Sector coupling Sample Clauses

Sector coupling. As mentioned above in subsection 3.2.5, on the Orkney Islands under the SMILE project, individual heating systems are pooled together and switched on when the island’s wind turbines would be curtailed. This is an example of sector coupling between electricity and heat in the UK through aggregated demand-response. Currently, there is no legal regime for electricity-to-heat sector coupling, but it is possible to analyse if the definition of energy storage in the electricity system covers thermal storage, as it does in the EU definition [132]. In deliverable D7.1 of the SMILE project, it appeared that a tentative definition was chosen by the Ofgem and should be published soon [133]. In this case, electricity storage would be defined as: The conversion of electrical energy into a form of energy which can be stored, the storing of that energy, and the subsequent reconversion of that energy back into electrical energy. As one can note, at the difference of the EU definition for electricity storage, this formulation does not include the possibility to store and then use electricity under another form. As a result, Power to Heat is not an option under the potential electricity storage definition in the UK. This is not an issue for the SMILE project as no centralised large heat storage is being installed, but on the long run, for the UK, it might be necessary to have a clarification on this point, especially if DH networks will expand as intended and if sector coupling is increasingly used. Indeed, the British Government already acknowledged that “heat networks themselves can provide seasonal as well as daily storage using large water tanks” [134]. But in 2018, it emphasised that a “wide scale electrification of heating” would create challenges for the electricity system, with possible major impacts on “demand patterns” and “peak loads”, a concern for the electric grid management [135]. Consequently, it decided to further study for electric heating the potential for flexibility mechanisms to moderate the requirement for additional generation and network capacity, including the potential for inter-seasonal storage, smart systems, demand-side response (DSR) and interconnection to avoid the huge costs of meeting peak demand [136]. The Scottish Government seems slightly more positive on the potential of thermal storage and DH networks for the electricity system and especially the integration of variable renewable energy sources but comes to the same conclusion that mor...
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Sector coupling. Energy policy documents in Denmark show interest in different technologies for electricity and heating storage as a part of the flexibility mechanisms for the integration of a higher share of intermittent renewable energy sources into the energy mix [202]. The fulfilment of the policy goal to increase the use of sustainable energy sources in the energy mix increases the challenge of balancing wind and solar power. In Denmark, flexible DH systems help to balance these fluctuations in the power system and thereby support the integration of wind and solar power. According to the long-term 2050 ambitions, a very large share of the electricity and heating generation will have to come from renewable energy [203]. In that respect DH has a great advantage, as it is flexible with regard to both fuels and heating generation technology [204]. Some recognised technologies to improve the flexibility of the DH and CHP systems can help to further integrate intermittent power, such as for example heat storages, electric boilers and heat pumps [205]. If no adequate measures are taken, the integration of a high level of variable renewable energy into the electricity mix exposes the Danish grid to a high risk of malfunction. Therefore, most Danish CHP plants are connected to a heat storage facility to improve the flexibility of the energy system [206]. With heat storage facilities, CHP plants can produce excess heat and store it in the storage unit during the day when the need for electricity is normally high and, thus, production of electricity is high. In the evening, when electricity production is lower and the heat production is lower than the demand, it can simply use the heat energy from the storage [ 207 ]. This means that CHP plants optimise their cogeneration according to the electricity demand without compromising the supply of heat. This is a specific asset to the Danish energy system as CHP plants connect the electricity demand to the heating demand through the use of DH systems [208]. One development in Denmark of particular importance in the analysis of sector coupling is that electric heating was banned in 1988 in order to improve efficient utilisation of energy [209]. Subsequently, the ban was specified in the Executive Order on connection for collective heat supply systems (Bekendtgørelse om tilslutning m.v. til kollektive varmeforsyningsanlæg [ 210 ]) to prevent the installation of electric heating in existing buildings with water based central heating syst...
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