Exploitation of Power-to-Gas for Ancillary Services Provision (within the Context of Synergy Action TSO 2020)

The progressive phase out of fossil fuel power plants and the integration of variable renewable energy sources, driven by environmental directives striving for the reduction of CO2 emissions, is reshaping how electricity Transmission System Operators (TSOs) plan and operate the power system. The mitigation of uncertainty, which imperils the...

Feasibility Of Demand Side Response From Electrolyzers To Support Power System Stability

The search for new sources of ancillary services and the projected demand for hydrogen as a medium of energy storage has aroused considerable interest in the use of large scale electrolysers for power system ancillary services. As the number of large scale electrolysers is projected to grow, it is important that the dynamics of these plants are...

Integration of Power-to-Gas Conversion into Dutch Electrical Ancillary Services Markets

This paper investigates the viability of the integration of demand side response of large scale electrolyser facilities into electrical ancillary services markets. A review of the current structure and mechanisms of balancing markets, voltage control and congestion management in the Netherlands is presented, taking into consideration future...

Response to ‘Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems’

A recent article ‘Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems’ claims that many studies of 100% renewable electricity systems do not demonstrate sufficient technical feasibility, according to the criteria of the article's authors (henceforth ‘the authors’). Here we analyse the authors’...

Wind Turbine Contribution to Ancillary Services under Increased Renewable Penetration levels

Wind constitutes a dominant form of sustainable energy that is expected to grow rapidly in the years to come. Increased inverter-based wind power penetration may however endanger grid stability and reliability, if not enriched with the capability to provide crucial ancillary services to the grid, such as frequency regulation. In order for the...

Gaming an Oligopoly: A Game-Theoretic Computational Modeling Approach on the Dutch Secondary Reserve Capacity Market

This thesis is written in the context of a world in which renewable energy assumes an ever growing share within the Dutch electricity sector. Given the fluctuating output of renewable energy sources, the importance of the Dutch secondary reserve capacity market is expected to increase considerably in upcoming years. Its architecture, a monopsony...

For the Permittance of Renewables in the Spanish Secondary Reserves Market

Recent Spanish legislation has enacted a complete reform of the energy sector in efforts to balance system costs with revenues and reign in the accumulating tariff deficit. Under the new legislation, wind energy and other renewables must compete against traditional thermal and hydro plants, yet are not allowed in the ancillary services market...