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A framework to determine optimal offshore grid structures for wind power integration and power exchange

Abstract

This paper presents a framework to find optimal offshore grid expansions using a transportation model of the power grid. The method extends the standard mixed-integer linear programming approach to the solution of the transmission expansion planning problem to account for fluctuations in wind power generation and load; this makes the method especially suited to identify optimal transnational offshore high-voltage direct current grid structures for the integration of large amounts of offshore wind power. The applicability of the method is demonstrated by a case study of the North Sea region. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Category

Academic article

Client

  • Research Council of Norway (RCN) / 193823

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Thomas Trötscher
  • Magnus Korpås

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Energy Research / Energisystemer

Year

2011

Published in

Wind Energy

ISSN

1095-4244

Volume

14

Issue

8

Page(s)

977 - 992

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