Transforming the grid towards fully renewable energy / edited by Oliver Probst, Sergio Castellanos, Rodrigo Palacios.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Probst, Oliver, editor.

Castellanos, Sergio, editor.

Palacios, Rodrigo, editor.

Series:

IET energy engineering series ; 159.

IET Energy Engineering Series ; 159

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renewable energy sources.

Economics.

Electric power distribution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Institution of Engineering & Technology, [2020]

Summary:

The transformation of the electricity sector is highly complex, including integration of large shares of renewables, storage, forecasting and modelling, biofuels, and electricity markets. This book provides clarity on the interlinked processes of the transformation towards 100 percent renewable power.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

About the editors

Preface

Part I Problem statement and potentials

1 A clean electricity sector as a major driver of a sustainable economy

1.1 Sustainability and the eternal growth paradigm

1.2 A road map toward sustainability

1.2.1 Curbing natural resource consumption

1.2.2 Electrification of energy services

1.2.3 Deep decarbonization

1.3 The electric grid in the renewable energy era

1.3.1 Large-scale transmission revisited

1.3.2 Distributed generation: moving out of the niche

1.3.3 Storage: the main driver or a nice-to-have?

1.3.4 Forecasting__amp__#8212

beyond the crystal ball

1.3.5 Smart grids, demand control, and energy efficiency

1.4 Markets and regulations

1.4.1 Regulations: the importance of a long-term vision

1.4.2 How can markets help renewables?

1.5 Taming the beast: toward a concept of mobility

1.6 Where we go from here? The clean energy transition as the litmus test of human maturity

References

2 Towards an electricity sector with 100% renewable energy generation

Technical terms

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Progress in countries, states and cities

2.3 Scenario and simulation modelling: refuting the myths

2.3.1 Scenario and simulation modelling

2.3.2 Reliability

2.3.3 Security

2.3.4 System cost

2.3.5 Timescale of transition

2.4 Conclusion

3 Sustainability perils and opportunities of clean electricity

3.1 Why the pivotal role of electricity in climate protection?

3.2 Environmental impacts of electricity generation

3.2.1 Climate action (SDG13)

3.2.2 Good health and well-being (SDG3)

3.2.3 Life below water (SDG14) and life on land (SDG15)

3.2.4 Affordable and clean energy (SDG7) and responsible consumption and production (SDG12)

3.3 Concluding remarks

Acknowledgement.

