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Addressing technical challenges in 100% variable inverter‐based renewable energy power systems

Abstract

Rapidly increasing levels of variable inverter-based renewable energy sources(are quickly changing electric power systems and prompting questions abouthow the systems will be operated when renewable generation becomes thedominant technologies. In this article, we review the status of this shiftingparadigm in power systems throughout the world. We then review the implica-tions of this shift, focusing on the rising challenges, and we provide an over-view and technology-readiness classifications of some proposed mitigationstrategies. Finally, we highlight outstanding questions that will require solu-tions to reach these ultrahigh shares of variable inverter-based renewable energy sources.

Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Bri-Mathias S. Hodge
  • Himanshu Jain
  • Carlo Brancucci
  • Gab-Su Seo
  • Magnus Korpås
  • Juha Kiviluoma
  • Hannele Holttinen
  • James Charles Smith
  • Antje Orths
  • Ana Estanqueiro
  • Lennart Söder
  • Damian Flynn
  • Til Kristian Vrana
  • Rick Wallace Kenyon
  • Benjamin Kroposki

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Energy Research / Energisystemer
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
  • Royal Institute of Technology
  • University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin
  • Portugal
  • Germany
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • USA
  • University of Colorado at Boulder
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Year

2020

Published in

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment

ISSN

2041-8396

Volume

9

Issue

5

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