Abstract
As has been often reported, electricity systems with high
levels of variable wind and solar power generation would
benefit from demand flexibility. What is not as often
mentioned is that electrification of the transport and
heat sectors could exacerbate the need for flexibility,
if they are implemented as inflexible loads. This demand
could also be made more flexible, but it comes with a
cost. The main issue is to identify the cases in which
the benefits will outweigh those costs, a matter that
will naturally depend on the evolution of specific energy
systems. In this article, we lay out some generic
principles and characteristics related to heatsector
flexibility and demonstrate its possibilities using
specific examples. While we generally use the word heat
here, most of the discussions also apply to cool, which,
after all, is just another form of temperature
difference.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 7842783 |
| Pages (from-to) | 25-33 |
| Journal | IEEE Power and Energy Magazine |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Feb 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
H. Madsen acknowledges support by CITIES (Center for ITIntelligent Energy Systems, DSF 1305-00027B). G. Strbac acknowledges support from the U.K. Research Council-funded project "Energy Storage for Low-Carbon Grids." Tsinghua University acknowledges support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51620105007). S. Heinen acknowledges support from the Fonds National de la Recherche, Luxembourg (project reference 6018454) and CITIES (DSF 1305-00027B/DSF). J. Kiviluoma acknowledges support from the FLEX-e program funded by TEKES.
Keywords
- Resistance heating
- Heat pumps
- Water heating
- Space heating
- Solar heating
- Heat sinks
- Power system planning
- System integration
