A proposed operating paradigm for electric systems where a very significant proportion of generation is served by Variable Renewable Energy (VRE)A generic term for intermittent forms of Generation Plant th... Click for more and Distributed Energy Resources (DER/CER)A diverse range of small to medium scale Energy Resources th... Click for more.
The paradigm is premised on a context where the major source of VolatilityThe propensity of rapid and/or unpredictable change, especia... Click for more impacting the Power SystemA highly complex cyber-physical and transactional System tha... Click for more is the output of highly variable wind and solar generation, exacerbated by declining levels of dispatchable Synchronous GenerationA Generation Plant which is directly connected to the Power ... Click for more. In this case, large volumes of LV-connected flexible loads and resources are dynamically orchestrated to follow the output of variable generation sources across a range of time windows (seconds, hours and days).
In the context of global Power System transformations, the international literature evidences increasing consideration of operational paradigms that incorporate Supply-following features.