This document serves as a guide forthose wishing to investigate the impacts of variablerenewable energy (VRE) on the operation of power systems,particularly in the Philippines.The work was commissionedby the World Bank in 2011 to enhance the understanding ofpower system operation issues most affected by theintegration of VRE, based on international experience.Theobjective is to build capacity in the Philippines fordetermining the important issues for the national grid andto enable the Philippines to design, carry out, andinterpret the results of appropriate and effective studies.The approaches presented in this guide are based onstate-of-the-art international practices, adapted to suitlocal conditions in the Philippines.The guide wasdeveloped through a survey of international VRE integrationstudies, charting the relevance to the Philippines of keyelements such as the physical structure of the power system,the energy mix, expected level of VRE penetration, marketstructure, and operation practices and standards.The studyguide shows how to estimate the amount of VRE that can beintegrated into the power system if no changes are made toits present configuration; however, more important, it showshow to determine the potential operational impacts if acertain percentage of renewable energy resources are to beintegrated.The main modeling approaches, datarequirements, and scenarios that need to be analyzed toassess different types of impacts are described, and aresupported by summaries of relevant international experienceand key reference studies.
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