Demand side management of industrial electricity consumption: Promoting the use of renewable energy through real-time pricing

As the installed capacity of wind generation in Ireland continues to increase towards an overall goal of 40% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020, it is inevitable that the frequency of wind curtailment occurrences will increase. Using this otherwise discarded energy by strategically increasing demand at times that would otherwise require curtailment has the potential to reduce the installed capacity of wind required to meet the national 2020 target.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Finn, Paddy ; Fitzpatrick, Colin
Published in:	Applied Energy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0306-2619. - Vol. 113.2014, C, p. 11-21
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Demand side management \| Demand response \| Renewable energy \| Wind energy \| Real-time pricing \| Time-of-use pricing

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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