Journal article
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 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 %.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Copernicus Publications |
Year: | 2017 |
Pages: | 253-260 |
ISSN: | 19920636 and 19920628 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.5194/asr-14-253-2017 |