This chapter discusses the key technical issues that are incident upon the transformation taking place in the industry and can constrain the way the industry develops in future. This chapter discusses these issues and how they may be quantified to indicate where constraints may arise that need to be accounted for in the wider debate about future development strategy.

Chapter Contents:

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Emission reduction and plant mix
• 2.3 Demand prediction and reserve
• 2.4 Intermittency and curtailment
• 2.5 Renewable capacity contribution
• 2.6 Impact on conventional generation
• 2.7 System inertia and frequency control
• 2.8 Impact of electric vehicles on system
• 2.9 Distribution challenges
• 2.10 Interconnection and loop flows
• 2.11 The implication to networks
• 2.12 Conclusions

Inspec keywords: power markets

Other keywords: future development strategy; market technical challenges

Subjects: Power system management, operation and economics