Appendix A

Part II Tools for renewable energy grid integration

4 The role of transmission for renewable energy integration and clean exports

4.1 Introduction

4.1.1 Background

4.1.2 Modelling flexibility: time and spatial dimensions

4.1.3 Related literature on the value of transmission

4.2 Modelling large-scale energy systems

4.2.1 The EMPIRE model

4.2.2 Analysing gas network flows: The Global Gas Model

4.3 Large-scale RES share scenarios in Europe

4.3.1 Baseline scenario of a low-carbon European power system

4.3.2 A deeper look at the role of transmission in decarbonization

4.4 Clean energy exports in 2050 scenarios: the case of Norway

4.4.1 Norway power system perspective in 2050

4.4.2 Natural gas infrastructure in the energy transition

4.4.3 RES fluctuations and natural gas capacity (utilization) factor

4.5 Conclusions and highlights

Acknowledgements

5 Integrating renewable energy into the distribution grid: general aspects and the case of Mexico

5.1 Origins, benefits, and challenges of DG

5.2 Overview of DG internationally

5.3 DG in the Mexican electric sector

5.4 The Mexican power sector

5.4.1 The changes within the Mexican power industry law

5.4.2 Regulation of DG

5.5 The evolution of DG in Mexico

5.5.1 DG by the numbers

5.5.2 Barriers for financing and installing DG systems

5.5.3 Mechanisms for the implementation of DG

5.6 Prospects for future growth DG in Mexico

5.6.1 Forecast for DG development

5.6.2 A new proposal

5.7 Conclusions

6 The role of smart grids for the renewable energy transition

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Power balance

6.2.1 Timescales

6.2.2 The role of inverters

6.3 Transmission constraints

6.3.1 Thermal and stability limits

6.3.2 Oscillations

6.3.3 HVDC.

6.3.4 Flexible a.c. transmission systems

6.4 Voltage management

6.5 Protection

6.5.1 Smart protection

6.6 Integration and coordination

6.6.1 Communications

6.6.2 Internet of Things

6.6.3 Smart aggregation

6.6.4 Situational awareness

6.6.5 Grid data

6.7 Economic considerations

7 Demand response technologies in buildings for curbing and shifting electric loads

7.1 Introduction

7.1.1 Background

7.2 Coordination of DR with energy efficiency

7.3 Building characteristics

7.3.1 Residential buildings

7.3.2 Commercial buildings

7.4 Behavioral DR

7.5 DR and renewable energy

7.6 Conclusion

8 Storage regulations and technologies

8.1 Grid services provided by storage

8.1.1 Overview: energy vs. power services, grid vs. user services

8.1.2 Grid services

8.1.3 User services

8.2 Regulations for storage in different jurisdictions

8.2.1 Portfolio standards

8.2.2 Procurement standards

8.2.3 US market regulations

8.3 Technologies

8.3.1 Mechanical

8.3.2 Chemical storage

8.3.3 Electrochemical

8.3.4 Thermal

8.4 Conclusions

9 Forecasting of renewable energy generation for grid integration

9.1 Introduction

9.1.1 The case of Mexico

9.1.2 Forecasting as a cost-effective flexibility resource

9.2 Power systems

9.3 Power forecasting

9.3.1 Deterministic/probabilistic forecasts

9.3.2 Stochastic approaches

9.3.3 Physical approaches

9.3.4 Hybrid methods

9.4 Forecasting evaluation

9.5 Economical impact of power forecasting

9.6 Conclusions

Part III Strategies for the clean energy transition

10 The role of regulations for providing certainty to the energy reform and transition in Mexico

10.1 Regulatory reform principles

10.1.1 What is a regulatory reform?.

10.2 Characteristics of the regulatory reform

10.2.1 Move to markets: liberalization

10.2.2 Independent regulatory agencies

10.2.3 New regulatory process

10.3 Forces for regulatory change

10.4 Analysis of the forces for change in the Mexican electricity industry

10.4.1 Forces for change: technology

10.4.2 Forces for change: decentralization of the electricity sector

10.5 The strength of the forces for change

10.6 The constitutional reform of the electricity industry in Mexico: the fall of a regulatory Chinese wall

10.7 The progress of electric decentralization in Mexico

10.7.1 Liberalization of electricity generation and supply

10.7.2 The emergence of the distributed schemes in Mexico

10.7.3 Distributed generation: the blurring of a natural monopoly assumption

10.7.4 An independent regulatory agency: the CRE

10.7.5 The re-regulatory process: liberalized activities and its new rules

10.8 Conclusions

11 Effective market design for high-renewable penetration

11.1 The organization of the electricity sector

11.1.1 Transmission operations

11.1.2 Generation ownership

11.1.3 Restructuring and reform of retail services

11.1.4 Restructuring and distributed generation

11.2 Policies driving renewable electricity

11.3 The challenges of high-renewable penetration

11.3.1 Short-term market operations

11.3.2 Long-term market (investment) challenges

11.4 Conclusions

12 Regulating the interdependencies of the mobility and electricity sectors

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Description of transformations in the mobility sector

12.2.1 Technology in transportation

12.2.2 Institutions in transportation

12.3 Description of transformations in the electricity sector

12.3.1 Technology in electricity

12.3.2 Institutions in electricity.

12.4 Drivers of the mobility and energy transformations

12.4.1 Deregulation

12.4.2 Digitalization

12.4.3 Decarbonization

12.5 Toward sector convergence and sector coupling?

12.6 Discussion

13 Building renewable economies that maximize social welfare and innovation

13.1 Introduction

13.1.1 The urgency of climate change

13.1.2 The growing clean energy market

13.1.3 Framing clean energy as an economic opportunity

13.1.4 Renewables and social welfare

13.1.5 Economic clusters

13.2 Local market

13.2.1 Feed in tariffs: standard offer contracts to encourage technological growth

13.2.2 Net metering: increasing financial incentives for solar PV investment

13.2.3 Codes/standards to save energy in buildings and appliances

13.3 Value chain

13.3.1 Port innovation districts: clustering firms and research

13.4 Workforce development

13.4.1 Fostering apprenticeships through support and incentives

13.4.2 Stackable credentials: a career ladder for middle-skill clean energy jobs

13.5 Access to capital and end-user finance

13.5.1 Loan guarantees: bridging the valley of death for renewable energy technologies

13.5.2 Brief case study: addressing challenges with market entry: Maryland__amp__#8217

s Offshore Wind Business Development Grant Program

13.5.3 Opening end-user markets to distributed technology

13.6 Innovation ecosystem

13.7 Conclusion

Chapter exercises

Definitions

Web resources

14 Challenges ahead for a clean energy transition worldwide

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Decarbonization pathways

14.3 The role of financing in transitions for decarbonization

14.4 The electricity grid

14.4.1 Nuclear energy

14.4.2 Energy efficiency

14.5 Transportation

14.6 Other energy-intensive sectors and end uses

14.6.1 Industry: steel and cement.

14.6.2 Data and digitalization.

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ISBN:

1-83724-651-3

1-83953-022-7

OCLC:

1202624992