Study of wind power utilization in district heating systems in the Westfjords, Iceland
Some Renewable Energy Sources (RES), such as wind power, are often regarded as intermittent. That means they are not available on demand, but rather depend on external conditions e.g. such as the weather. In order to manage these resources, it is advised to combine them with energy storage or other...
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ftaghuniojs:oai:ojs.journals.agh.edu.pl:article/3090 2023-05-15T15:45:30+02:00 Study of wind power utilization in district heating systems in the Westfjords, Iceland Mathews, Kamil Sowiżdżał, Anna 2019-07-31 application/pdf https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/3090 https://doi.org/10.7494/geol.2019.45.2.77 eng eng AGH University of Science and Technology https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/3090/2288 https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/3090 doi:10.7494/geol.2019.45.2.77 Copyright (c) 2019 Geology, Geophysics and Environment Geology, Geophysics and Environment; Vol. 45 No. 2 (2019); 77 2353-0790 2299-8004 Renewable Energy Sources sector coupling wind turbines district heating Thermal Energy Storage Iceland the Westfjords info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftaghuniojs https://doi.org/10.7494/geol.2019.45.2.77 2021-06-15T07:35:29Z Some Renewable Energy Sources (RES), such as wind power, are often regarded as intermittent. That means they are not available on demand, but rather depend on external conditions e.g. such as the weather. In order to manage these resources, it is advised to combine them with energy storage or other energy sectors, what is known as “sector coupling”. This approach is set to mitigate the negative impact of unstable renewable energy sources and manage the generated surpluses. In this study, a system combining wind turbines, district heating network and short-term thermal energy storage was proposed and examined for the instance of the Westfjords, Iceland. Ísafjörður, Patreksfjörður, Bolungarvík and Flateyri are the exemplary communities with existing district heating networks, chosen to investigate the implementation of the system. A short review of the current state of the energy sector in Iceland was provided to present the local conditions. Wind potential in the described area was estimated as high in comparison with average wind turbine generation in the European Union and a few instances of wind turbines placement were analyzed in this study. For locations close to the district heating network, a long-term correlation between power generation and usage was proven. However, locating wind turbines in places with better wind conditions, provides stable output and a similar amount of energy produced by fewer generators. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bolungarvík Iceland Ísafjörður AGH (Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza) University of Science and Technology: Journals Ísafjörður ENVELOPE(-22.467,-22.467,65.833,65.833) Bolungarvík ENVELOPE(-23.249,-23.249,66.159,66.159) Patreksfjörður ENVELOPE(-23.984,-23.984,65.572,65.572) Geology, Geophysics & Environment 45 2 77 |
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Some Renewable Energy Sources (RES), such as wind power, are often regarded as intermittent. That means they are not available on demand, but rather depend on external conditions e.g. such as the weather. In order to manage these resources, it is advised to combine them with energy storage or other energy sectors, what is known as “sector coupling”. This approach is set to mitigate the negative impact of unstable renewable energy sources and manage the generated surpluses. In this study, a system combining wind turbines, district heating network and short-term thermal energy storage was proposed and examined for the instance of the Westfjords, Iceland. Ísafjörður, Patreksfjörður, Bolungarvík and Flateyri are the exemplary communities with existing district heating networks, chosen to investigate the implementation of the system. A short review of the current state of the energy sector in Iceland was provided to present the local conditions. Wind potential in the described area was estimated as high in comparison with average wind turbine generation in the European Union and a few instances of wind turbines placement were analyzed in this study. For locations close to the district heating network, a long-term correlation between power generation and usage was proven. However, locating wind turbines in places with better wind conditions, provides stable output and a similar amount of energy produced by fewer generators. |
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Study of wind power utilization in district heating systems in the Westfjords, Iceland |
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Study of wind power utilization in district heating systems in the Westfjords, Iceland |
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Study of wind power utilization in district heating systems in the Westfjords, Iceland |
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