Abstract
In view of resource scarcity and environmental issues, transition of the current energy system towards a renewable-based supply seems to be a necessity. The interesting questions within this framework are how such a renewable-based energy system should be structured, and how costly it might be. We investigated the optimal structure of a prospective renewable-based power supply system on the world wide scale. This paper describes the applied simulation technique, which integrates an adequately precise geographical coverage with high temporal resolution. This methodology provides the requirements to properly mimic the geographical dependencies of energy supply and demand as well as short term intermittent patterns of renewable sources. A linear optimization algorithm determines the cost optimal configuration of the prescribed energy system.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 15-21 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Geographic Information System (GIS)
- Linear Optimization
- Power Supply
- Renewable Energy
- Simulation