naa a22 4500 528784145 20180924065516.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180924e20170621xx s 000 0 eng 10.3929/ethz-b-000223290 doi 10.22261/2bioto doi (ETHRESEARCH)oai:www.research-collection.ethz.ch:20.500.11850/285169 Eser Patrick Operational and financial performance of fossil fuel power plants within a high renewable energy mix [Elektronische Daten] [Patrick Eser, Ndaona Chokani, Reza S. Abhari] Open access ethresearch The operation of conventional power plants in the 2030 high-renewable energy system of central Europe with high penetration of renewables is simulated in this work. Novel insights are gained in this work, since the generation, transmission and demand models have high geographic resolution, down to scale of individual units, with hourly temporal resolution. It is shown that the increases in the partload efficiency that optimize gas power plants' financial performance in 2030 are highly dependent on the variability in power production of renewable power plants that are in close proximity to the gas power plants. While coal power plants are also cycled more, an increased baseload efficiency is more beneficial for their financial viability. Thus, there is a need for OEMs to offer a wide range of technology solutions to cover all customers' needs in electricity markets with high penetrations of renewables. Therefore there is an increased investment risk for OEMs as they strive to match their customers' future needs. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ethresearch Power plant cycling ethresearch Optimal power flow ethresearch Renewables ethresearch Baseload efficiency ethresearch Partload efficiency ethresearch Chokani Ndaona joint author Abhari Reza S. joint author Journal of the Global Power and Propulsion Society London : Veruscript 1, pp. 16-27 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/285169 text/html WWW-Backlink auf das Repository (Open access) 1 Journal Article ethresearch ETHRESEARCH 856 40 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/285169 text/html WWW-Backlink auf das Repository (Open access) ETHRESEARCH 100 1- Eser Patrick ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Chokani Ndaona joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Abhari Reza S. joint author ETHRESEARCH 773 0- Journal of the Global Power and Propulsion Society London : Veruscript 1, pp. 16-27 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 ETHRESEARCH ETHRESEARCH ETHRESEARCH Journal Article Open access