Five Indisputable Facts on Modern Power Systems

Conference · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1374124

Bloom, Aaron P ^[1]; Brinkman, Gregory L ^[1]; Lopez, Anthony J ^[1]; Holttinen, Hannele ^[2]; Helman, Udi ^[3]; Summers, Kate ^[4]; Bakke, Jordan ^[5]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
3. Helman Analytics
4. Pacific Hydro
5. Midcontinent Independent System Operator

This presentation overviews five indisputable facts about modern power systems: Fact one: The grid can handle more renewable generation than previously thought. Fact two: Geographic and resource diversity provide additional reliability to the system. Fact three: Wind and solar forecasting provide significant value. Fact four: Our electric power markets were not originally designed for variable renewables -- but they could be adapted. Fact five: Modern power electronics are creating new sources of essential reliability services.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1374124
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR-6A20-68947
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at the 2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) General Meeting, 16-20 July 2017, Chicago, Illinois
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
modern power systems
reliability
grid reliability
variable renewable energy
power electronics
wind and solar forecasting