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Green ICT & Energy
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Green ICT & Energy

by Jaco H. Appelman, Anwar Osseyran, Martijn Warnier
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
172 pages
8h
English
CRC Press
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CHAPTER 6
Increasing green energy market efficiency using micro agreements
Kassidy Clark, Martijn Warnier & Frances Brazier
The recent trend towards increased utilization of green energy sources promises a future of sus-
tainable energy. However, green sources are typically intermittent and unpredictable (e.g. wind
power), which leads to increased complexity and, ultimately, decreased efficiency. For example,
it is estimated that 90% of the full energy potential of an average wind farm never reaches the
end consumer due to poor coordination with consumers (Piwko et al., 2005). To enable better
coordination, an energy market using short-term “micro” agreements is required to allow con-
sumers to react in real time to changes in production. This will ...
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ISBN: 9780415620963