DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111947
论文题名: The impact of variable renewable energy resources on power system reliability
作者: Harker Steele A.J. ; Burnett J.W. ; Bergstrom J.C.
刊名: Energy Policy
ISSN: 03014215
出版年: 2021
卷: 151 语种: 英语
中文关键词: Electricity reliability
; Interruption costs estimates
; Power system disruptions
; Reliability metrics
; Variable energy resources
英文关键词: Cost benefit analysis
; Cost estimating
; Fossil fuel power plants
; Fossil fuels
; Gas emissions
; Greenhouse gases
; Public policy
; Renewable energy resources
; Electric power sector
; Electricity production
; Interruption costs
; Net generations
; Policy implications
; Power system reliability
; Renewable energy policy
; Solar photovoltaics
; Reliability
; alternative energy
; electricity generation
; energy policy
; fossil fuel
; greenhouse gas
; panel data
; power generation
; reliability analysis
; renewable resource
; United States
英文摘要: Transitioning the electric power sector to rely more on wind and solar photovoltaics (WPV) has long been cited as a potential solution to reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions associated with fossil fuel electricity production. An under-explored implication of this transition, however, is whether increasing the amount of net generation supplied by WPV negatively impacts power system reliability? In this paper, we empirically investigate the preceding question using an unbalanced panel dataset of utility-scale operations between 2013 and 2017. Disruptions in power system reliability are measured by the frequency and duration of power system disruptions experienced by end-consumers. Results suggest net generation from WPV, on average, has a significant positive impact on the length of power system disruptions experienced, but only at low levels of net generation from WPV. As net generation from WPV increases, the duration of power system disruptions decreases. To provide insight into the policy implications of these results, we forecast disruptions in power system reliability, assuming different renewable energy policy scenarios for states across the United States with active renewable support policies in place. We estimate the economic costs of forecasted disruptions using an open-source, interruption cost estimate calculator. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/167806
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作者单位: Senior Economist, KeyLogic Systems LLC, 3168 Collins Ferry Rd., Morgantown, WV 26505, United States; Department of Economics, College of Charleston, 5 Liberty Street, 423 Beatty Center, Charleston, SC 29401, United States; Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, 208c Conner Hall, 147 Cedar St., Athens, GA 30602, United States
Recommended Citation:
Harker Steele A.J.,Burnett J.W.,Bergstrom J.C.. The impact of variable renewable energy resources on power system reliability[J]. Energy Policy,2021-01-01,151