Effects of Increased Wind Power Generation on Mid-Norway’s Energy Balance under Climate Change: A Market Based Approach

Energies

Birger Mo¹  Sara Martino¹  Lena S. Tøfte¹  Jean-Dominique Creutin²  Baptiste François²  Benoit Hingray² 

[1]SINTEF Energy Research, 7465 Trondheim, Norway

[2]Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IGE, F-38000 Grenoble, France

关键词: variable renewable energy;    wind;    hydro;    energy balance;    energy market;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en10020227

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Thanks to its huge water storage capacity, Norway has an excess of energy generation at annual scale, although significant regional disparity exists. On average, the Mid-Norway region has an energy deficit and needs to import more electricity than it exports. We show that this energy deficit can be reduced with an increase in wind generation and transmission line capacity, even in future climate scenarios where both mean annual temperature and precipitation are changed. For the considered scenarios, the deficit observed in winter disappears, i.e., when electricity consumption and prices are high. At the annual scale, the deficit behaviour depends more on future changes in precipitation. Another consequence of changes in wind production and transmission capacity is the modification of electricity exchanges with neighbouring regions which are also modified both in terms of average, variability and seasonality.

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