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1.a) Why would Germany built a Direct Current (DC) transmission line from the Northern part to the Southern part (a distance of more than 500 km)? Briefly motivate your answer.
b) Netherlands is connected with Norway by a 580-kilometer long transmission line to Norway (called NordNed). Will this be an AC or DC line? Briefly motivate your answer.
c) Mention one country that has the same frequency (Japan is thus excluded), but not everywhere the same synchronicity.
2. (Maximum 10 points ) Which type of electricity generation creates the most carbon emissions and which the least.
• Monday, double lecture in computer lab– 13:30-15:00 & 15:15-16:45
Renewables EfficiencyCarbon emissions
EU’s 20-20-20 strategy for 2020
Addresses the main problem
Literature:• Böhringer, C., Rosendahl, K,E, 2009. Green serves the dirtiest. Discussion
Papers No. 581, April 2009 Statistics Norway, Research Department• Taylor Taylor, G., Tanton, T. 2012. The hidden cost of wind electricity.
American tradition institute. http://www.atinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Hidden-Cost.pdf
Effects of intermittent generation
1. Effect of subsidized intermittent generation (eg renewables) on the price of electricity
Renewables lower electricity prices: Good news?
• "We learn (page 1) that German wholesale electricity prices are down from 5.115 cents estimated in 2012 to around 3.9 cents. Let’s just note that renewable energy has reduced wholesale prices by 1.2 cents per kWh.„
• "Multiply that by the 482 TWh they expect Germany to consume next year (page 21) , and we see that renewable energy will reduce wholesale prices by EUR 5.784 billion next year."
Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz is a professor of German and European Law at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo
http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/03/renewable-reducing-electricity-prices-in-germany/#mSySxjbiJeXeIWuq.99
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23% increase in charges for consumers!
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• Summary• Wholesale price before: E30/MWh After:E22/MWh• Consumer price before: E30/MWh After:E37/MWh
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• Summary• Wholesale price before: E30/MWh After:E22/MWh• Consumer price before: E30/MWh After:E37/MWh
• QR BL before: E20/MWh After:E14/MWh(“profiling costs”)
– How much money should we raise for BL?– How would this affect consumer price?
• 6/1.5=4 -> consumer price increases to E41/MWh
Effects of intermittent generation
1. Effect of subsidized intermittent generation (eg renewables) on the price of electricity
– Wholesale-market price low, end-user price high– Other plants (especially gas) do not recover costs
• Examples of effect on power plants
Irsching-5 in Bavaria, Germany (EON )
A gas-fired power station,Commissioned in 2010
“Germany needs flexible gas plants to underpin a greater share of renewable sources”
German environment Minister Peter Altmaier
“energy providers have little interest in building new power plants”
Der Spiegel, October 10, 2012
• Effect on consumers
Czech Republic
Germany Spain
Electricity prices 2001-2012
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/energy/data/main_tables
€24 billion deficit
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1. Effect of subsidized intermittent generation (eg renewables) on the price of electricity
– Wholesale-market price low, end-user price high– Other plants (especially gas) do not recover costs
2. Effect on other power plants– Cycling/ramping problem – balancing costs
• Leads to negative price spikes!
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Baseload plants don’t like cycling
Corrosion fatigue
Cracked header
• Market reaction?
• Use more plants with lower cycling costs– Open Cycle Gas Generators (OCCG)
– Also more inefficient and more CO2 emissions.
Emission: 87
80% of wind capacity
Emission: 0
40% of wind capacity
Emission: 28
20% of wind capacity
Emission: 97
0% of wind capacity
Emission: 205
• Denny & O’Malley (2005) 2005 study on Ireland shows that carbon emission savings using wind generation are lowered by 20%-30% due to cycling– Assumes wind penetration of 3%
• Hirth (2013), basing his approximation on a literature study, uses a (fixed) estimate of E4/MWh as balancing cost.
• Once intermittent generation has high penetration levels, the cycling problem becomes very large
http://theenergycollective.com/jeffstjohn/339451/hawaiis-solar-grid-landscape-and-nessie-curve
• How can negative prices come about in Germany?– Mandatory dispatch of wind and solar– “Must-run” generation
• Central Heating and Power plants (CHP)
– Baseload plants don’t like cycling
• For what price would a baseload plant (eg a big nuclear) bid in its electricity?– (DA & ID)
• Day-Ahead market (DA market)– Bid your quantity and price for each hour of the
next day– Market closes at 14:00.– Eg. On 1st June at 13:59, I send in a schedule
for 2nd June with 24 quantity-price bids (one for each hour)
• Intra-Day market (ID market)– Bid for 2 hours ahead– Eg.: On 2nd June, before 3:59 I send in one
quantity-price bid for the hour 6:00-7:00.
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