Research project SOLREV

Solar resources and forecasts for integration of solar energy into the power grid and the energy market

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Credit:

BMWK

Many years of reliable solar radiation data are required to reduce the business risk of large solar power plants requiring high investment costs, and to increase willingness to invest in such projects. Solar power forecasts are the foundation of optimised use of energy management options such as provision of balancing power, energy storage and optimised electricity trading processes. Such forecasts are therefore indispensable for the economically and environmentally sound integration of PV electricity into the electricity system. Against the backdrop of the associated rapid development of the research landscape in the areas of “solar resources and forecasts”, there is a tremendous need for transparent evaluations of these new developments.

Research project SOLREV

 

Duration

November 2019 bis Oktober 2023

Funded by

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie

Project participants

  • DLR Institut für Solarforschung
  • Fraunhofer Institut für Solare Energiesysteme
  • CSP Services GmbH
  • Deutscher Wetterdienst DWD
  • TenneT TSO GmbH
  • Amprion GmbH
  • 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
  • Transnet BW GmbH

The goal of the DLR sub-project of SOLREV is the investigation and evaluation of models for providing solar radiation data and forecasts to support the integration of large volumes of solar energy into the grid and to ensure the long-term yields of solar power plants and facilitate German participation in IEA PVPS Task 16.

Guidelines and standards are needed as the basis for purposeful model development as is the effective use of suitable data sets. This need is addressed within the submitted project. The overall goal of the sub-project was to evaluate, investigate and optimise models and data sets relating to solar radiation and forecasting in collaboration with the consortium partners and in close cooperation with the German transmission system operators, who were supporting the project as associated partners.

Departments, research groups and challenges related to project SOLREV:

Department

Energy Systems Analysis

The Energy Systems Analysis department generates system-analytical knowledge, which we provide across sectors up to the global level and based in part on methods and modelling tools developed in-house.

Research group

Energy Scenarios and Technology Assessment

The Energy Scenarios and Technology Assessment research group assesses alternative options and pathways for the transformation towards a sustainable energy economy. The aim is a holistic assessment across the entire life cycle of the technologies.

Challenge

Strategies for sustainable energy systems

Energy transition is a dynamic process that must be continuously adapted to new influences such as technical innovations or socially negotiated framework conditions.

Kontakt

Energieszenarien und Technologiebewertung

Forschungsgruppe
Institut für Vernetzte Energiesysteme