System integration of wind and solar power in integrated assessment models: A cross-model evaluation of new approaches

Robert C. Pietzcker, Falko Ueckerdt, Samuel Carrara, Harmen Sytze de Boer, Jacques Després, Shinichiro Fujimori, Nils Johnson, Alban Kitous, Yvonne Scholz, Patrick Sullivan and Gunnar Luderer

Energy Economics, 2017, vol. 64, issue C, 583-599

Abstract: Mitigation-Process Integrated Assessment Models (MP-IAMs) are used to analyze long-term transformation pathways of the energy system required to achieve stringent climate change mitigation targets. Due to their substantial temporal and spatial aggregation, IAMs cannot explicitly represent all detailed challenges of integrating the variable renewable energies (VRE) wind and solar in power systems, but rather rely on parameterized modeling approaches. In the ADVANCE project, six international modeling teams have developed new approaches to improve the representation of power sector dynamics and VRE integration in IAMs.

Keywords: Integrated Assessment Models (IAM); Variable Renewable Energy (VRE); Wind and solar power; System integration; Power sector model; Flexibility options (storage, transmission grid, demand response); Model evaluation; Model validation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C6 C61 Q40 Q42 Q47 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Working Paper: System Integration of Wind and Solar Power in Integrated Assessment Models: a Cross-model Evaluation of New Approaches (2017)
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