Europe’s New Energy Ready For The Worst

Europe may thrive on renewable energy despite unpredictable weather

July 26, 2018 (Science Daily)

“…[Despite the variability] of wind and solar energy, the European power system can comfortably generate at least 35% of its electricity using these renewables alone without major impacts on prices or system stability…[Irish, Swiss, and UK researchers say Europe’s grid can integrate the level of New Energy targeted for 2030, after already managing a quadrupling of New Energy] between 2007 and 2016…[The researchers’ conclusions] challenge both the temporal and spatial limitations of previous studies by analyzing electricity system operation across Europe -- including power transmission between countries and technical operational constraints -- using wind and solar data spanning the 30-year period from 1985 to 2014…[They modeled] five different renewable energy scenarios with varying sustainability ambitions 12 years into the future across a vast, interconnected region…[and found that CO2 emissions and total energy generation costs] can become up to five times more uncertain as weather-dependent resources gain greater traction in the market…[But Europe can] withstand this variability…[and use] renewables for more than two-thirds of its electricity by 2030, with more than one-third coming from wind and solar…” click here for more

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