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Investigation of Technical Potentials for Load Shifting and Their Suitability to Compensate Forecast Errors of Wind Parks

Authors:
Liana Maria Jacob
Sebastian Reinöhl
Wolfgang Schufft

Keywords: Demand Side Management; forecast error; load shifting; wind parks

Abstract:
Fundamental changes in the availability profile of electric power are expected due to the predominant feed-in share of renewable energy sources. In order to balance the differences between the regional generation and consumption, caused by forecast errors, the expansion of the power grid is currently being accelerated. However, a rational and resource-saving alternative constitutes the participation of consumers, which are capable of shifting load, in a Demand Side Management (DSM) concept. In the present work, the suitability of deploying existing consumers for compensating wind forecast errors in a German federal state is investigated. For the investigation, a survey regarding the structure and proportion of existing consumers in the domestic, industrial and service sector was conducted. Furthermore, the identification and quantification of their potentials of load shifting took center stage. A confrontation of expected positive, as well as negative forecast errors and technical potential of existing loads indicate that there is a high probability of successful elimination of unbalances, if a collaboration between wind parks and regional consumers was accounted.

Pages: 67 to 72

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: May 20, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-412X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-635-4

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from May 20, 2018 to May 24, 2018