Electricity market and power flow impact of offshore grids in the Baltic sea region

Niina Helistö, Sanna Uski

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    Abstract

    This paper analyses offshore wind power development and offshore grid options in the Baltic Sea region. The approach in this study links offshore wind power plant clustering, onshore connection point determination, offshore grid structure optimisation, unit commitment and economic dispatch simulation and power flow calculation together. The study compares the investment costs of different offshore grid topologies as well as the impacts of the offshore grids on the total operational costs of the power system, electricity production by fuel type, wind power curtailment and greenhouse gas emissions. The results show that additional interconnections between price regions are beneficial in the Baltic Sea region and topologies consisting of two-terminal links may beat multi-terminal links in profitability.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication14th International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Plants
    PublisherEnergynautics GmbH
    ISBN (Print)978-3-9816549-1-2
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    MoE publication typeB3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings
    Event14th International Workshop on Large-scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Power Plants, WIW2015 - Brussels, Belgium
    Duration: 20 Oct 201522 Oct 2015
    Conference number: 14

    Workshop

    Workshop14th International Workshop on Large-scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Power Plants, WIW2015
    Abbreviated titleWIW2015
    Country/TerritoryBelgium
    CityBrussels
    Period20/10/1522/10/15

    Keywords

    • HVDC transmission
    • offshore grid
    • offshore wind power
    • power system planning

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