Contributing to a resilient energy union: an integrated energy storage and smart grid strategy?

摘要

By 2050, the EU aims to cut its emissions substantially - by 80-95% compared to 1990 levels as part of the efforts required by developed countries as a group. The G7 Summit of June 2015 further indicated that a phase out of fossil fuels will occur by the end of this century. Given the likely technologies of wind and PV lead the way in large scale renewable energy deployment with no doubt other forms of renewable energy supporting regional needs, a number of fundamental questions arise. These address network stability and energy availability. Therefore how much asynchronous renewable energy electricity generation can be placed on the network, how much zero-carbon synchronous generation will be required and how much storage will be needed?