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Combining multiple VRES can take advantage of their complementary features, reducing energy storage needs, optimizing transmission infrastructure, and enhancing system reliability to meet
Combining multiple VRES can take advantage of their complementary features, reducing energy storage needs, optimizing transmission infrastructure, and enhancing system reliability to meet
We find that optimal cross-country coordination of wind and solar capacities across Europe''s integrated electricity system increases capacity factor by 22% while reducing hourly
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Is there a complementarity between wind and solar energy?Studying the complementarity between wind and solar energy is crucial for optimizing the use of these renewable resources.
Is there a complementarity between wind and solar energy?Studying the complementarity between wind and solar energy is crucial for optimizing the use of these renewable resources.
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In the present paper the complementarity of wind and solar resources is assessed for a test year in Italy.
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Optimizing wind-solar installed capacities increases mean capacity factor and reduces its variability. Combining wind and solar improves the output-variability tradeoff at all timescales. The EU reference scenarios appear to overlook these substantial benefits. Optimizing Europe’s renewables increases output by 22% with 26% lower variability.
The larger the timescale, the higher the complementarity between both technologies (i.e. stronger negative correlation). Solar and wind are very complementary at the seasonal level, due to summer having lowest wind speeds but highest irradiance, and vice versa during winter.
For solar PV, there are no consistent data on the spatial distribution of Europe’s utility and rooftop PV systems. We therefore modelled a single crystalline PV installation in each grid cell of MERRA-2, specified at a resolution of 0.5° latitude and 0.625° longitude, and assigned each cell to its respective country.
We find that optimal cross-country coordination of wind and solar capacities across Europe’s integrated electricity system increases capacity factor by 22% while reducing hourly variability by 26%. We show limited benefits to solar integration due to consistent output profiles across Europe.