Linkages between demand-side management and congestion in the European electricity transmission system
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2014

We evaluate the possibility to reduce congestion in the transmission grid through large-scale implementation of demand-side management (DSM) in the form of load shifting for the EU-27 countries, Norway, and Switzerland for Year 2020. A linear, cost-minimising, dispatch model that includes a DC load-flow description of the transmission system and a general representation of load shifting is used. It is assumed that the EU Member States fulfil the targets for Year 2020 in their national renewable energy action plans. In the model calculations, a reference case without load shifting is compared with cases in which the load shifting is 5%, 10%, 15% or 20% of the load. The possibility to shift load in time is added exogenously and economic incentives for DSM are not evaluated. Three types of congestion are identified: peak-load-hour congestion, low-load-hour congestion and all-hour congestion. Peak-load-hour congestion is reduced as the DSM share of the load increases, whereas low-load-hour congestion, which is typically associated with a high level of wind generation, persists at all the DSM penetration levels investigated. We show that all-hour congestion occurs between systems that have large differences in supply structure, and that the impact of DSM on all-hour congestion is low. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

POWER

Energy & Fuels

2010

Variable generation

Demand-side management

Dispatch model

European Comission

ENERGY-SYSTEMS

Electricity system modelling

2011

Variation management

Energy roadmap 2050

Congestion

Thermodynamics

. National renewable energy action plans

Författare

Lisa Göransson

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Energiteknik

Joel Goop

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Energiteknik

Thomas Unger

Profu AB

Mikael Odenberger

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Energiteknik

Filip Johnsson

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Energiteknik

Energy

0360-5442 (ISSN)

Vol. 69 860-872

Ämneskategorier

Energiteknik

DOI

10.1016/j.energy.2014.03.083

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2017-10-07