The impact of demand side management strategies in the penetration of renewable electricity

André Pina, Carlos Silva and Paulo Ferrão

Energy, 2012, vol. 41, issue 1, 128-137

Abstract: High fuel costs, increasing energy security and concerns with reducing emissions have pushed governments to invest in the use of renewable energies for electricity generation. However, the intermittence of most renewable resources when renewable energy provides a significant share of the energy mix can create problems to electricity grids, which can be minimized by energy storage systems that are usually not available or expensive. An alternative solution consists on the use of demand side management strategies, which can have the double effect of reducing electricity consumption and allowing greater efficiency and flexibility in the grid management, namely by enabling a better match between supply and demand.

Keywords: Demand side management; Dynamic demand response; Energy planning; TIMES modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.06.013

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