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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The recent EU Directive on renewable energy commits the UK to binding targets for renewable energy. By 2020 the UK must find 15% of its primary energy from renewable sources: these being basic energy forms including natu...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Strathclyde
The project discusses the challenges of integrating high levels of non-thermal, renewable generation into the power system, but does not specifically address the limit of renewable deployment without flexible and dispatchable generation.
Our current national usage of energy is primarily based on the burning of fossil fuels in large, centralised power stations. These emit a range of pollutants into the atmosphere, including CO2 which contributes to the gl...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
The project discusses the challenges of integrating renewable energy sources into the power grid, including the need for more intelligent monitoring, communications and control systems, but does not specifically address the limit of renewable deployment without flexible and dispatchable generation.
For most societies, energy underpins all aspects of life and many people consider access to abundant and uninterrupted energy a basic need and right. Energy is currently responsible for ~75% of global greenhouse gas emis...
Funded by: NERC
Lead research organisation: Lancaster University
The project discusses the potential of land-based wind and solar energy for the UK and the environmental considerations for their deployment, but does not specifically address the limit of renewable deployment without flexible and dispatchable generation.