Transmission grid extensions for the integration of variable renewable energies in Europe: Who benefits where?

Katrin Schaber, Florian Steinke and Thomas Hamacher

Energy Policy, 2012, vol. 43, issue C, 123-135

Abstract: Variable renewable energy (VRE) generation from wind and sun is growing quickly in Europe. Already today, VRE's power contribution is at times close to the total demand in some regions with severe consequences for the remainder of the power system. Grid extensions are necessary for the physical integration of VRE, i.e., for power transports, but they also have important economic consequences for all power system participants.

Keywords: Renewable energy; Grid integration; Merit order effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.12.040

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