Seasonal optimal mix of wind and solar power in a future, highly renewable Europe (Heide et al.)

Seasonal optimal mix of wind and solar power in a future, highly renewable Europe Dominik Heide a , Lueder von Bremen b , Martin Greiner c,d,*, Clemens Hoffmann c , Markus Speckmann e , Stefan Bofinger e a Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies... More

Seasonal optimal mix of wind and solar power in a future, highly renewable Europe Dominik Heide a , Lueder von Bremen b , Martin Greiner c,d,*, Clemens Hoffmann c , Markus Speckmann e , Stefan Bofinger e a Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) and Frankfurt International Graduate School for Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Ruth-Moufang-Straße 1, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany b ForWind e Center for Wind Energy Research, University of Oldenburg, Marie-Curie-Str. 1, D-26129 Oldenburg, Germany c Corporate Research and Technology, Siemens AG, D-81730 München, Germany d Aarhus School of Engineering and Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 118, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark e Fraunhofer Institut für Windenergie und Energiesystemtechnik (IWES), Königstor 59, D-34119 Kassel, Germany a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 13 January 2010 Accepted 14 March 2010 Available online 15 April 2010 Keywords: Wind power Less