Security of Supply in the Electricity Sector: Analysing Different Capacity Mechanisms and Their Interactionswith Demand-side Flexibility Potentials: Results from the Joint DIW Bridge Project "SichER" of the Departments Climate Policy and Energy, Transportation, Environment, vol 203

Karsten Neuhoff, Martin Kittel, Franziska Klaucke, Mats Kröger, Alexander Roth, Wolf-Peter Schill and Leon Stolle

in DIW Berlin: Politikberatung kompakt from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: Germany's energy transition is progressing. Renewable energy sources already cover more than half of Germany's electricity demand. However, as the share of variable wind and solar energy increases, so do the fluctuations in electricity generation. Consequently, flexibility on the supply and demand side of the electricity market is becoming increasingly important. This can be achieved in particular through various types of storage systems and new, flexible consumers as part of sector coupling. [...]

Date: 2024
ISBN: 978-3-946417-94-1
Note: III, 62 p.
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