TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of demand side flexibility potential in Northern Europe
AU - Söder, Lennart
AU - Lund, Peter D.
AU - Koduvere, Hardi
AU - Bolkesjø, Torjus Folsland
AU - Rossebø, Geir Høyvik
AU - Soysal, Emilie Rosenlund
AU - Skytte, Klaus
AU - Katz, Jonas
AU - Blumberga, Dagnija
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The number of regional and national power systems with a high share of wind and solar power in the world is quickly increasing. The background for this development is improved technology, decreasing costs, and increased concern regarding environmental problems of competing technologies such as fossil fuels. For the future there are large possibilities for increasing the renewable electricity share. However, variable renewable power production has to be balanced. Demand side flexibility offers an interesting approach to the balancing issues. The aim of this paper is to compare flexibility potentials and how they were estimated in seven Northern European countries in order to compare general challenges and results as well as the connection between used method and results. The total flexibility is estimated to 12–23 GW in a system with a total peak load of 77 GW.
AB - The number of regional and national power systems with a high share of wind and solar power in the world is quickly increasing. The background for this development is improved technology, decreasing costs, and increased concern regarding environmental problems of competing technologies such as fossil fuels. For the future there are large possibilities for increasing the renewable electricity share. However, variable renewable power production has to be balanced. Demand side flexibility offers an interesting approach to the balancing issues. The aim of this paper is to compare flexibility potentials and how they were estimated in seven Northern European countries in order to compare general challenges and results as well as the connection between used method and results. The total flexibility is estimated to 12–23 GW in a system with a total peak load of 77 GW.
KW - Balancing
KW - Demand side management
KW - Flexibility
KW - Solar power
KW - Wind power
U2 - 10.1016/j.rser.2018.03.104
DO - 10.1016/j.rser.2018.03.104
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1364-0321
VL - 91
SP - 654
EP - 664
JO - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
JF - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
ER -