Power trading causes more grid fluctuation than renewables
pv magazine / Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation
European power trading causes more fluctuation in the electricity grid than the feed-in of renewable power, according to a study by the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation. The grid displays particular large fluctuations every 15 minutes - exactly the time period for wholesale power trading, according to a press release on the paper, which was . "Interestingly, frequency fluctuations caused by trading seem to be more relevant than fluctuations caused by renewables," study author Marc Timme summarizes.
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