When applied to the Power SystemA highly complex cyber-physical and transactional System tha... Click for more, Flexibility represents its ability to respond to expected and unexpected changes in the supply-demand position, including Generation PlantAn Energy Resource primarily designed for production of Elec... Click for more failures, fluctuations in Variable Renewable Energy (VRE)A generic term for intermittent forms of Generation Plant th... Click for more output and variations in DemandThe total amount of Electricity required by one, many or all... Click for more over all necessary timeframes.
When applied to an individual Energy ResourceA universal term for all technologies that provide one or se... Click for more, Flexibility represents the extent to which its output can be adjusted or committed in or out of service. This includes:
- The speed of response to start up and shut down;
- The rate of ramping; and,
- Whether it can operate in the full range of capability, or has restrictions such as a minimum generation requirement, or a limitation on the amount of bulk energy that can be produced.