Cost-efficient design of wind turbines from an electricity system perspective

Research Project, 2020 – 2025

Variability and system services are often put forward as factors limiting the share of the electricity demand which can be supplied by wind power. But wind power can be designed to reduce variability in electricity generation and to supply system services. However, there is a range of technology options and strategies which could meet these needs, such as hydropower, batteries or collaboration with the heat- and transport sector. The project proposed investigates to which extent it is cost-efficient to build and operate wind power plants to reduce variability and contribute with system services in different electricity system contexts. The project contributes to the understanding of when and where wind power has a role as variation management provider, frequency regulator and voltage regulator. The project is planned to be carried out as a collaboration between the field of energy systems analysis and electrical power engineering and, to some extent, wind power construction and design.