Increasing wind power penetration into the existing Serbian energy system

Abstract

a b s t r a c tSerbia has wind with a good capacity factor, the respectable potential of which has not hitherto been utilized. There are a number of proposed wind power projects with an envisaged capacity of up to 2500 MW and the project documentation has been developed for 1300 MW. Within the existing feed-in tariff scheme, only 500 MW are eligible. This limitation is set in a conservative manner bearing in mind moderation (balancing) needs due to the variability of wind power generation. The existing Serbian energy system, with significant hydro generation, available pumped storage hydro capacity, and strong interconnections has many moderators for variable wind generation and for reliable technical performance of the grid. In this study, energy imbalances under different levels of wind penetration into the Serbian energy system were analyzed. Possible new moderation strategies for lowering energy imbalances due to wind integration were evaluated using the EnergyPLAN tool and are presented in this paper.

Load-shift incentives for household demand response: Evaluation of hourly dynamic pricing and rebate schemes in a wind-based electricity system

“…It could still be argued that for political reasons, from a national perspective, production capacities should be held available for security reasons, even though peak demand is covered by interconnection capacities with neighbouring countries. This approach has been used previously [71,72,88] and ensures that isolated system operation will be possible. The capacity will then be idle at peak times and would not gain scarcity rents as in the model.…”

“…for Southern [66,67] and Central European markets [68,69]). Some studies take into account demand response and renewables but limit analysis to a local grid [70], apply a static market setting [71][72][73], or derive short-term equilibria [39][40][41]. The long-term interaction of renewable energies with demand flexibility is most thoroughly analysed in the energy system studies mentioned above.…”

Vehicle-to-Grid in Standard and Fast Electric Vehicle Charging: Comparison of Renewable Energy Source Utilization and Charging Costs

“…Many studies are done dealing with energy planning on 1 h time scales for different energy systems. Examples are the studies done for the Dubrovnik region [1], Croatia [10], Serbia [11], Macedonia [12] and Portugal [13], but not much is done on a short-term scale. Maybe there is a possibility for energy planning, based on a short-term scale, to provide the additional flexibility needed to ensure the stability of future energy systems.…”

A review of developments in technologies and research that have had a direct measurable impact on sustainability considering the Paris agreement on climate change

“…The last SDEWES conference, held in Dubrovnik 2015, had in total 541 contributions, with 22 of these, presented in this special issue of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, having an important role to play in mapping the pathways to local, regional and ultimately global decarbonisation by informing key decision makers from industry and government of the findings of cutting-edge research and the state-of-the-art of existing and novel technologies in the field. The guest editors have a diverse background, expertise and knowledge in the field of sustainable energy including biofuels [2], [3], [4], wind [5], [6], [7], [8], [9] solar photovoltaics [10], [11], [12], [13] electric vehicles (EV) [14], [15], [16], [17], [18] greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], electricity markets [24], [25], [26], [27], energy storage [28], [29], [30], [31], [32][33]and climate change measures [34], [35], [36], [37]. As academics and researchers in the field of sustainable energy we should aim to analyse the complex interaction of technology in terms of environmental costs, energy costs, energy security and economic opportunity to fully decarbonise human activity and preserve the planet.…”