conventional peev upgrades
Innovative solutions yuav tsum tau maximize utilization ntawm PG&E tam sim no lawv thiaj li yuav ntsib thov thiab txhawb sustainable lawv kev loj hlob.

Breakout qhib: Integrated Grid npaj: Optimizing prioritization thiab txo nqi
PG& E txoj kev txhawb unprecedented kev loj hlob nyob rau lawv los ntawm kev kawm tshiab approaches grid npaj yuav tsum tau optimize peev upgrades thiab maximize zoo reuse uas twb muaj lawm infrastructure.

Breakout qhib: Wildfire: Qhov teeb meem no Awareness thiab Eliminating Ignitions
PG&E tus uas twb muaj lawm wildfire mitigation program thiab tshawb tej thaj chaw uas tam sim no txheej txheem yuav zoo tuaj xws li kev soj ntsuam, maintenance, xyuas thiab de-energization schemes thiab teeb meem no awareness programs.

Breakout qhib: Wildfire: Forestry thiab Vegetation tswj
No breakout zaug explores PG&E vegetation thiab forest tswj cov kev pab cuam thiab npog qhov chaw tseem ceeb ntawm kev tshawb fawb thiab kev innovation yuav tsum tau tsim ntau targeted, holistic txoj kev los minimize ignition uas yuav raug.

Breakout zaug: Mov thiab Load tswj: Mov thiab zog cia
Kawm tshiab mov thiab zog cia tshuab tsim nyog los txhawb load kev loj hlob thaum uas tuav reliability thiab affordability nyob PG&E tag nrho lawv.

Breakout zaug: Mov thiab Load tswj: Expanding Load tswj capabilities
Foundations yuav tsum tau txhawb load tswj peevxwm ntawm tus transmission, tis thiab cov neeg muas zaub theem.

EPIC enables PG& E, lwm California investor-muaj hlauv taws xob thiab california zog Commission (CEC) los qha thiab deploy emerging tshuab tej yaam num uas chaw nyob tsim grid xav tau. Cov no muaj xws li:

• California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) kev txiav txim siab
• Cov Kev Pab Cuam
• Ib xyoos twg qhia tias
• Workshops

Roj RD&D cwjpwm kev tshawb fawb thoob ob lub ntsiab kev tshawb fawb:

• Roj System Integrity: Peb txhawb RD&D tswj nrhiav cov tshuaj uas automate, optimize, thiab zoo phiaj uas twb muaj lawm raws li ib tug ntau comprehensive thiab real-time to taub txog cov neeg mob thoob lub cev. Yog deployed lug, cov tshuab yuav proactively chaw nyob emerging txoj kev sib tw thiab npaum ncaj qha mus raws li qhov uas yuav raug los yog lwm yam uas tsis muaj qhov xav tau raws li-nquag kev soj ntsuam kom muaj kev ruaj ntseg thiab txhim khu kev qha tus me nyuam ntawm lub zog thoob lub cev. Tej yaam num yuav tswj thiab/los yog nce kev ruaj ntseg thiab reliability ntawm PG&E tus uas twb muaj lawm roj thaum txo emissions thiab uas txo nqi unitized nqi ua hauj lwm uas yuav txhim kho affordability rau tag nrho cov neeg muas zaub.
• Decarbonization: Peb txhawb RD&D uas tsim los yog kev kho tshiab uas, yog deployed lug, yuav decarbonize cov roj lawv. Tej yaam num hauv qhov kev tshawb fawb no kub siab rau greening cov roj mov thiab shifting kom deb ntawm fossil kuas methane. Relevant chaw uas txaus siab: researching cov nyhuv hydrogen rau cov roj uas twb muaj lawm thiab cov neeg muas zaub, kawm hydrogen blending hauv siab tej nkev transmission lub nruab, tau txais RNG ntawm ob tsoos thiab tshiab qhov chaw, thiab ua synthetic methane.

Roj RD&D muab cov lus qhia rau pej xeem los ntawm ntau yam txhais tau tias ntawm ib xyoos twg:

• Ib xyoos ib zaug twg
• Kev Ua Hauj Lwm Txhua Xyoo
• Kev Tshawb Fawb Txhua Xyoo

Yog xav paub ntxiv, koj yuav tau saib thiab download cov ntaub ntawv hauv qab no.

Wildfires teeb ib qhov kev hem thawj tseem ceeb rau California tus:

• tej chaw muab kev pab
• pej xeem kev nyab xeeb
• economic zoo

PG& E ua hauj lwm urgently kom txhob catastrophic wildfires. Peb yuav ua phem rau qhov chaw thiab cov zej zog peb pab. Peb los zoo xws li undergrounding 10,000 mais ntawm tis kab.  

Peb yog targeting qhov chaw uas yuav raug, qhov twg undergrounding yuav muaj tej yam loj tshaj. Nws yuav txo ignition uas yuav luag 99%. Undergrounding kuj muaj ntau lwm cov kev pab cuam:

• txo hwj huam outages
• kev txhim kho tag nrho lawv reliability
• txo tus nqi thiab teev ntawm vegetation tswj
• Tsav mus sij hawm ntev affordability rau peb cov neeg muas zaub

Innovation yuav tsum tau ua kom tiav qhov chaw ua hauj lwm no rau ib accelerated timeline. Peb kuj nrhiav kev txo tus nqi mais rau hnub no lub xeev tam sim no. Peb tej thaj chaw deb, kauj ruam thiab rocky terrain tam sim no ib txheej ntawm nws txoj kev sib tw uas ua rau peb mus nrhiav kev tshiab approaches.

Kawm ntxiv txog peb undergrounding kev siv zog

California tau teem ib lub teb chaws nquag EV mandates mus spur rapid decarbonization. Lub xeev yuav tsum tau tag nrho cov tsheb muag los ntawm 2035 yuav xoom-emissions. EV adoption yog sau kom tau tus tsav tsheb coob uas thov hauv PG&E qhov kev pab nyob rau 20 xyoo tom ntej no. Qhov no xav pom tam sim no txoj kev sib tw nyob infrastructure buildout. Nws kuj tam sim no loj txuj hauv:

• optimizing zog siv zog
• txo emissions nyob rau hauv cov zej zog peb pab

Rau capitalize rau cov txuj no, peb yog focusing rau cov kev sib tw no:

• decreasing tag nrho cov nqi ntawm cov tswv cuab rau cov neeg muas zaub
• ua rau EV chargers
• Ua pej xeem khiav ntawm tus txheej txheem electrification
• Ensuring coj mus muag cov neeg muas zaub yuav txuas lawv fleets nyob rau hauv ib lub sij hawm manner
• Chaw nyob grid peev xwm constraints

Peb npaj los txhawb cov adoption ntawm 3 vam EVs hla peb lub cev. Qhov no yuav ua rau ib cumulative txo 58 + MMT ntawm carbon emissions.

Kawm txog peb cov kev pab cuam EV

Ntxiv thiab, EVs muaj xws li bi-directional them capabilities. Lub tshuab no yuav:

• muab cov kev pab zoo
• txo nqi ntawm cov tswv cuab

Maximize daim ntawv qhia txog tej zaum EVs, peb npaj rau:

• Txuam yuaj rua innovators unravel tus biggest blocks rau EV proliferation
• qhib tshiab streams txhawb PG&E cov neeg muas zaub thiab daim phiaj

Kawm txog peb lub tsheb-rau-txhua yam (V2X) pilot programs