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Assessing complementarity of wind and solar resources for energy production in Italy. A Monte Carlo approach

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  • Monforti, F.
  • Huld, T.
  • Bódis, K.
  • Vitali, L.
  • D'Isidoro, M.
  • Lacal-Arántegui, R.

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Wind and solar energy are expected to play a major role in the current decade to help Europe reaching the renewable energy penetration targets fixed by Directive 2009/28/EC. However, it is difficult to predict the actual production profiles of wind and solar energy as they depend heavily on variable meteorological features of solar radiation and wind speed. In an ideal system, wind and solar electricity are both injected in a fast reacting grid instantaneously matching supply and demand. In such a system wind and solar electricity production profiles should complement each other as much as possible in order to minimise the need of storage and additional capacity. In the present paper the complementarity of wind and solar resources is assessed for a test year in Italy.

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  • Monforti, F. & Huld, T. & Bódis, K. & Vitali, L. & D'Isidoro, M. & Lacal-Arántegui, R., 2014. "Assessing complementarity of wind and solar resources for energy production in Italy. A Monte Carlo approach," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 576-586.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:63:y:2014:i:c:p:576-586
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.10.028
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