Linkages between demand-side management and congestion in the European electricity transmission system

Lisa Göransson, Joel Goop, Thomas Unger, Mikael Odenberger and Filip Johnsson

Energy, 2014, vol. 69, issue C, 860-872

Abstract: We evaluate the possibility to reduce congestion in the transmission grid through large-scale implementation of demand-side management (DSM) in the form of load shifting for the EU-27 countries, Norway, and Switzerland for Year 2020. A linear, cost-minimising, dispatch model that includes a DC load-flow description of the transmission system and a general representation of load shifting is used. It is assumed that the EU Member States fulfil the targets for Year 2020 in their national renewable energy action plans. In the model calculations, a reference case without load shifting is compared with cases in which the load shifting is 5%, 10%, 15% or 20% of the load. The possibility to shift load in time is added exogenously and economic incentives for DSM are not evaluated.

Keywords: Demand-side management; Congestion; Dispatch model; Variable generation; Variation management; Electricity system modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.03.083

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