25/09/2018 - Συνέδριο | Flexible Thermal Power Plants as Back-Bone for the Energy Transition (Τσεχία)

The share of renewable energy sources (RES) has constantly grown over the past years and is still increasing rapidly to achieve the global targets of CO2 reduction. However, due to the intermittent nature of RES, flexible back-up power is needed to ensure the stability of the grid.

This shifts the role of existing fossil power plants from providing base-load power to generating fluctuating back-up power, implying new requirements for flexibility of existing plants.

Flexible Thermal Power Plants as Back-Bone for the Energy Transition: Open Discussion Forum in Prague, 25 September 2018

The European funded and manufacturer-led research projects FLEXTURBINE and TURBO-REFLEX have investigated cost-efficient and promising methods to make existing power plants meet this demand. On 25 September 2018, the project partners will present their results primarily to the public in Prague.

The critical supporting role of thermal power plants for the energy transition

To meet the needs arising from the intermittent nature of renewable energies, either large energy storage capacity of renewable energy or back-up energy capacity to fill the gap using more flexible conventional power plants is necessary. As large-scale energy storage technologies are not expected to be available within the next 15 years at least, the only option currently available in the next two decades is conventional power plants to provide flexible back-up energy capacity.

The Open Discussion Forum taking place in Prague will give an overview about the FLEXTURBINE and TURBO-REFLEX projects and their initial results.

There will be a panel discussion with experts and top managers in the field on advanced turbine technologies and how they can contribute to the transition process towards a future low-carbon energy.

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