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Session 1: Variable Renewables and the Grid

Part Two

This event took place on 24th January 2006 at 10:30am (10:30 GMT)
Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Can renewable energy provide reliable power? Will it need extensive back up?

The energy available from the winds, waves, tides and the sun varies in ways which may not match variations in energy demand- sometimes there will be too much power, at other times not enough.

Is this a significant problem, or can these new sources be integrated into the grid system without the need for extensive backup or energy storage capacity?

The conference will look the technical options for reconciling the differing patterns of supply and demand.


12.00 Robert Gross (TPA Imperial College): UKERC Review of Intermittency Issues
12.20 Mark Barrett (Consultant) Integrated Systems Modelling
12.40 Discussion
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