Renewable Energy Integration

Dr. Lawrence E. Jones, a recognized thought leader and practitioner has over twenty-five years of experience in the energy industry. His expertise includes renewable energy integration, and the application of smarter technologies in the engineering, design and operations of energy systems and other critical infrastructures. He also focuses on system resilience, disruptive and innovative business and regulatory models, and strategies for addressing challenges to harnessing the opportunities at the food-energy-water nexus. Dr. Jones received the Renewable Energy World’s 2012 Award for Leadership in Technology, and the Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group 2012 Achievement Award. He is Vice President at the Edison Electric Institute, and Honorary Industry Fellow at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

• PART 1: POLICY AND REGULATION1. The Journey of Reinventing the European Electricity Landscape2. Policies for Accommodating Higher Penetration of VariableEnergy Resources (VERs)dU.S. Outlook and Perspectives3. Harnessing and Integrating Africa’s Renewable Energy ResourcesPART 2 MODELING OF VARIABLE ENERGY RESOURCES4. Multi-Dimensional, Multi-Scale Modeling and Algorithms for Integrating Variable Energy Resources in Power Networks: Challenges and Opportunities5. Scandinavian Experience of Integrating Wind Generation in Electricity Markets6. Case StudyeRenewable Integration: Flexibility Requirement, Potential Overgeneration, and Frequency Response ChallengesPART 3 VARIABLE ENERGY RESOURCES IN POWER SYSTEM ANDMARKET OPERATIONS7. Analyzing the Impact of Variable Energy Resources onPower System Reserves8. Advances in Market Management Solutions for Variable Energy Resources Integration9. Integrating Renewables in Australia: Policies, Market Design, and System Operations PART 4 FORECASTING RENEWABLES10. Forecasting Renewable Energy for Grid Operations11. Incorporating Forecast Uncertainty in Utility Control CenterPART 5 CONNECTING RENEWABLE ENERGY TO POWER GRIDS12. Global Power Grids for Harnessing World Renewable Energy 13. Practical Management of Variable and Distributed Resources in Power Grids14. Integrating New and Renewable Energy in the GCC RegionPART 6 SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY15. Operational Flexibility of Power Systems16. Grid Integration of Renewables in India17. The Danish Case: Taking Advantage of Flexible Power in an Energy System with High Wind PenetrationPART 7 DEMAND RESPONSE AND DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES18. DM for Integrating Variable Renewable Energy: A Northwest Perspective19. Case Study: Demand-Response and Alternative Technologies in Electricity Markets20. The Implications of Distributed Energy Resources on Traditional Utility Business ModelPART 8 ENERGY STORAGE21. Energy Storage in the United States22. Salisbury Residential Battery Trial23. Energy Storage and the Need for Flexibility on the GridPART 9 VARIABLE ENERGY RESOURCES IN ISLAND POWER SYSTEMS24. Renewables Integration on Islands25. Intentional Islanding of Distribution Network Operation with Mini HydrogenerationPART 10: SOLAR ENERGY INTEGRATION26. Economic and Reliability Benefits of Solar Plants27. German Renewable Energy Sources Pathway in the New CenturyPART 11 ENABLING AND DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR RENEWABLE INTEGRATION28. Control of Power Systems with High Penetration Variable Generation Enhancing Situation Awareness in Power Systems29. Overcoming Uncertainty and Variability with Renewable Resources 30. Managing Operational Uncertainty through Improved Visualization Tools in Control Centers with Reference to Renewable Energy Providers31. Monitoring and Control of Renewable Energy Sources using Synchronized Phasor Measurements32. Every Moment Counts: Synchrophasors for Distribution Networks with Variable Resources

"Considerable insight and information are provided for anyone wanting to learn more about the challenges and opportunities for integrating renewables into power systems." --IEEE"Like many other industries, the energy sector is undergoing a transformation. As a number of countries strive to reduce the environmental footprint of their energy production, new technologies are opening up unforeseen possibilities and challenging the status quo. There is no doubt that renewable energy, including hydropower, is part of the solution. This work brings together a wide range of information and visions to better understand the importance of developing and integrating various sources of clean energy in order to ensure the long-term viability of our industry and to help society move towards sustainability. In short, this forward-looking work will educate and equip readers for the future." --Éric Martel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hydro-Québec"We are living through a second Renaissance. And as this, the 2nd edition of Renewable Energy Integration, makes clear, nowhere are the possibilities and stakes of this Renaissance moment clearer than in our energy infrastructure. Now is a moment, like 500 years ago, when humanity sets out on brave new voyages of discovery—voyages whose outcome is uncertain. This book takes what we've found so far from these voyages and expertly compiles the definitive map of the renewable energy landscape as we now know it: from Africa, to India, to Denmark and California; from pumped hydro to compressed air storage; from market management systems to smart grid operations; from residential batteries to global power distribution. It's a must-read for every captain, every pilot of our energy renaissance." --Dr. Chris Kutarna, Author, Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance"Jones has once again assembled an impressive set of authors to address one of the most pressing issues of our time – how to operate electricity systems with high levels of renewables. While the authors are highly technically qualified, their chapters are wonderfully clear and accessible to non-specialists. I expect this volume will be a valuable resource for practitioners, students, and policymakers around the world." --Dr. Catherine Wolfram, Cora Jane Flood Professor of Business Administration at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley