TITLE:
Reliability of Baseload Electricity Generation from Fossil and Renewable Energy Sources
AUTHORS:
Aleksa Z. Biserčić, Uglješa S. Bugarić
KEYWORDS:
Power System, Baseload, RES, Emergencies, Storage, Reliability, On-Site Coal Supply
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.13 No.5,
May
31,
2021
ABSTRACT: With
expanding environmental and climate change regulatory frameworks, the fossil-based baseload generation is forced to decline, thus
making room for more and more generation based on renewable and other
carbon-free energy sources. This paper deals with a number of controversial
issues and open questions concerning the growing penetration of renewable energy sources into power generation
systems, often without due care of the impacts of variable as compared to
conventional generation on the reliability of electricity supply. Particular attention is paid to
baseload generation, power market design, system operation under extreme
weather conditions, energy storage, back-up, and reserve power, as well as to the role of
mechanical inertia and reliability of on-site
fuel supply, demonstrated on an example of coal excavation and delivery
to a power plant.