Least-cost options for integrating intermittent renewables in low-carbon power systems

Applied Energy

Volumn 161, Issue , 2016, Pages 48-74

  Brouwer, Anne Sjoerd ^a,b   van den Broek, Machteld ^a   Zappa, William ^a   Turkenburg, Wim C ^a   Faaij, André ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CO2 emission reduction; Demand response; Electricity storage; Flexibility; Intermittent renewable sources; Power system modeling

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPRESSED AIR; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS PLANTS; INVESTMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SYSTEM STABILITY;

DEMAND RESPONSE; ELECTRICITY STORAGES; EMISSION REDUCTION; FLEXIBILITY; POWER SYSTEM MODEL; RENEWABLE SOURCES;

COST REDUCTION;

CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY MARKET; INVESTMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SIMULATION; WIND POWER;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84944183871     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.09.090     Document Type: Article

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