Long-run power storage requirements for high shares of renewables: review and a new model

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue , 2017, Pages 1518-1534

  Zerrahn, Alexander ^a   Schill, Wolf Peter ^a  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispatch and investment model; Energy transition; Flexibility options; Open source model; Power storage; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC LOAD DISPATCHING; SURVEYS;

DISPATCH AND INVESTMENT MODEL; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; FLEXIBILITY OPTION; INVESTMENT MODELS; LITERATURE SURVEY; OPEN-SOURCE MODEL; POWER STORAGE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLES; STORAGE REQUIREMENTS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 85021316579     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.098     Document Type: Review

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