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Increase Power System Flexibility to Enable More Renewables

Confidently operate your grid with increasing shares of variable renewable energy, distributed energy resources, and digitalized assets

Power system flexibility – or the ability of a power system to respond to changes in demand and supply – is an essential part of clean power systems. Flexibility measures are crucial for reliably and cost-effectively operating a power system with high shares of variable generation, like wind and solar. There are a variety of measures you can consider to increase the flexibility of your system.

This guide will help you

  • Understand the need for greater power system flexibility and the measures that can be used to increase it.
  • Understand the system operation time-scales over which flexibility matters and which approaches are best for each, including coupling with other sectors of the economy.
  • Choose the right flexibility measures for your power system and access resources that can help you get them implemented.
Developed with:NREL
Increase Power System Flexibility to Enable More Renewables

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1. Why Increase Power System Flexibility?

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2. How to Assess System Flexibility

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3. Ways to Increase System Flexibility

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4. Choose a Flexibility Measure Right For You

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