Vector Annual Report 2017

OUR STRATEGY Technology

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INTEGRATING BATTERY STORAGE WITH WIND POWER We have worked with Dominion Salt, a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of salt products, to integrate a Tesla Powerpack with their 660kW wind turbine at Lake Grassmere to deliver around 75% of the site’s energy needs. It’s another example of Vector developing an innovative customer solution. Since 1942 Dominion Salt has been making pharmaceutical, food, agricultural and industrial grade salt for markets around the world. The company has long relied on sun and wind to evaporate water for salt production, but its long- term goal is to continue

to adopt new technologies that minimise environmental impact and enhance manufacturing efficiency. In addition to wind energy, the company also uses co- generation from process heat. The 250kW battery storage system will enable Dominion Salt to make the best use of its wind turbine and to store any excess generation. That means the company will need less peak energy and can rely on the Tesla Powerpack to smooth out the flow of energy generated and delivered by its wind turbine.

Global innovation To achieve technological performance, innovation, sustainability and commercial viability, Vector must combine bleeding edge, leading edge and proven technology in the projects we work on. Alongside our technology partnerships, we work with a number of not-for-profit innovation organisations to help us access new and exciting thinking that can change how we work. Elemental Excelerator is a non-profit organisation with offices in Palo Alto and Hawaii that help later-stage startups commercialise their technologies with funding for demonstration projects. Elemental Excelerator has a portfolio of 53 promising startups, and 28 demonstration projects deployed across Hawaii and Asia-Pacific. Vector is a part of Elemental Excelerator’s Global Advisory Board. We sit alongside some of the world’s largest energy stakeholders, including the United States Department of Energy, United States Navy, TEPCO, First Philippine Holdings, Enel Green Power, and General Electric Ventures. In addition to peer-to-peer learning opportunities within this group, we are provided access to a pipeline of vetted companies that can change the way we provide value to our customers. For example, the mobile charging units that we are now starting to use to keep households connected while we are safely undertaking repairs came through this organisation.

THE ENERGY SOLUTION WE

HAVE DEVELOPED WITH DOMINION SALT WILL DELIVER A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF THE SITE’S ENERGY NEEDS AND REQUIRE LESS PEAK ENERGY.

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