Impacts of intermittent renewable generation on electricity system costs

A successful deployment of power generation coming from variable renewable sources, such as wind and solar photovoltaic, strongly depends on the economic cost of system integration. This paper, in seeking to look beyond the impact of renewable generation on the evolution of the total economic costs...

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Autores: Batalla Bejerano, Joan Antoni, Trujillo-Baute, Elisa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/111869
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/111869
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Política energètica
Globalització (Economia)
Energia elèctrica
Energies renovables
Energy policy
Globalization (Economics)
Electric power
Renewable energy sources
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Sumario:A successful deployment of power generation coming from variable renewable sources, such as wind and solar photovoltaic, strongly depends on the economic cost of system integration. This paper, in seeking to look beyond the impact of renewable generation on the evolution of the total economic costs associated with the operation of the electricity system, aims to estimate the sensitivity of balancing market requirements and costs to the variable and non-fully predictable nature of intermittent renewable generation. The estimations reported in this paper for the Spanish electricity system stress the importance of both attributes as well as power system flexibility when accounting for the cost of balancing services.