Zero-carbon microgrid: Real-world cases, trends, challenges, and future research prospects

Lei Chen, Lingyun Gao, Shuping Xing, Zhicong Chen and Weiwei Wang

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024, vol. 203, issue C

Abstract: Under the carbon neutrality goal, the projects to develop zero-carbon microgrids are emerging all over the world. However, the categories, trends, challenges, and future research prospects of the zero-carbon microgrid are still unclear. To deal with this problem, this research first reviews the real-world and simulation cases of zero-carbon microgrids in recent years and classifies them into two categories, i.e., on-grid mode and off-grid mode. Then, three development trends of the zero-carbon microgrid are discussed, including an extremely high ratio of clean energy, large-scale energy storage, and an extremely high ratio of power electronic devices. Next, the challenges in achieving the zero-carbon microgrids in terms of feasibility, flexibility, and stability are discussed in detail. Finally, future research prospects in long-term low-cost energy storage, power/energy balancing, and stability control, are emphasized.

Keywords: Zero carbon emissions; Microgrid; Renewable energy sources; Energy storage; Economic feasibility; Flexibility; Stability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.114720

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