100% renewable energy system in Japan: Smoothening and ancillary services

• Esteban, Miguel

• Portugal-Pereira, Joana

• Mclellan, Benjamin C.

• Bricker, Jeremy

• Farzaneh, Hooman

• Djalilova, Nigora

• Ishihara, Keiichi N.

• Takagi, Hiroshi

• Roeber, Volker

Abstract

In the aftermath of the Paris Agreements, many countries around the globe have pledged to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions being released into the atmosphere. To do so, it is important that the amount of renewable energy in the electricity grid increases. However, there are worries of the capacity of the grid to cope with intermittent energy sources. To assess the feasibility of a 100% renewable energy system in Japan, the authors conducted an hourly simulation of future electricity production based on wind, solar and tidal data. The system was shown to be stable, and the authors calculated the required capacity of electrical batteries that would be necessary to balance such a system.

Journal

• Applied Energy

  Applied Energy 224 698-707, 2018-08-15

  Elsevier BV

Keywords

• General Energy
• Mechanical Engineering
• Civil and Structural Engineering
• Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
• Building and Construction

Details

• CRID: 1050287685056610048
• NII Article ID: 120006938953
• NII Book ID: AA00543227
• ISSN: 03062619
• DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.04.067
• HANDLE: 2433/259702
• Web Site: https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0306261918306299?httpAccept=text/xml
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• Text Lang: en
• Article Type: journal article
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