Operationally Perfect Solar Power Forecasts: A Scalable Strategy to Lowest-Cost Firm Solar Power Generation

Ancillary Services via Flexible Photovoltaic/Wind Systems and “Implicit” Storage to Balance Demand and Supply

“…However, the technology to make them dispatchable generators is already on the table. In fact, PV and wind power plants equipped with smart inverters, central power controllers, and BESS can provide programmable, base load-tracking generation 24/365, [24][25][26] as well as load following and unit commitment ancillary services. [14,42] Therefore, these plants can be considered as secondary reserves for all intents and purposes (Figure 1).…”

“…Perez et al [ 24 ] proved how it would be possible, in a near future, to reach ultrahigh VRE penetration by providing baseload wind solar generation at competitive costs. In the same direction, Perez et al [ 25 ] and Pierro et al [ 26 ] proposed a USA–Italy scalable strategy for a low‐cost RE transition starting from perfect forecast (i.e., removing prediction uncertainty) to wind solar firm generation (i.e., removing variability and intermittency). The same authors [ 27 ] analyzed the impact of flexible PV fleet displacement on the previous mentioned strategy considering different levels of PV penetration and flexibility.…”