Flexibility Assessment for High Shares Of Renewable Energy

Kurzfassung

We assess different flexibility options through the lens of a bottom-up energy system model. For this purpose, we filter different flexibility options and power generation technologies in the energy system modeling framework REMix and run a post-processing algorithm on the model output for installed capacities and system costs. The applied data transformation reveals combinations of technologies (rather than single technologies) under different carbon mitigation constraints. As a result, we identify flexibility options which resonate best with the deployment of future power generation technologies. By considering numerous model regions, we systematically capture the interdependence between the composition of the power plant portfolio and the use of different flexibility options.