Renewable Energy Integration : Practical Management of Variability, Uncertainty, and Flexibility in Power Grids.

Front Cover -- Renewable Energy Integration: Practical Management of Variability, Uncertainty, and Flexibility in Power Grids -- Copyright -- Praise for Renewable Energy Integration -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- About the Editor -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword from Europe -- Foreword from the USA -- Introduction -- OVERVIEW OF CHAPTERS -- WHO SHOULD READ THIS BOOK -- HOW TO READ THIS BOOK -- Part 1 Policy and Regulation -- Chapter 1 - The Journey of Reinventing the European Electricity Landscape-Challenges and Pioneers -- 1 Background -- 2 The post-2020 Europe -- 3 Renewable integration in Europe: Challenges and policy responses -- 4 The story of three pioneers: History and future -- 5 Trends &amp -- future outlook -- References -- Chapter 2 - Policies for Accommodating Higher Penetration of Variable Energy Resources: US Outlook and Perspectives -- 1 Recent renewable deployment trends -- 2 Technical challenges posed by wind generation for power system operation &amp -- planning -- 3 Economic challenges associated with high wind energy: the potential for curtailment -- 4 Transmission development for wind integration: challenges and success stories -- 5 FERC order 764 on variable energy resource integration -- 6 The future of renewable development in the united states -- Chapter 3 - Harnessing and Integrating Africa's Renewable Energy Resources -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background and context -- 3 Sub-Saharan Africa in the global energy transition -- 4 The way forward -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Part 2 Modeling of Variable Energy Resources -- Chapter 4 - Multi-Dimensional, Multi-Scale Modeling and Algorithms for Integrating Variable Energy Resources in Power Netwo ... -- 1 Power system dimensions and scales -- 2 Modeling and analysis -- 3 Optimization and control -- 4 Data handling and visualization.

5 Integrated multi-dimensional analytics platforms -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 - Scandinavian Experience of Integrating Wind Generation in Electricity Markets -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The transmission system operators -- 3 The Baltic-Nordic spot market -- 4 Price zones -- 5 Day-ahead grid congestion management: market splitting -- 6 Maintaining the security of supply: regulating energy -- 7 Regulating energy and the security of supply: making the wind turbines part of the solution -- 8 Other mechanims and policies for integrating wind in electricty markets -- 9 Efficient and nonefficient multistate markets (EU as a case) -- 10 Conclusion: The moral of the spot case from Northern Europe -- Chapter 6 - Case Study-Renewable Integration: Flexibility Requirement, Potential Overgeneration, and Frequency Response Cha ... -- 1. ISO real-time market overview -- 2. Renewable generation effects in the ISO real-time market -- 3. Flexibility requirement -- 4. Intrahour flexibility requirement -- 5. Potential overgeneration problems -- 6. Inertia and frequency response -- 7. Sensitivities -- References -- Part 3 Variable Energy Resources in Power System and Market Operations -- Chapter 7 - Analyzing the Impact of Variable Energy Resources on Power System Reserves -- 1 Reserve types -- 2 Reserves and energy markets -- 3 European vs North American reserve definitions -- 4 Probabilistic methods for setting reserve requirements -- 5 Determining VER impacts on reserve requirements through power system modeling -- 6 Discussion -- 7 Summary -- References -- Chapter 8 - Advances in Market Management Solutions for Variable Energy Resources Integration -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Wholesale electricity markets and market management systems overview -- 3 Market operation challenges from VER integration -- 4 Advances in market management solutions for VER integration.

