100% renewable energy system in Japan: Smoothening and ancillary services

Esteban, Miguel; Portugal-Pereira, Joana; Mclellan, Benjamin C.; Bricker, J.D.; Farzaneh, Hooman; Djalilova, Nigora; Ishihara, Keiichi N.; Takagi, Hiroshi; Roeber, Volker

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.04.067

100% renewable energy system in Japan

Title

100% renewable energy system in Japan: Smoothening and ancillary services

Author

Esteban, Miguel (Waseda University)
Portugal-Pereira, Joana (Imperial College London)
Mclellan, Benjamin C. (Kyoto University)
Bricker, J.D. (TU Delft Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk)
Farzaneh, Hooman (Kyushu University)
Djalilova, Nigora (University of Tokyo)
Ishihara, Keiichi N. (Kyoto University)
Takagi, Hiroshi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Roeber, Volker (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

Date

2018-08-15

Abstract

In the aftermath of the Paris Agreements, many countries around the globe have pledged to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions being released into the atmosphere. To do so, it is important that the amount of renewable energy in the electricity grid increases. However, there are worries of the capacity of the grid to cope with intermittent energy sources. To assess the feasibility of a 100% renewable energy system in Japan, the authors conducted an hourly simulation of future electricity production based on wind, solar and tidal data. The system was shown to be stable, and the authors calculated the required capacity of electrical batteries that would be necessary to balance such a system.

Subject

Ancillary services
Electricity storage
Renewable energy
Solar
Wind

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.04.067

Embargo date

2019-05-16

ISSN

0306-2619

Source

Applied Energy, 224, 698-707