| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 126 p.) : col. ill. |
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NREL/TP ; 6A00-53732 |
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NREL/TP ; 6A00-53732
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| System Details |
Full text available via Internet in .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader required. |
| Note |
Title from PDF title screen (viewed Aug. 14, 2012). |
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"April 2012." |
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"[Work performed by] National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis, Clean Energy Solutions Center (an initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial), [and] Clean Energy Ministerial." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Many countries -- reflecting very different geographies, markets, and power systems -- are successfully managing high levels of variable renewable energy on the electric grid, including that from wind and solar energy. This document summarizes policy best practices that energy ministers and other stakeholders can pursue to ensure that electricity markets and power systems can effectively coevolve with increasing penetrations of variable renewable energy. There is no one-size-fits-all approach; each country studied has crafted its own combination of policies, market designs, and system operations to achieve the system reliability and flexibility needed to successfully integrate renewables. Notwithstanding this diversity, the approaches taken by the countries studied all coalesce around five strategic areas: lead public engagement, particularly for new transmission; coordinate and integrate planning; develop rules for market evolution that enable system flexibility; expand access to diverse resources and geographic footprint of operations; and improve system operations. This study also emphatically underscores the value of countries sharing their experiences. The more diverse and robust the experience base from which a country can draw, the more likely that it will be able to implement an appropriate, optimized, and system-wide approach. |
| Subject |
Interconnected electric utility systems -- Case studies.
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Distributed generation of electric power -- Case studies.
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Renewable energy sources -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Cochran, Jaquelin.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis.
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Clean Energy Ministerial.
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| Gpo Item No. |
0430-P-03 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
E 9.16:NREL/TP-6A00-53732 |
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