The flexibility requirements for power plants with CCS in a future energy system with a large share of intermittent renewable energy sources

A. S. Brouwer*, M. van den Broek, A. Seebregts, A. P. C. Faaij

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Abstract

This paper investigates flexibility issues of future low-carbon power systems. The short-term power system impacts of intermittent renewables are identified and roughly quantified based on a review of wind integration studies. Next, the flexibility parameters of three types of power plants with CO2 capture are quantified, and used in a power system model of The Netherlands to determine the technical and economic feasibility. We find that coal-fired power plants with CO2 capture achieve higher load factors and short-term profits than gas-fired plants in future power systems, and that those coal-fired plants are flexible enough to balance high levels of wind power. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGHGT-11
EditorsT Dixon, K Yamaji
Place of PublicationAMSTERDAM
PublisherElsevier Science
Pages2657-2664
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventInternational Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies (GHGT) - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: 18 Nov 201222 Nov 2012

Publication series

NameEnergy Procedia
PublisherELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Volume37
ISSN (Print)1876-6102

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Greenhouse Gas Technologies (GHGT)
Country/TerritoryJapan
Period18/11/1222/11/12

Keywords

  • Carbon Capture and Storage
  • Power plant
  • Flexibility
  • Renewables
  • Power system modeling
  • CAPTURE

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