• Storage and demand response contribution to firm capacity: analysis of the Spanish electricity system 

      Freire Barceló, Teresa; Martín Martínez, Francisco; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Rivier Abbad, Michel Luis; Gómez San Román, Tomás; Huclin, Sébastien; Chaves Ávila, José Pablo; Ramos Galán, Andrés (01/11/2022)
      Provision of firm capacity will become a challenge in power systems dominated by renewable generation. This paper analyzes the competitiveness and role of battery storage, six types of pumped-hydro storage, open cycle gas ...
    • The role of nuclear power plants in electricity systems with high RES share 

      Gerres, Timo; Chaves Ávila, José Pablo; Martín Martínez, Francisco; Rivier Abbad, Michel Luis; Gómez San Román, Tomás
      Electricity systems are facing a major transition process from fossil based generation to renewable energy sources (RES). In the European Union target quotas for renewable energy generation have been agreed for the 2030 ...
    • The value of aggregators in electricity systems 

      Burger, Scott; Chaves Ávila, José Pablo; Batlle López, Carlos; Pérez Arriaga, José Ignacio
      Distributed energy resources ("DERs") are being adopted throughout the world. These technologies have the potential to not only deliver the valuable electricity services that have traditionally been provided by centralized ...
    • TSO/DSO coordination in a context of distributed energy resource penetration 

      Birk, Michael; Chaves Ávila, José Pablo; Gómez San Román, Tomás; Tabors, Richard D. (Associação Portuguesa de Economia da Energia; Asociación Española para la Economía Energética; Insti (Lisboa, Portugal), 04/02/2016)
      There is a trend in many power systems, across the world, towards utilizing more distributed energy resources (DERs), from rooftop solar photovoltaics, batteries and plug-in electric vehicles to smart appliances, energy ...