• DocumentCode
    1804811
  • Title

    Balancing fluctuating power sources

  • Author

    Maegaard, Preben

  • Author_Institution
    Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, World Wind Energy Inst., Denmark
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-7 Nov. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    It is necessary to combine and integrate technologies since no single renewable energy source is sufficient to be able to stand alone. Non-grid applications will be applied as well. Because of fluctuation of wind and solar power, integration of new energy including non-grid solutions were important to offer a steady consumption of power. Proper storage and comprehensive utilization of power were needed to make full use of power. Several types of storage of power was introduced and a certain example for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) was given in this paper. In Demark, combined heating/cooling and power system was used to make improvement of energy efficiency, in which hot water was used as medium. By district heating and CHP, the rate of energy effeciency was increased about 50%, compared with conventional power plants. Fossil fuel was replaced with biomass storage to solve the enviornmental problems. Average use of CHP was just 9%, so CHP could be developed greatly in the future.
  • Keywords
    cogeneration; fluctuations; fossil fuels; power consumption; solar power stations; wind power plants; CHP; Demark; balancing fluctuating power sources; biomass storage; combined heat and power; fossil fuel; heating/cooling; nongrid applications; power storage; power system; solar power; steady power consumption; wind power; Biomass; Cogeneration; Electricity; Resistance heating; Solar heating; Wind power generation; biomass storage; combined heating/cooling power system; non-grid; wind power;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    World Non-Grid-Connected Wind Power and Energy Conference (WNWEC), 2010
  • Conference_Location
    Nanjing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8920-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8921-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WNWEC.2010.5673216
  • Filename
    5673216