offshore grids for wind power integration - Greenpeace
offshore grids for wind power integration - Greenpeace
offshore grids for wind power integration - Greenpeace
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image REPARATION WORK ON A<br />
WINDPARK OF THE COAST OF GERMANY.<br />
© LANGROCK/ZENIT/GP<br />
conclusion<br />
An <strong>offshore</strong> grid in the North Sea facilitates trade and it increases<br />
security of supply by offering increased connectivity. It allows<br />
dispatching <strong>power</strong> from <strong>offshore</strong> <strong>wind</strong> farms to different countries<br />
depending on the highest demand. By enabling the supply of<br />
aggregated generation profiles from different regions to one market,<br />
the <strong>offshore</strong> grid contributes to reducing the variability of <strong>wind</strong> <strong>power</strong><br />
generation in the range of hours. Moreover, an <strong>offshore</strong> grid in the<br />
North Sea allows the import of electricity from hydro <strong>power</strong> from<br />
Norway to the British and the UCTE system.This can replace thermal<br />
base load plants and increase the flexibility within a portfolio. In<br />
addition, increased liquidity and trading facilities on the European<br />
<strong>power</strong> markets will allow <strong>for</strong> a more efficient portfolio management.<br />
The value of an <strong>offshore</strong> grid in the North Sea lies in its<br />
contribution <strong>for</strong> increased security of supply, its function <strong>for</strong> the<br />
aggregation and dispatch of <strong>power</strong> from <strong>offshore</strong> <strong>wind</strong> farms, and<br />
in its role as a facilitator <strong>for</strong> <strong>power</strong> exchange and trade between<br />
regions and <strong>power</strong> systems. Integrating interconnectors with<br />
connection lines <strong>for</strong> <strong>wind</strong> farms far from shore can yield efficiency<br />
gains <strong>for</strong> the development of both <strong>wind</strong> <strong>power</strong> projects and<br />
commercial interconnectors.<br />
abbreviations<br />
AC Alternative Current<br />
BERR British Department <strong>for</strong> Business,<br />
Enterprise & Regulatory Re<strong>for</strong>m<br />
BSH German Federal Maritime and Hydrographical Agency<br />
(Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie)<br />
BWEA British Wind Energy Association<br />
CAES Compressed Air Energy Storage<br />
CCGT Combined Cycle Gas Turbine<br />
CE2030 Belgian Expert Commission on Energy 2030<br />
(Commissie Energie 2030)<br />
CHP Combined Heat and Power<br />
COD Concerted Action of Offshore Wind Energy Deployment<br />
DW Douglas Westwood<br />
DC Direct Current<br />
Dena German Energy Agency (Deutsche Energie-Agentur)<br />
DLR German Aerospace Center<br />
(Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt)<br />
EACI Executive Agency <strong>for</strong> Competitiveness and Innovation<br />
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone<br />
EPC Equivalent Wind Power Curve<br />
ETSO European Transmission System Operators<br />
EWEA European Wind Energy Council<br />
EWIS European Wind Integration Study<br />
FNL Final Analysis<br />
GWEC Global Wind Energy Council<br />
HVDC High Voltage Direct Current<br />
HVAC High Voltage Alternative Current<br />
IGBT Insulated Gate Bi-Polar Transistor<br />
LCC Line Commutated Converter<br />
MW, GW megawatt, gigawatt (unit of <strong>power</strong>)<br />
MWh, GWh megawatt-hour, gigawatt-hour (unit of energy)<br />
NCEP United States’ National Center<br />
<strong>for</strong> Environmental Prediction<br />
NWP Numerical Weather Prediction<br />
OCGT Open Cycle Gas Turbine<br />
PAS Pumped hydro Accumulation Storage<br />
TEN-E Trans-European Energy Networks<br />
TSO Transmission System Operator<br />
UCTE Union <strong>for</strong> the Coordination of Transmission of Electricity<br />
VSC Voltage Source Converter<br />
WRF Weather Research and Forecasting Model<br />
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