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Title: Transmission Challenges and Best Practices for Cost-Effective Renewable Energy Delivery across State and Provincial Boundaries

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1378905· OSTI ID:1378905
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  1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

A strategically planned transmission network is an important source of flexibility for the integration of large-scale renewable energy (RE). Such a network can offer access to a broad geographic diversity of resources, which can reduce flexibility needs and facilitate sharing between neighboring balancing areas. This report builds on two previous NREL technical reports - Advancing System Flexibility for High Penetration Renewable Integration (Milligan et al. 2015) and 'Renewables-Friendly' Grid Development Strategies (Hurlbut et al. 2015) - which discuss various flexibility options and provide an overview of U.S. market models and grid planning. This report focuses on addressing issues with cross-regional/provincial transmission in China with the aim of integrating renewable resources that are concentrated in remote areas and require inter-regional/provincial power exchange.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; Children's Investment Fund Foundation
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1378905
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP-6A20-69067; MainId:19018; UUID:8fb82b2e-1681-e711-9c0f-2c44fd93e385; MainAdminID:7496
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English