Balancing Renewable Electricity: Energy Storage, Demand Side Management, and Network Extension from an Interdisciplinary Perspective by Bert Droste-Franke, Dirk Uwe Sauer, Christian Rehtanz, Jens-Peter Schneider, Thomas Ziesemer, Miranda Schreurs, Boris P. Paal (Hardcover, 2012)
An important aim behind the restructuring of Germany's and Europe's electricity systems is to reduce the environmental burden, especially with respect to greenhouse gas emissions, of the current systems. Emissions must be brought down to a level that is sustainable in the long run and consistent with greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. Meeting these goals will require a system (as best as current knowledge suggests) that will be able to cope simultaneously with the fundamental demands for economic efficiency, environmental sustainability and supply security. Making use of existing scenarios, this study sketches such a system. It focuses in particular on auxiliary systems such as energy storage methods and network extensions. The study introduces technologies that can balance electricity in energy systems and that can serve as enabling technologies for the integration of large quantities of renewable energies in the power supply system. It begins with a discussion of normative aims for the future electricity system before continuing with a description of current policies and political developments and an overview of relevant existing energy system studies. These sections serve as background for the remainder of the study. They are followed by discussion and analysis of the growing demand for means to balance the fluctuations found in electricity generated in power systems with a high penetration of renewable energies, the potentials of diverse technologies, requirements for electrical networks, economic impacts and important legal issues. Finally, the main challenges to the achievement of developing balancing technologies and processes for renewable electricity-dominant systems are summarised and recommendations made.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
ISBN-13
9783642251566
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113054725
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Educational Technology, Electrical Engineering
Author
Bert Droste-Franke, Dirk Uwe Sauer, Christian Rehtanz, Jens-Peter Schneider, Thomas Ziesemer, Miranda Schreurs, Boris P. Paal
Publication Name
Balancing Renewable Electricity: Energy Storage, Demand Side Management, and Network Extension from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Engineering & Technology
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
40
Item Weight
623g
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Title_Author
Dirk Uwe Sauer, Miranda Schreurs, Thomas Ziesemer, Christian Rehtanz, Bert Droste-Franke, Boris P. Paal, Jens-Peter Schneider