Grid Management and Flexibility Challenges
Olivia Oddi
Struggling to understand how electricity grids keep up with renewables? Olivia Oddi breaks down grid capacity, stability, and the challenges we must tackle to power a cleaner future.
Struggling to understand how electricity grids keep up with renewables? Olivia Oddi breaks down grid capacity, stability, and the challenges we must tackle to power a cleaner future.
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Grid Management and Flexibility Challenges
11 mins 49 secs
Key learning objectives:
Define grid stability
Outline power grid and capacity challenges
Understand the challenges associated with grid stability and flexibility
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- Insufficient investment: Grid investments have stagnated while renewable energy investments have doubled, leaving grids underfunded
- Secure supply chains and skilled workforce: The availability of key grid components and trained professionals is essential for efficient grid expansion
- Financial barriers: Some regions lack the financial resources to build and maintain grids, with utilities in certain countries struggling to invest
- Interconnection delays: In places like the USA, connecting new renewable projects to the grid takes much longer than before, leading to large project backlogs
- Flexible generators: These include natural gas turbines and battery storage, which can quickly adjust power output when needed
- Expanded transmission networks: Connecting grids across regions allows energy to flow where it’s needed most
- Smart technologies: Advanced grid management systems help balance fluctuations in renewable energy
- Innovative stabilisers: Technologies like rotating grid stabilisers help maintain frequency stability, making it easier to integrate renewables
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