A Decision Support System Tool to Manage the Flexibility in Renewable Energy-Based Power Systems

Marco Badami, Gabriele Fambri, Salvatore Mancò, Mariapia Martino, Ioannis G. Damousis, Dimitrios Agtzidis and Dimitrios Tzovaras
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Marco Badami: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Gabriele Fambri: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Salvatore Mancò: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Mariapia Martino: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Ioannis G. Damousis: Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, 60361 Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitrios Agtzidis: Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, 60361 Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitrios Tzovaras: Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, 60361 Thessaloniki, Greece

Energies, 2019, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Renewable Energy Sources (RES) have taken on an increasingly important role in the energy mix in the last few years, and it has been forecasted that this trend will continue in the future. The energy production from these sources is not dispatchable, and the increasing penetration of RES in energy mixes may therefore lead to a progressive loss of generation control and predictability. It has become clear that, to reach higher RES penetration levels, it is essential to increase power system flexibility in order to ensure stable operations are maintained. An ICT (Information and Communication Technology) tool that may be used to manage and optimize the flexibility offered by energy storage and conversion systems is described in this paper with specific reference to the Decision Support System (DSS) developed within the H2020 PLANET (PLAnning and operational tools for optimizing energy flows and synergies between energy NETworks) project. The paper focuses on how the PLANET DSS tool evaluates, manages, and dispatches the flexibility of Power to Gas/Heat (P2X) technologies. Moreover, the tool has been used to analyze a realistic case in order to show how the PLANET DSS tool could be used to evaluate the energy and economic benefits of taking advantage of the flexibility of P2X technologies.

Keywords: renewable energy integration; sustainability; flexibility; energy conversion; decision support system (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: 2019
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