Nuclear Energy and Renewables System Effects in Low-carbon Electricity Systems
This report addresses the increasingly important interactions of variable renewables and dispatchable energy technologies, such as nuclear power, in terms of their effects on electricity systems. These effects add costs to the production of electricity, which are not usually transparent. The report...
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OECD Publishing
2012.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Executive summary Chapter 1. Introduction: system effects between nuclear energy and variable renewables 1.1. Why a study on the system effects of nuclear energy and variable renewables? 1.2. The nature of this study 1.3. Notions of system costs and their relation to externalities 1.4. The question of pecuniary externalities 1.5. A new role for nuclear energy Chapter 2. The effects of nuclear power at the level of the electricity system 2.1. Nuclear power plants as part of the electrical system 2.2. The siting issue 2.3. The importance of grid quality for nuclear power plants 2.4. Costs for a nuclear power plant . 2.5. Conclusion Chapter 3. The contribution of nuclear power to the minimisation of system effects in the short and long run 3.1. The flexibility potential of nuclear power plants in the short run 3.2. Long-term management of nuclear power plant fleets to minimise system costs 3.3. Conclusion Chapter 4. Determining and measuring the system costs of power generation 4.1. System costs in the electricity sector: the system cost matrix 4.2. Quantitative estimation of system costs for selected OECD countries 4.3. De-optimisation of the generation mix and pecuniary externalities Appendix 4.A. OECD system cost model Appendix 4.B. Supplementary tables and data Appendix 4.C. Calculation of the optimal generation mix using annual LOAD duration curve and residual duration curves Appendix 4.D Changes in the optimal generation mix – a hidden system cost Chapter 5. Regulatory frameworks for the internalisation of system effects and the adequate remuneration of flexibility services 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Dispatchable back-up capacity, interconnections, storage and demand response: four options for the provision of flexibility services 5.3. Markets for managing variability and the provision of dispatchable capacity 5.4. Improving renewable support policies to reduce system effects 5.5. Conclusion Chapter 6. Future visions 6.1. The role of smart electricity grids in facilitating the interaction between intermittent renewables and nuclear power in integrated electricity systems 6.2. The economic potential of small modular reactors in integrated electricity systems Chapter 7. Modelling the system-wide interaction of nuclear power and renewables: a case study of Germany 7.1. Objective and background of this analysis 7.2. Methodology and presentation of the model 7.3. The case study 7.4. Summary Appendix 7.A. Structure and working of the E2M2S and the JMM used in the modelling Appendix 7.B. The impacts of the annual volatility of wind and solar generation Chapter 8. Lessons learnt and policy recommendations 8.1. System effects: the need for policy action 8.2.. On this study 8.3. Lessons learnt 8.4. Policy recommendations ANNEXES Members of the Working Party on Nuclear Energy Economics (WPNE) Acronyms
