Defining and Quantifying Intermittency in the Power Sector

Daniel Suchet, Adrien Jeantet, Thomas Elghozi and Zacharie Jehl
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Daniel Suchet: IPVF, UMR 9006, Ecole Polytechnique, 91120 Palaiseau, France
Adrien Jeantet: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR 8236, 75013 Paris, France
Thomas Elghozi: Independent Researcher, Paris 75014, France
Zacharie Jehl: LIA NextPV, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 13, 1-12

Abstract: The lack of a systematic definition of intermittency in the power sector blurs the use of this term in the public debate: the same power source can be described as stable or intermittent, depending on the standpoint of the authors. This work tackles a quantitative definition of intermittency adapted to the power sector, linked to the nature of the source, and not to the current state of the energy mix or the production predictive capacity. A quantitative indicator is devised, discussed and graphically depicted. A case study is illustrated by the analysis of the 2018 production data in France and then developed further to evaluate the impact of two methods often considered to reduce intermittency: aggregation and complementarity between wind and solar productions.

Keywords: intermittency; electricity; solar; wind; nuclear (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: 2020
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