flexibility

4 min.

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions is the main driver of the energy transition, supported by the large-scale expansion of wind and solar energy production, writes Marcel Eijgelaar, researcher at DNV GL. Due to the variable output of these renewables, maintaining the balance between supply and demand is becoming more challenging with a higher need for grid flexibility and more volatile prices on electricity markets. New solutions are emerging, from battery storage to hydrogen electrolysis

24/May/2019

New applications for surplus energy

Opinion

5 min.

06/May/2019

Green gas, really?

Opinion

7 min.

29/April/2019

Crushed hot rocks to store wind energy

Technology

15 min.

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany is testing how a 100% renewable power system can be achieved with internal low voltage distribution networks, flexible consumption and generation from local production points

31/January/2019

Fail safe renewable energy power systems

Markets

13-14 min.

14/January/2019

Incapacitated markets

Heather O’Brian, Markets

10-11 min.

Consumers will become more active market players as the amount of renewable energy in the grids increases, providing, for a fee, greater flexibility for power systems and increasing decarbonisation

29/October/2018

Power On Demand

Heather O’Brian, Markets

4-5 min.

Smart meters are seen as central to managing more flexible power systems, but more cooperation between Transmission System Operators and local Distribution System Operators are needed if this technology is to really help move forward the energy transformation

23/July/2018

Get flexible with smart meters

Business

9-10 min.

The ups and downs in demand for electricity have long made the flexible operation of power systems a must, so increasing that flexibility to also accommodate variations in supply from renewables is not that big a challenge. Having a clear definition of the term can only help the energy transition

27/April/2018

Flexibility and the energy transition

Markets

11-12 min.

20/April/2018

Gas in transition

Heather O’Brian, Markets

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