Journal article
Influential synoptic weather types for a future renewable energy dependent national electricity market
R Huva, R Dargaville, P Rayner
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal | AUSTRALIAN BUREAU METEOROLOGY | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.22499/2.6503.004
Abstract
This study presents an analysis of the synoptic scale influences on potential re-newable energy output for eastern Australia (the National Electricity Market (NEM) region). Common synoptic scale weather patterns are identified using a Self-Organising Map (SOM) of 1989-2009 ERA-Interim Mean Sea-Level Pres-sure (MSLP) for the Australian region. Using wind speed and surface shortwave radiation output from the Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator (ACCESS) regional model (ACCESS-R) for 2010-2011, in tandem with a Genetic Algorithm, a cost-optimal placement of renewable resources for the NEM is derived. Moments of very low output from the combination of wind and solar are then a..
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Awarded by ARC Professorial Fellowship
Awarded by Australian Renewable Energy Association
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge that Rayner is in receipt of an ARC Professorial Fellowship (DP1096309), Dargaville is in receipt of the Australian Renewable Energy Association grant no. 002489 and the work of Huva was made possible through a Melbourne Research Scholarship. The authors acknowledge the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts for the ERA-Interim data and Bureau of Meteorology for the ACCESS-R data.