Integrating large quantities of variable renewable electricity generation remains a political
and operational challenge. One of the main obstacles in Europe to installing at least 200 …

Abstract Scaling-up Variable Renewable Energy will face critical bottlenecks vis-a-vis
requisite transmission hosting capacity. Network developments must navigate the …

Australia experienced significant growth in variable renewable energy (VRE) investment
commitments during 2016–2021. A subset of projects experienced material entry frictions …

Concerns about global warming, scarcity of fossil fuel reserves, and primary energy
independence of regions or countries have led to a dramatic increase of renewable energy …

Fluctuating wind production over short time periods is balanced by adjusting generation
from thermal plants to meet demand. Thermal ramp rates are limited, so increased variation …

Abstract Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) operates in one of the world's longest
and stringiest transmission networks. The 2016–2020 investment supercycle, in which …

The ability of load to respond to short-term variations in electricity prices plays an
increasingly important role in balancing short-term supply and demand, especially during …

In this paper, we investigate the impact of zonal network management in the operation of
power systems with significant levels of renewable energy integration. Our study is inspired …

The integration of the day-ahead electricity markets in Europe shall lead to one multi-area
market that will substitute the local/national ones. In view of the “target model” that will be …

This study quantifies the economic and environmental impacts associated with the change
from a zonal to nodal design in the Texas electricity market. To begin, we present a …