Offshore wind + Energy Storage

Offshore wind + Energy Storage: Selection and design of energy storage for the integration of offshore wind energy in the future Dutch electricity system

Ponsioen, Coen (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering)

de Jong, W. (mentor)
Polinder, H. (graduation committee)
Kortlever, R. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Mechanical Engineering

2974

2019-05-10

The Dutch government has set out to largely reach reductions in carbon emissions in the electricity sector with the utilization of offshore wind energy. Due to the intermittency of wind energy this poses new problems and challenges for the future electricity system in the Netherlands. The objective of this report is to identify the challenges for the electricity supply of offshore wind farms and to research how energy storage and alternative wind turbine design can aid in these challenges. The problems experienced and possible solutions are first identified by conducting a literature review and data analysis. Subsequently a Matlab model is constructed to simulate an offshore wind farm and energy storage system. This model is used to determine the most cost-efficient storage technique and the impact of this technique on the future electricity system.
Of the challenges for future offshore wind farms do the short-term profile effects have the most influence. These effects negatively affect: 1. the security of supply in the electricity system, 2. the stability of the load on the high voltage grid and 3. the market value of the produced electricity. The impact of these effects is intensified by the strong correlation in power production between the connected (future) onshore and offshore wind farms. To reduce profile effects energy storage is used, the optimal configuration of the storage system has a power capacity between 0.23 and 0.27 times the rated power of the wind farm. For the optimal energy capacity, however, no optimum is found, and the design depends on the desired impact of the system. An analysis on the impact of an optimal design has shown that an offshore wind and energy storage system does not result in an economical feasible system. Short-term profile effect reduction with energy storage, however, is shown to be essential in a future electricity system that is dominated by wind and solar power. The short-term profile effects of wind energy production are correlated too much and will have a too high impact on the system if no energy storage is included in offshore wind electricity production.

Energy Storage
Offshore wind energy
Offshore Technology
Energy integration
Electricity market
Electricity market design
wind energy integration
Offshore energy storage
wind turbine design
renewable energy systems

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2020-05-10

Student theses

master thesis

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