Distributed energy strategy using renewable energy transformation in Kinmen Island: Virtual power plants that take the military camps as the mainstay
Kinmen island, also known as Quemoy island, is a famous Cold War island on the west side of Taiwan strait which is less than 2 km away from China but under the governance of Taiwan that is 210 km away. The geographical location and political issues make Kinmen a typical island with isolated power gr...
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| description | Kinmen island, also known as Quemoy island, is a famous Cold War island on the west side of Taiwan strait which is less than 2 km away from China but under the governance of Taiwan that is 210 km away. The geographical location and political issues make Kinmen a typical island with isolated power grids. Considering Taiwan's 2025 green-energy penetration rate goal of 20%, the implementation of Kinmen Low-Carbon Island 2.0, and transformation of idle military camps into energy-oriented utilizations, this study focuses on employing Kinmen Island's natural resources. Peak sun-hours and military camps are utilized to develop a virtual power plant based on renewable energy, where the resulting distributed energy strategy reduces the demand for fuel oil in existing centralized power plants. The proposed energy management system regulates an energy storage system to compensate for the intermittent power fluctuations of renewable energy at the power-generation end, reducing the burden of backup capacity and balancing the overall power system. This study proposes a customized framework for connecting, transforming, and developing military facilities for Kinmen island to move toward a low carbon island. Evaluation by this study illustrates Kinmen island is capable of achieving 50% renewable energy by building an average of 127.22 kW PV in each of the 850 military camp. And by building an average of 276.47 kW PV in each of the 850 military camp, the goal of 100% renewable energy if also feasible. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d2267643d12c4040ad6673e58a52b2742022-12-22T03:51:54ZengElsevierEnergy Strategy Reviews2211-467X2022-11-0144100993Distributed energy strategy using renewable energy transformation in Kinmen Island: Virtual power plants that take the military camps as the mainstayHsi-Chieh Lee0Hua-Yueh Liu1Sheng-Yuan Teng2Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Quemoy University, Taiwan, ROC; Corresponding author.Department of Architecture, National Quemoy University, Taiwan, ROCElectricity Economics & Social Research Office, Taiwan Power Research Institute, Taiwan Power Company, Taiwan, ROCKinmen island, also known as Quemoy island, is a famous Cold War island on the west side of Taiwan strait which is less than 2 km away from China but under the governance of Taiwan that is 210 km away. The geographical location and political issues make Kinmen a typical island with isolated power grids. Considering Taiwan's 2025 green-energy penetration rate goal of 20%, the implementation of Kinmen Low-Carbon Island 2.0, and transformation of idle military camps into energy-oriented utilizations, this study focuses on employing Kinmen Island's natural resources. Peak sun-hours and military camps are utilized to develop a virtual power plant based on renewable energy, where the resulting distributed energy strategy reduces the demand for fuel oil in existing centralized power plants. The proposed energy management system regulates an energy storage system to compensate for the intermittent power fluctuations of renewable energy at the power-generation end, reducing the burden of backup capacity and balancing the overall power system. This study proposes a customized framework for connecting, transforming, and developing military facilities for Kinmen island to move toward a low carbon island. Evaluation by this study illustrates Kinmen island is capable of achieving 50% renewable energy by building an average of 127.22 kW PV in each of the 850 military camp. And by building an average of 276.47 kW PV in each of the 850 military camp, the goal of 100% renewable energy if also feasible.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X22001870Low-carbon islandMilitary camps (idle military camps)Virtual power plants (VPPs)Peace closure and war activatingEnergy storage systems (ESS)Energy management systems (EMS) |
| spellingShingle | Hsi-Chieh Lee Hua-Yueh Liu Sheng-Yuan Teng Distributed energy strategy using renewable energy transformation in Kinmen Island: Virtual power plants that take the military camps as the mainstay Energy Strategy Reviews Low-carbon island Military camps (idle military camps) Virtual power plants (VPPs) Peace closure and war activating Energy storage systems (ESS) Energy management systems (EMS) |
| title | Distributed energy strategy using renewable energy transformation in Kinmen Island: Virtual power plants that take the military camps as the mainstay |
| title_full | Distributed energy strategy using renewable energy transformation in Kinmen Island: Virtual power plants that take the military camps as the mainstay |
| title_fullStr | Distributed energy strategy using renewable energy transformation in Kinmen Island: Virtual power plants that take the military camps as the mainstay |
| title_full_unstemmed | Distributed energy strategy using renewable energy transformation in Kinmen Island: Virtual power plants that take the military camps as the mainstay |
| title_short | Distributed energy strategy using renewable energy transformation in Kinmen Island: Virtual power plants that take the military camps as the mainstay |
| title_sort | distributed energy strategy using renewable energy transformation in kinmen island virtual power plants that take the military camps as the mainstay |
| topic | Low-carbon island Military camps (idle military camps) Virtual power plants (VPPs) Peace closure and war activating Energy storage systems (ESS) Energy management systems (EMS) |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X22001870 |
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