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Overview Can a multi-energy complementary power generation system integrate wind and solar energy? Simulation results validated using real-world data from the southwest region of China.
For solar PV, there are no consistent data on the spatial distribution of Europe's utility and rooftop PV systems. We therefore modelled a single crystalline PV installation in each grid cell of MERRA-2, specified at a resolution of 0.5° latitude and 0.625° longitude, and assigned each cell to its respective country.
We find that optimal cross-country coordination of wind and solar capacities across Europe's integrated electricity system increases capacity factor by 22% while reducing hourly variability by 26%. We show limited benefits to solar integration due to consistent output profiles across Europe.
The optimal portfolio of wind and solar installed capacities across countries could improve the aggregate expected capacity factor by 21.6% (from 19% to 23.1%) and reduce its hourly variability by 25.6% (standard deviation declines from 9% to 6.7%) in the European Union (including Great Britain and excluding Cyprus and Malta).
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