Abstract
The deployment of zero-carbon renewable energy sources is mandated by the US Department of Energy (US DOE) to increase significantly to support the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This paper proposes a deterministic approach to how networked (interconnected grid) points of receipt to points of delivery can be optimized for wheeling zero- or low-carbon renewable energy resources to high-demand destination load centers while minimizing energy cost with a hub-and-spoke approach. A hub-and-spoke approach routes 'traffic' through a central point. The aapproach was set up as a mixed integer approach in which the cost of transporting energy was minimized. This paper leverages the concepts of a hub-and-spoke transportation model with daily energy market clearing prices, available transmission capacity, and firm daily transmission prices in open-access energy markets to define the most cost-effective route to deliver energy to an applicable load center.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2021 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2021 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781665403115 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 23 2021 |
Event | 8th Annual IEEE Power and Energy Society and Industrial Applications Society PowerAfrica Conference, PowerAfrica 2021 - Virtual, Nairobi, Kenya Duration: Aug 23 2021 → Aug 27 2021 |
Publication series
Name | 2021 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2021 |
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Conference
Conference | 8th Annual IEEE Power and Energy Society and Industrial Applications Society PowerAfrica Conference, PowerAfrica 2021 |
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Country/Territory | Kenya |
City | Virtual, Nairobi |
Period | 08/23/21 → 08/27/21 |
Funding
This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher,by accepting the article for publication,acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive,paid-up,irrevocable,worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published formof this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).
Keywords
- Available transmission capacity
- Renewable energy
- Renewable portfolio standards
- Total transmission capacity
- Transmission wheeling
- Zero emission deliverability