European renewable energy policy at crossroads—Focus on electricity support mechanisms

Fouquet, Doerte; Johansson, Thomas B.

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2008.06.023

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“…Off-takes of each flexible load are known with certainty and are characterized by the time-dependent minimum, P f,t , and maximum, P f,t , power levels 1 . On the other hand, wind and solar power injections and off-takes of static loads are considered uncertain.…”

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“…In Europe, concern about the environmental impact of the electricity industry is currently driving the growth of renewable electricity generation through a number of financial support mechanisms [1]. Such incentives have resulted in the on-going installation of wind and solar power generation resources at the distribution level of the electricity network.…”

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Active network management: Planning under uncertainty for exploiting load modulation

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Karangelos

Ernst

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2013 IREP Symposium Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control - IX Optimization, Security and Control of the Emerging Power Grid

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This paper addresses the problem faced by a distribution system operator (DSO) when planning the operation of a network in the short-term. The problem is formulated in the context of high penetration of renewable energy sources (RES) and distributed generation (DG), and when flexible demand is available. The problem is expressed as a sequential decisionmaking problem under uncertainty, where, in the first stage, the DSO has to decide whether or not to reserve the availability of flexible demand, and, in the subsequent stages, can curtail the generation and modulate the available flexible loads. We analyze the relevance of this formulation on a small test system, discuss the assumptions made, compare our approach to related work, and indicate further research directions.

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Active network management: Planning under uncertainty for exploiting load modulation

Gemine

Karangelos

Ernst

et al. 2013

2013 IREP Symposium Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control - IX Optimization, Security and Control of the Emerging Power Grid

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“…The feed-in tariff (FIT) policy has been implemented by many countries and proved to perform well to trigger a considerable increase in renewable electricity production. In general, it may be seen as an effective supporting mechanism for the successful development of newly emerging renewable energy technology (Couture and Gagnon 2010;Mendonca 2007;Rowlands 2005Rowlands , 2007 since it can reduce the financial risks for renewable energy technology developers (Mitchell and Connor 2004) and deploy the installation of renewable energy systems at lower cost than other policy mechanisms (Lipp 2007;Butler and Neuhoff 2008;Fouquet and Johansson 2008).…”

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“…The FIT level is designed and determined by levelizing the generation costs by the government, so that the renewable power systems can be efficiently for operation and cost effectively for development (Mendonca 2007;Klein 2008). In practice, it varies according to the type of technology, the size of the installed power systems, the location of the project, and a number of other project-specific variables (Mendonca 2007;Fouquet and Johansson 2008;Langniss et al 2009). The other streamline of literature focuses on the cost effectiveness of FIT policies.…”

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“…They find that the feed-in tariff implemented in the UK and Germany may bring about cost reduction for consumers and larger deployment. Many researchers argue that feed-in tariff policies may be the most effective tool at low cost to encourage the development of renewable energy (Lipp 2007;Butler and Neuhoff 2008;Fouquet and Johansson 2008). The analysis result of Sarzynski et al (2012) also finds that financial incentives like rebates may result in more extensive and rapid deployment of grid-tied PV technology.…”

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An examination on the feed-in tariff policy for renewable electricity: Taiwan’s case example

Chen

2013

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Taiwan's feed-in tariff (FIT) policy, revised in 2009, sets a goal to increase the installation capacity 6,500-10,000 MW (megawatts) of renewable power systems in 20 years. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the goal can be achieved or not. This paper presents an overview of FIT policies implemented in some leading countries and their performance of renewable electricity installed capacity and generation. This paper presents two outlook scenarios for Taiwan's renewable power installation capacity by using Germany as a benchmark after a detailed analysis and discussion on Taiwan's historical evolution of renewable energies. The Moderate Scenario projects that total cumulative capacity of renewable power systems increases from 5,813.8 MW in 2010 to 7,245.99 MW in 2030, while the Optimistic Scenario estimates the total renewable power capacity will be 11,977.14 MW in 2030. The total increase in the new installation capacity attain to 1,432.19 and 6,163.64 MW for the two scenarios, respectively.

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Economic Performance and Environmental Assessment

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Wees

Kaltschmitt

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Geothermal Energy Systems

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Besides the technical feasibility of the energy provision from enhanced geothermal system (EGS), its deployment depends on the establishment on the energy market. This means that the characteristics of national and international energy markets need to be understood to improve EGS's classification therein.Energy markets are not driven only by demand and supply. The provision of energy addresses also social and political issues for the present and future generations. On one side, today's living standard is directly linked to the use of energy. And to maintain and improve this living standard energy must be securely available and affordable. On the other side, today's energy provision depletes finite fossil resources and emits substances, which are damaging the local environment as well as the global climate.Sustainable energy markets, avoiding unwanted effects resulting from the provision and the use of energy, therefore need to manage the three dimensions: security of supply, economic affordability, and environmental compatibility (Figure 7.1) and the conflicts resulting thereof. Since different players with varying priorities are involved in the energy markets, the governments have to set an energy-political framework in order to ensure the development of energy markets, which can meet the mentioned sustainability criteria.Against this background, a goal defined in many energy-political frameworks is to increase the share of renewable energies contributing to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and the reduction in the consumption of finite energy resources within the energy system. But the costs for energy provision from renewable energy sources are not yet fully competitive to the prices in the market (even though these prices do not reflect the full lifecycle costs related to the use of fossil energy resources). Furthermore, the integration of renewable energies into the existing structures of the energy system is not always easy to realize. Therefore, promotion measures have been implemented in many countries over the last Geothermal Energy Systems. Edited by Ernst Huenges

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European renewable energy policy at crossroads—Focus on electricity support mechanisms

Cited by 262 publications

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Active network management: Planning under uncertainty for exploiting load modulation

Active network management: Planning under uncertainty for exploiting load modulation

An examination on the feed-in tariff policy for renewable electricity: Taiwan’s case example

Economic Performance and Environmental Assessment

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