TY - JOUR
T1 - Seawater PHES to facilitate wind power integration in dry coastal areas - Duqm case study
AU - Albadi, M. H.
AU - Al-Busaidi, A. S.
AU - El-Saadany, E. F.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the support of Rural Areas Electricity Company (RAEC), Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP), and the Public Authority of Electricity and Water (PAEW) for supporting this work and for providing data used in the simulation. Additionally, the authors would like to thank Rent-A-Port Green Energy (RAP-Energy) and Mr. P. Bayart, for the assistance and disclosure of some of project data.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Currently, the contribution of renewable energy resources, such as wind power, in power systems is increasing in large, interconnected systems. However, the intermittent nature of renewable energy poses a profound challenge to power system operation and planning. Using energy storage systems can facilitate wind power integration in isolated systems. Pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plants are by far the most established technology for energy storage on a large-scale. In dry coastal areas, seawater PHES can be used to facilitate the integration of large scale renewable energy resources. In Oman, the potential of renewable energy resources has not been exploited yet. This article presents a techno-economic evaluation case study of using a combined wind power and PHES power plant to highlight its economic feasibility. PHES systems can enable higher penetration of renewable energy in isolated systems, therefore reducing the dependency on fossil fuels.
AB - Currently, the contribution of renewable energy resources, such as wind power, in power systems is increasing in large, interconnected systems. However, the intermittent nature of renewable energy poses a profound challenge to power system operation and planning. Using energy storage systems can facilitate wind power integration in isolated systems. Pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plants are by far the most established technology for energy storage on a large-scale. In dry coastal areas, seawater PHES can be used to facilitate the integration of large scale renewable energy resources. In Oman, the potential of renewable energy resources has not been exploited yet. This article presents a techno-economic evaluation case study of using a combined wind power and PHES power plant to highlight its economic feasibility. PHES systems can enable higher penetration of renewable energy in isolated systems, therefore reducing the dependency on fossil fuels.
KW - Energy Storage
KW - Isolated Power System
KW - Pumped Hydro Energy Storage
KW - Techno-economic Evaluation
KW - Wind Power
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85029783581
SN - 1309-0127
VL - 7
SP - 1363
EP - 1375
JO - International Journal of Renewable Energy Research
JF - International Journal of Renewable Energy Research
IS - 3
ER -
