Renewable Electricity and the Grid -

Renewable Electricity and the Grid

The Challenge of Variability

Godfrey Boyle (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
244 Seiten
2007
Earthscan Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84407-418-1 (ISBN)
218,20 inkl. MwSt
Can renewable energy provide reliable power? Will it need extensive backup? This book examines the significance of the issue of variability of renewable electricity supplies, and presents technical and operational solutions to the problem of reconciling the differing patterns of supply and demand.
Can renewable energy provide reliable power? Will it need extensive backup?

The energy available from wind, waves, tides and the sun varies in ways that may not match variations in energy demand. Assimilating these fluctuations can affect the operation and economics of electricity networks, markets and the output of other forms of generation. Is this a significant problem, or can these new sources be integrated into the grid system without the need for extensive backup or energy storage capacity?

This book examines the significance of the issue of variability of renewable electricity supplies, and presents technical and operational solutions to the problem of reconciling the differing patterns of supply and demand. Its chapters are authored by leading experts in the field, who aim to explain and quantify the impacts of variability in renewable energy, and in doing so, dispel many of the myths and misunderstandings surrounding the topic.

Godfrey Boyle is Director of the Energy and Environment Research Unit at the UK Open University, where has chaired several renewable and sustainable energy course teams. He has published widely on these subjects, including the textbooks Energy Systems and Sustainability (2003) and Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future (2004). He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly the Institution of Electrical Engineers) and a Trustee of the National Energy Foundation.

Preface * Variable Renewables and the Grid: An Overview * Wind Power on the Grid * Renewable Resource Characteristics and Network Integration * The UK Energy Research Centre Review of the Costs and Impacts of Intermittency * Wind Power Forecasting * Flexibility of Fossil Fuel Plant in a Renewable Energy Scenario: Possible Implications for the UK *The Potential Contribution of Emergency Diesel Standby Generators in Dealing with the Variability of Renewable Energy Sources * Demand Flexibility, Micro-Combined Heat and Power and the 'Informated' Grid * A Renewable Electricity System for the UK * Reliable Power, Wind Variability and Offshore Grids in Europe * Planning for Variability in the Longer Term: The Challenge of a Truly Sustainable Energy System * Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.9.2007
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 521 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Elektrodynamik
Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
Technik Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10 1-84407-418-8 / 1844074188
ISBN-13 978-1-84407-418-1 / 9781844074181
Zustand Neuware
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