Research project DYNAMOS

Incorporating renewable energy to produce powerful systematic effects: high-frequency fluctuations and their consequences on demand for market-oriented system services

Credit:

BMWK

How is it possible to ensure a realistic representation of the effects of fluctuating renewable energy sources on grid frequency? What temporal and spatial resolutions do energy systems need to have to do this? How can the visible effects of the increasing expansion of these energy systems be characterised and evaluated?

Research project DYNAMOS

 

Duration

Januar 2016 bis Dezember 2018

Funded by

Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy

Project participants

    • Institute of Networked Energy Systems
    • Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg

These questions were answered in the DYNAMOS project by expanding energy system models to include dynamic frequency regulation. High-resolution models (with up to 1 Hz resolution) were developed to show power generation and power consumption using renewable energies.

Conventional power generation (using fossil or nuclear fuels) features an instantaneous reserve which is able to compensate for deviations at short notice in order to maintain stability in the power grid as far as possible even in the event of fluctuations. The phasing out of this conventional type of generation is leading to a reduction in energy reserves, which are less readily available through renewable energies.

Analysis of the research results was aimed at examining the effects of this reduction on the stability of the power grid and the mechanisms of grid frequency regulation. Studies were also being done on the role of renewable energy sources in maintaining grid stability.

Departments, research groups and challenges related toDYNAMOS:

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 System Modelling

The Energy System Modelling research group is developing methods and solutions for the planning and operation of future energy infrastructures. The primary focus lies in examining how various technologies can contribute to creating energy systems that are sustainable, reliable, and cost-effective.

Challenge

Grid management: Electricity, gas, and heating grids

To ensure that energy is not only available on the balance sheet, but also in the right place at the right time, electricity, gas and heating grids must be analysed in anticipation of future challenges, adapted in their operational management and modernised and expanded in terms of infrastructure.

Contact

Energy System Modelling

Research Group
Institute of Networked Energy Systems