Bottlenecks and Countermeasures of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Development in China
China has become the world’s largest producer and consumer of energy, and ranks first in its wind and solar power installation capacity. However, serious wind and solar curtailment in China has significantly hindered the development and utilization of renewable energy. To address problems in the con...
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| description | China has become the world’s largest producer and consumer of energy, and ranks first in its wind and solar power installation capacity. However, serious wind and solar curtailment in China has significantly hindered the development and utilization of renewable energy. To address problems in the consumption of renewable energy, this paper analyzes four key factors affecting the capacity of power generated from renewable energy sources: power balance, power regulation performance, transmission capacity, and load level. Focusing on these bottlenecks, we propose seven solutions: centralized and distributed development of renewable energy, improving the peak-load regulation flexibility of thermal power, increasing the proportion of gas turbines and pumped-hydropower storage, construction of transmission channels and a flexible smart grid developing demand response and virtual power plants, adopting new energy active support and energy storage, and establishing appropriate policies and market mechanisms. The Chinese Government and energy authorities have issued a series of policies and measures, and in the past three years, China has had remarkable achievements in the adoption of renewable energy. The rate of idle wind capacity decreased from 17% in 2016 to 7% in 2018, and that of solar decreased from 10% in 2016 to 3% in 2018. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a93557646fb24caeb6f82e42d34386e62022-12-21T18:12:50ZengElsevierEngineering2095-80992021-11-0171116111622Bottlenecks and Countermeasures of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Development in ChinaJizhen Liu0Qinghua Wang1Ziqiu Song2Fang Fang3State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, ChinaSchool of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China; School of Control and Computer Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China; Corresponding author.China has become the world’s largest producer and consumer of energy, and ranks first in its wind and solar power installation capacity. However, serious wind and solar curtailment in China has significantly hindered the development and utilization of renewable energy. To address problems in the consumption of renewable energy, this paper analyzes four key factors affecting the capacity of power generated from renewable energy sources: power balance, power regulation performance, transmission capacity, and load level. Focusing on these bottlenecks, we propose seven solutions: centralized and distributed development of renewable energy, improving the peak-load regulation flexibility of thermal power, increasing the proportion of gas turbines and pumped-hydropower storage, construction of transmission channels and a flexible smart grid developing demand response and virtual power plants, adopting new energy active support and energy storage, and establishing appropriate policies and market mechanisms. The Chinese Government and energy authorities have issued a series of policies and measures, and in the past three years, China has had remarkable achievements in the adoption of renewable energy. The rate of idle wind capacity decreased from 17% in 2016 to 7% in 2018, and that of solar decreased from 10% in 2016 to 3% in 2018.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209580992030357XBottlenecksCountermeasuresIdle wind and solar powerRenewable energy |
| spellingShingle | Jizhen Liu Qinghua Wang Ziqiu Song Fang Fang Bottlenecks and Countermeasures of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Development in China Engineering Bottlenecks Countermeasures Idle wind and solar power Renewable energy |
| title | Bottlenecks and Countermeasures of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Development in China |
| title_full | Bottlenecks and Countermeasures of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Development in China |
| title_fullStr | Bottlenecks and Countermeasures of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Development in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bottlenecks and Countermeasures of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Development in China |
| title_short | Bottlenecks and Countermeasures of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Development in China |
| title_sort | bottlenecks and countermeasures of high penetration renewable energy development in china |
| topic | Bottlenecks Countermeasures Idle wind and solar power Renewable energy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209580992030357X |
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