5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9 - Electric Reliability Council of Texas Case Study: Reserve Management for Integrating Renewable Generation in El ... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Study of the impacts of wind generation on ancillary service requirements -- 3 Wind power forecasts in ERCOT operations -- 4 Ancillary service requirement methodology improvements to integrate wind generation resources -- 5 Additional actions and future considerations -- Chapter 10 - Case Study: Grid and Market Integration of Wind Generation in Tamil Nadu, India -- 1 Background -- 2 Analysis: Implications of wind integration for the host state -- 3 Regulatory and policy measures to encourage grid and market integration of VRE generation -- 4 The way forward -- References -- Part 4 Forecasting Renewables -- Chapter 11 - Forecasting Renewable Energy for Grid Operations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Forecast applications in grid operations -- 3. Forecasting wind and solar energy: the basics -- 4. Emerging forecasting products -- 5. Looking ahead -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 12 - Probabilistic Wind and Solar Power Predictions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Probabilistic power predictions methods -- 3. Verification and value of probabilistic predictions -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13 - Incorporating Forecast Uncertainty in Utility Control Center -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sources of uncertainty and variability -- 3 Overall uncertainty characteristics -- 4 Probabilistic operations and planning -- 5 Three levels of uncertainty integration in operations -- 6 Example: California ISO ramp uncertainty prediction tool -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Part 5 Connecting Renewable Energy to Power Grids -- Chapter 14 - Global Power Grids for Harnessing World Renewable Energy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Stages toward a global power grid -- 3. The global grid: an illustration.

4. Harvesting RESs from remote locations -- 5. Interconnecting two continents over remote RES locations -- 6. Intercontinental interconnections by direct lines -- 7. Discussion -- 8. Conclusions -- Appendix A. Cable cost projections -- Appendix B. Electricity trade between Europe and the USA: detailed analysis -- References -- Chapter 15 - Practical Management of Variable and Distributed Resources in Power Grids -- 1 Preface -- 2 The early history of high-voltage direct current transmission -- 3 HVDC for cable transmission -- 4 HVDC for bulk power transmission -- 5 Improved stability of the AC system by introducing HVDC -- 6 Voltage source converter versus line commutated converter -- 7 Large-scale variable generation integration -- 8 Taking DC to lower power transmission levels -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16 - Integration of Renewable Energy-The Indian Experience -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Policy initiatives -- 3 Regulatory initiatives -- 4 Transmission planning initiatives -- 5 Experience with RECs in India -- 6 Challenges -- 7 Concluding remarks -- References -- Part 6 System Flexibility -- Chapter 17 - Long-Term Energy Systems Planning: Accounting for Short-Term Variability and Flexibility -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Flexibility in power systems -- 3 Modeling approaches and their limitations -- 4 Addressing the gap between short-term and long-term models -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 18 - Role of Power System Flexibility -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Metrics for operational flexibility -- 3. Modeling power system flexibility via the power nodes modeling framework -- 4. Assessment and visualization of operational flexibility -- 5. Aggregation of operational flexibility -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19 - The Danish Case: Taking Advantage of Flexible Power in an Energy System with High Wind Penetration.

1. Introduction -- 2. Distribution of generator capacity in Denmark -- 3. The Danish markets for balancing the electricity system -- 4. Wind is a part of the balancing solution-not the problem -- 5. Case example: an hour with negative prices for downward regulation -- 6. Decentralized combined heat and power plants are a part of the balancing solution -- 7. Conclusions and recommendations based on the Danish experience -- Part 7 Demand Response and Distributed Energy Resources -- Chapter 20 - DR for Integrating Variable Renewable Energy: A Northwest Perspective -- 1 Role of demand-response in integrating variable energy resources -- 2 DR in the Northwest today -- 3 Future of DR in the Northwest -- 4 Thoughts on the way forward -- References -- Chapter 21 - Case Study: Demand-Response and Alternative Technologies in Electricity Markets -- 1. Overview of PJM wholesale market -- 2. Opportunities for demand-response in the wholesale market -- 3. PJM experience with demand-response -- 4. Experience with alternative technologies in the wholesale market -- 5. Potential future evolution for demand-response and alternative technologies -- Chapter 22 - The Implications of Distributed Energy Resources on Traditional Utility Business Model -- 1. The evolution of traditional utility business model -- 2. Gradual transformation of the ESI -- 3. Why the rise of distributed energy resources? -- 4. Rethinking the fundamentals -- 5. New definition of service -- 6. Responding to disruptive technologies -- 7. Conclusions -- Chapter 23 - Energy Storage and the Need for Flexibility on the Grid -- 1. Energy storage as an integral part of the grid -- 2. An ecosystem of technologies enabling flexibility -- 3. Conclusions -- Part 8 Variable Energy Resources in Island Power Systems -- Chapter 24 - Renewables Integration on Islands -- 1 Introduction.

2 Lessons from renewable integration studies for larger interconnected systems.

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