The impact of the establishment of the cross-border balancing market on the integration of RES into the regional electricity grid

Abstract

Nowadays, it has become of great importance to obtain electricity from renewable, clean sources that do not pollute the nature. Wind power plants and photovoltaic-based solar power plants, which are among the leading renewable energy technologies, pose difficulties in monitoring the system for transmission system operators because their production is intermittent and not always continuous. Production from these sources varies with changing weather conditions and can be difficult to predict. Although new renewable capacities are available, including in the power system, the problem of intermittency of meteorological uncertainty is a major problem for the system stability of the power grid. The electricity obtained from RES based on intermittent wind and solar energy can vary significantly in a short time depending on changing weather conditions. The greater the share of these intermittent power supplies connected to the grid, the greater the risk of instability in the system. In this sense, integrating Turkey's large capacity in wind, solar and hydroelectric energy with the energy system of neighboring countries will greatly increase system reliability. Establishing regional energy markets and cross-border electricity collaborations are of great importance for the integration of this discrete renewable energy capacity into the system. In this study, Turkey's contribution to the integration of renewable resources into the cross-border power balancing market and regional load transfer is investigated. The electrical load transfer potential was examined in the light of the current capacity and planned future capacity increases, and the benefits and necessity of the system to be installed were revealed.

Keywords

• Sustainable energy
• Renewable resources
• Balancing market
• Electricity grid

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