Effects of Increased Wind Power Generation on Mid-Norway’s Energy Balance under Climate Change: A Market Based Approach

Baptiste François, Sara Martino, Lena S. Tøfte, Benoit Hingray, Birger Mo and Jean-Dominique Creutin
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Baptiste François: Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IGE, F-38000 Grenoble, France
Sara Martino: SINTEF Energy Research, 7465 Trondheim, Norway
Lena S. Tøfte: SINTEF Energy Research, 7465 Trondheim, Norway
Benoit Hingray: Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IGE, F-38000 Grenoble, France
Birger Mo: SINTEF Energy Research, 7465 Trondheim, Norway
Jean-Dominique Creutin: Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IGE, F-38000 Grenoble, France

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 2, 1-18

Abstract: Thanks to its huge water storage capacity, Norway has an excess of energy generation at annual scale, although significant regional disparity exists. On average, the Mid-Norway region has an energy deficit and needs to import more electricity than it exports. We show that this energy deficit can be reduced with an increase in wind generation and transmission line capacity, even in future climate scenarios where both mean annual temperature and precipitation are changed. For the considered scenarios, the deficit observed in winter disappears, i.e., when electricity consumption and prices are high. At the annual scale, the deficit behaviour depends more on future changes in precipitation. Another consequence of changes in wind production and transmission capacity is the modification of electricity exchanges with neighbouring regions which are also modified both in terms of average, variability and seasonality.

Keywords: variable renewable energy; wind; hydro; energy balance; energy market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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