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Understanding the Operational Impact of Storage and Renewables on the Electricity Provision of the Future / Christian Kaps.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Kaps, Christian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy.
- Operations, Information and Decisions--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Operations, Information and Decisions.
- Local Subjects:
- Energy.
- Operations, Information and Decisions--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Operations, Information and Decisions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (218 pages)
- Distribution:
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2023
- Contained In:
- Dissertations Abstracts International 84-12B.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania, 2022.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Electricity grids as well as oil and gas supply chains are masterpieces of engineering, prime examples of second-to-second supply-demand matching, and the backbones that power modern economies. Yet, they also emit 72% of greenhouse gas emissions globally, cause geopolitical issues and leave billions of humans unserved. To address these issues, the industry is rapidly evolving: over $9.5 trillion were invested in the power sector since 2010 and new technologies like EVs, energy storage, or green hydrogen challenge the status quo. Add to this the ever-changing policy landscape, the need for rapid decarbonization, and vocal, but heterogeneous customer interests and one reaches a business model landscape that is in rapid flux.In this dissertation, I study those evolving energy markets to help us understand how to best integrate new technologies and customer choices to ensure a future with greener power for more people on this planet.In the first chapter When Should the Off-grid Sun Shine at Night? Optimum Renewable Generation and Energy Storage Investments, I model how solar power and energy storage technologies can help off-grid locations, like islands or remote villages, to partially replace fossil fuel generation which can help reduce emissions, lower electricity costs, and increase access to electricity.In the second chapter Privately-Owned Battery Storage - Re-Shaping The Way We Do Electricity, I develop a structural model to explain why residential households invest in their own battery storage next to buying solar panels and how they utilize electricity. I estimate those preferences and utilities using a proprietary, big-data-set of German households and then study how private-owned battery storage impacts household behavior, grid-load and make policy recommendations.In the third chapter Quality-Adjusted Power. Where to Optimally Locate Wind Turbines, I develop a metric to quickly compare different locations for wind-power development that consider the natural resource quality, the distance to load centers, transmission constraints, and the timing between local wind-power generation and electricity demand in the market.
- Notes:
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 84-12, Section: B.
- Advisors: Netessine, Serguei; Committee members: Marinesi, Simone; Gallino, Santiago.
- Department: Operations, Information and Decisions.
- Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 2023.
- Local Notes:
- School code: 0175
- ISBN:
- 9798379754068
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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