Publication Date
2017
Journal or Book Title
Energies
Abstract
Thanks to its huge water storage capacity, Norway has an excess of energy generation at annual scale, although significant regional disparity exists. On average, the Mid-Norway region has an energy deficit and needs to import more electricity than it exports. We show that this energy deficit can be reduced with an increase in wind generation and transmission line capacity, even in future climate scenarios where both mean annual temperature and precipitation are changed. For the considered scenarios, the deficit observed in winter disappears, i.e., when electricity consumption and prices are high. At the annual scale, the deficit behaviour depends more on future changes in precipitation. Another consequence of changes in wind production and transmission capacity is the modification of electricity exchanges with neighbouring regions which are also modified both in terms of average, variability and seasonality.
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0625-4357
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/en10020227
Volume
10
Special Issue
Applied Energy System Modeling 2016
Issue
2
License
UMass Amherst Open Access Policy
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
François, Baptiste; Martino, Sara; Tøfte, Lena S.; Hingray, Benoit; Mo, Birger; and Creutin, Jean-Dominique, "Effects of Increased Wind Power Generation on Mid-Norway’s Energy Balance under Climate Change: A Market Based Approach" (2017). Energies. 825.
https://doi.org/10.3390/en10020227