Dissemination strategy on electricity balancing for large scale integration of renewable energy

Objective

DESIRE will disseminate practices which will integrate fluctuating renewable electricity supplies such as wind power into electricity systems using combined heat and power. This will allow an increase in pan-European trade in electricity, it will improve the economic competitiveness of both CHP and wind power, and allow the proportion of renewable electricity that can be absorbed by the system to increase throughout the ED.

As proportions of renewable electricity rise, so does the threat to pan-European trading in electricity. Trans-boundary electricity inter-connectors will become blocked with international transfer of excess wind power supplies. We shall spread knowledge about the short and long term solutions to these problems. In the short term we can use wind power and CHP plant to co-produce a balanced, non-fluctuating, electricity output. Accumulators are heat stores which enable CHP plant to shift energy production from one time to another.

Field of science

• /engineering and technology/electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering/electrical engineering/power engineering/electric power generation/combined heat and power

Programme(s)

• FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SUSTDEV-1.1.2 - Large scale integration of RES into energy supplies

Call for proposal

FP6-2003-TREN-2
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Funding Scheme

SSA - Specific Support Action

Coordinator

AALBORG UNIVERSITY

Address

Frederik Bajers Vej 5
Aalborg Oe
Denmark

Participants (9)

EMD DEUTSCHLAND S. CHUN UND ANDERE GBR

Germany

Address

Ludwig-erhard-strasse 4
Kassel

EMD INTERNATIONAL A/S

Denmark

Address

Niels Jernes Vej 10
Aalborg

FUNDACIÓN LABEIN

Spain

Address

Parque Tecnologico De Bizkaia, Calle Geldo, Edificio 700
Derio

INSTITUT FUER SOLARE ENERGIEVERSORGUNGSTECHNIK E.V

Germany

Address

Koenigstor 59
Kassel

PLANENERGI S/I

Denmark

Address

Jyllandsgade 1
Skoerping

POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA (WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY)

Poland

Address

Pl. Politechniki 1
Warsaw

TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Estonia

Address

Ehitjate Tee 5
Tallinn

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

UNIVERSITAET KASSEL

Germany

Address

Moenchebergstrasse 19
Kassel