Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8072173 | Energy | 2018 | 31 Pages |
Abstract
We find the British electricity system is rapidly moving into unprecedented territory, with peak demand rising above 70â¯GW due to electric heating, and intermittent renewable output exceeding demand as early as 2021. Hourly ramp-rates widen by 50% and year-to-year variability increases by 80%, showing why future power system studies must consider multiple years of data, and the influence of weather on both supply and demand. Our framework is globally applicable, and allows detailed scenarios of hourly electricity supply and demand to be explored using only limited input data such as annual quantities from government scenarios or broader energy systems models.
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Authors
Iain Staffell, Stefan Pfenninger,