Influence of Renewable Energy Mix on the Grid Integration Requirements of Wind and PV in Europe

Description: Due to emission benefits and low marginal costs, renewable energies are preferred over conventional sources. However, increasing the renewable energy feed-in generates higher feed-in peaks which could cause an energy surplus especially during low loading periods. In the case this surplus cannot be transmitted due to transmission system constraints, renewable energy must be curtailed or conventional generators must be turned down to their minimum generation levels. Integrating wind and solar power represents a challenge to the transmission system operators because of their variability, they have to evaluate the impact on the integration requirements due to renewables and plan the corresponding grid upgrade. Curtailment of renewable power or transmission power lines upgrade are solutions to address the energy surplus. However both are expensive solutions, so it is important to PV and wind energy have a different correlation with power demand and between them, consequently their mix influences in the amount of energy surplus and power lines capacity utilization. The objective of this work is to determine the impact of the energy mix in the grid integration requirements and determine the optimal energy mix which reduces generation costs and investment.

Topic: ENERG?A EL?CTRICA
ENERG?A FOTOVOLTAICA
ENERG?A E?LICA
ENERG?A RENOVABLE

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