The smoothing effect for renewable resources in an Afro-Eurasian power grid
Renewable power systems have to cope with highly variable generation. Increasing the spatial extent of an interconnected power transmission grid smooths the feed-in by exchange of excess energy over long distances and therefore supports renewable power integration. In this work, we investigate a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Advances in Science and Research |
| Online Access: | https://www.adv-sci-res.net/14/253/2017/asr-14-253-2017.pdf |
| Summary: | Renewable power systems have to cope with highly variable
generation. Increasing the spatial extent of an interconnected power
transmission grid smooths the feed-in by exchange of excess energy over long
distances and therefore supports renewable power integration. In this work,
we investigate and quantify the balancing potential of a supergrid covering
Europe, Africa and Asia. We use ten years of historical weather data to model
the interplay of renewable generation and consumption and show that a
pan-continental Afro-Eurasian supergrid can smooth renewable generation to a
large extent and reduce the need for backup energy by around 50 %. In
addition, we show that results for different weather years vary by up to
approximately 50 %. |
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| ISSN: | 1992-0628 1992-0636 |