Flexibility in 21st Century Power Systems
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- University College Dublin (Ireland)
- International Energy Agency (IEA), Paris (France)
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States)
- Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Portland, OR (United States)
- Energinet, Erritsø (Denmark)
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo (Finland)
- Power System Operation Corporation, New Delhi (India)
Flexibility of operation—the ability of a power system to respond to change in demand and supply—is a characteristic of all power systems. Flexibility is especially prized in twenty-first century power systems, with higher levels of grid-connected variable renewable energy (primarily, wind and solar). This paper summarizes the analytic frameworks that have emerged to measure this characteristic and distills key principles of flexibility for policy makers.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1130630
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP--6A20-61721
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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