100% renewable energy system in Japan: Smoothening and ancillary services

Miguel Esteban (), Joana Portugal-Pereira, Benjamin C. Mclellan, Jeremy Bricker, Hooman Farzaneh, Nigora Djalilova, Keiichi N. Ishihara, Hiroshi Takagi and Volker Roeber

Applied Energy, 2018, vol. 224, issue C, 698-707

Abstract: In the aftermath of the Paris Agreements, many countries around the globe have pledged to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions being released into the atmosphere. To do so, it is important that the amount of renewable energy in the electricity grid increases. However, there are worries of the capacity of the grid to cope with intermittent energy sources. To assess the feasibility of a 100% renewable energy system in Japan, the authors conducted an hourly simulation of future electricity production based on wind, solar and tidal data. The system was shown to be stable, and the authors calculated the required capacity of electrical batteries that would be necessary to balance such a system.

Keywords: Renewable energy; Wind; Solar; Electricity storage; Ancillary services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.04.067

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