Offshore transmission for wind: Comparing the economic benefits of different offshore network configurations |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Curtin University Graduate School of Business, 78 Murray Street, Perth, WA6000, Australia;2. Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Royal College Building, 204 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1XW, United Kingdom;3. RTE, R & D Division, 9 rue de la porte de Buc, 78005, Versailles, France;1. Key Laboratory of Solar Thermal Energy and Photovoltaic System, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun, Haidian, Beijing, 100190, China;2. China Electric Power Research Institute, Nanjing, 210003, Jiangsu, China;3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China;1. Centre for Energy Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, 50603 Kuala Lumpur University of Malaya, Malaysia;2. Mechanical Engineering Department, Collage of Engineering, King Saud University, 11421 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;3. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur, 1700, Bangladesh;1. South China University of Technology, Wushan Road 381#, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510640, China;2. Jiangsu University, Jiangsu, Xuefu Road 301#, Jingkou District, Zhenjiang 212013, China;1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore;2. Water Desalination & Reuse (WDR) Center King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | It has been argued that increasing transmission network capacity is vital to ensuring the full utilisation of renewables in Europe. The significant wind generation capacity proposed for the North Sea combined with high penetrations of other intermittent renewables across Europe has raised interest in different approaches to connecting offshore wind that might also increase interconnectivity between regions in a cost effective way. These analyses to assess a number of putative North Sea networks confirm that greater interconnection capacity between regions increases the utilisation of offshore wind energy, reducing curtailed wind energy by up to 9 TWh in 2030 based on 61 GW of installed capacity, and facilitating a reduction in annual generation costs of more than €0.5bn. However, at 2013 fuel and carbon prices, such additional network capacity allows cheaper high carbon generation to displace more expensive lower carbon plant, increasing coal generation by as much as 24 TWh and thereby increasing CO2 emissions. The results are sensitive to the generation “merit order” and a sufficiently high carbon price would yield up to a 28% decrease in emissions depending on the network case. It is inferred that carbon pricing may impact not only generation investment but also the benefits associated with network development. |
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| Keywords: | Renewable energy Carbon emissions Carbon pricing Electricity transmission Offshore wind energy Cost benefit analysis |
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