IEA talks of “implicit” energy storage to integrate solar and wind generation
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is working on the best approaches for integrating variable renewable energy into power grid systems.
According to the latest report published by the photovoltaic systems (PVPS) program of the IEA, wind and solar energy are the technologies with the greatest development potential for today’s energy systems, while providing the lowest unit costs.
However, wind and solar are variable renewables depending on the weather and season. Mass distribution requires “transforming them from fickle to stable resources that are constantly available to meet demand 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.”
The technologies needed to convert variable RES into sustainable generation already exist. These include energy storage systems (ESS), the optimal combination of variable RES and other renewable resources, geographical dispersal, flexible supply, and demand management, etc.
What would be the optimal solution?
The authors of the report introduce the term implicit energy storage. It has nothing to do with SNE. We are talking about the creation of excess solar and wind energy capacity, which is designed to regulate, curtailment (English — curtailment) generation and reduce the need for…
