The progress, impact analysis, challenges and new perceptions for electric power and energy sectors in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic

The impact of COVID-19 measures on intraday electricity load curves in the European Union: A panel approach

“…Furthermore, power plant operation and maintenance schedules can also be modified as lower demand requires less production capacities. System operators and energy producers should create resilience plans to quickly address the challenges as it was proposed by other researchers, too [55] , [56] . These plans should be executed already at the introduction of the stringency measures to mitigate the impact and to provide more accurate demand forecasts to avoid extreme market mismatches and price spikes.…”

Survey of Simulation Tools to Assess Techno-Economic Benefits of Smart Grid Technology in Integrated T&D Systems

“…Furthermore, the variability of renewable energy resources or the behaviour of smart consumers drastically changes the traditional planning and operational paradigms. For instance, the increased usage of renewable energy resources during the lockdown restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges to the system operation, as discussed in [17].…”

“…Under this problem, investment in flexible solutions should be fostered instead of traditional solutions that cannot uptake an uncertain future [34][35][36]. For instance, the impacts on the power system during the COVID-19 pandemic are studied in [17]. The reduction of power demand for different sectors such as transportation or industry was analyzed, alongside the changes in the daily profile of residential consumers.…”

A multiscale integrated analysis of the COVID-19 restrictions: The energy metabolism of UK and the related socio-economic changes

“…Consequently, the overall energy demand declined by 4% and the energy-related CO 2 emissions by 5.8% ( IEA, 2021 ). The prolonged macroeconomic disruptions, the reshaped investments toward medical and health related expenditures, together with the drop in the global oil price ( Çelik et al, 2022 ), also induced conspicuous withdraws from renewable energy projects, that experienced an inverse trend compared to the pre-pandemic growth of renewable energy sources ( Çelik et al, 2021 ; Jiang et al, 2021 ; Hosseini, 2020 ). In addition, the imposed lifestyle variations, and the enforced production constraints, contributed to change the energy consumption profiles of the industrial, commercial, and residential sectors, with consequent impacts on network distributions, power system operations, maintenance, and control ( Huang et al, 2021 ; Santiago et al, 2021 ).…”