Overbuilding & curtailment: The cost-effective enablers of firm PV generation
| Autor: | Richard Perez, Marc Perez, Karl R. Rábago, Morgan C. Putnam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Wind power
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Pv generation 020209 energy Production cost 02 engineering and technology Environmental economics 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Order (exchange) 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Remuneration General Materials Science 0210 nano-technology business Dispatchable generation |
| Zdroj: | Solar Energy. 180:412-422 |
| ISSN: | 0038-092X |
| Popis: | Current thinking considers that PV output curtailment is a last resort measure to be avoided. In this article, we argue that supply-shaping, achieved through proactive curtailment associated with PV oversupply, is actually critical to achieving intermittency mitigation and delivering firm PV generation at the lowest cost. We investigate the premium to transform a low-cost, but intermittent solar kWh into a firm, effectively dispatchable kWh. We show that a fundamental ingredient of minimizing this premium is to optimally overbuild and, as necessary and appropriate, curtail PV generation. Drawing on a case study in the State of Minnesota, we show that firm, high-penetration-ready PV generation could be achieved at a production cost at or below current conventional generation, especially when optimally coupled with wind generation. We conclude with a recommendation that in order to achieve this lowest cost firm generation potential, proactive curtailment strategies should inform future transactional PV remuneration systems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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