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6 Frequently Asked Questions about “Western Europe wind solar and storage integration”
How does solar and wind contribute to the vesg?
The complementary effects of solar, wind and hydropower enhance the VESG even further, which in principle makes it possible to keep the energy storage demand well below the storage capacity of existing hydropower reservoirs (section “Virtual energy storage gain for PV solar, wind and hydropower over Europe”).
Should solar power be integrated across European countries?
The integration of solar power across European countries does not provide significant benefits because generation patterns within the continent are homogeneous and the Southern countries have both higher and more consistent solar resource.
Does wind power provide a minimum energy storage demand?
For Europe, we found that 2–3 times more wind power than solar power provides an appropriate complement to existing hydropower systems, resulting in a minimum energy storage demand.
Can solar PV and wind contribute to virtual energy storage gain?
We show that suitable shares of solar PV, wind and hydropower combined with spatiotemporal coordination of production across Europe can induce virtual energy storage gain (VSEG) that widely exceeds that available in the current hydropower reservoirs.
Why is wind integration important?
Greater wind integration yields larger benefits due to the diversity of regional weather patterns. This framework shows the importance of considering renewable projects not in isolation, but as interconnected parts of a pan-continental system.
Is offshore wind energy more developed in northern Europe than in the south?
Therefore, this offshore energy resource is clearly more developed in northern Europe than in the south, despite the fact that some areas such as the western Iberian Peninsula show a high offshore wind energy resource potential [8, 9], comparable to the resource in the North Sea.