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The Global Grid
DOI:10.1016/j.renene.2013.01.032.png)
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This paper puts forward the vision that a natural future stage of the electricity network could be a grid spanning the whole planet and connecting most of the large power plants in the world: this is the Global Grid. The main driving force behind the Global Grid will be the harvesting of remote renewable sources, and its key infrastructure element will be the high capacity long transmission lines. Wind farms and solar power plants will supply load centers with green power over long distances. This paper focuses on the introduction of the concept, showing that a globally interconnected network can be technologically feasible and economically competitive. We further highlight the multiple opportunities emerging from a global electricity network such as smoothing the renewable energy supply and electricity demand, reducing the need for bulk storage, and reducing the volatility of the energy prices. We also discuss possible investment mechanisms and operating schemes. Among others, we envision in such a system a global power market and the establishment of two new coordinating bodies, the Global Regulator and the Global System Operator. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keyword:
Global electricity grid
Electricity transmission network
Global electrical network
Renewable energy
Wind power
Solar power
期刊
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9.1
论文数:
2.6W
被引数:
12.1W
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