Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d7.0277
Regional Analysis of Potentials of Flexibility Options in the ElectricitySystem for the Study Regions Prignitz in Brandenburg and Anhalt-Bitterfeld-Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt
Anna Seefried
; Reiner Lemoine Institut, Rudower Chaussee 12, 12489 Berlin, Germany
Berit Müller
; International Solar Energy Society, German Section, Erich-Steinfurth-Straße 8, 10243 Berlin, Germany
Elisa Förster
; Reiner Lemoine Institut, Rudower Chaussee 12, 12489 Berlin, Germany
Abstract
The electricity system is changing. Due to the climate targets, the share of fluctuating renewable energy will continue to rise in the next few years, and conventional, fossil fuels will increasingly take a back seat. This creates the challenge of balancing supply and demand in the power system and increases the need for flexibility in the electricity system. In this article flexibility in energy systems is introduced, flexibility options are categorised along existing literature and a method is explained to approach the estimation of flexibility potential by means of two example regions. Therefore, 13 flexibility options in the electricity system in four categories are analysed: flexible generators, demand side management, storage, and power-to-X. By means of the two study regions Prignitz in
Brandenburg and Anhalt-Bitterfeld-Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, a practicable, transferable method to quantify and compare the technical potentials of the flexibility options at a high regional level is developed.
Keywords
Flexibility; Regional energy system; Potential; Case-study; Flexibility options; Electricity.
Hrčak ID:
226028
URI
Publication date:
31.3.2020.
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