GHG mitigation in the electricity production system in Canary Islands. A proposal for a management and optimization tool in generation

Abstract

The penetration of renewable energies in island environments poses a series of challenges such as stability, demand response and guarantee of supply, among others. Throughout this work, a study methodology will be presented based on the current conditions of electricity demand in the Canary Islands and their electricity production system to mitigate the emission of greenhouse gases and improve the penetration of renewable energies in island electricity systems. Based on the initial data, a tool will be proposed that optimizes the energy production system through combustion technology (non-renewable) and combines it with the production of energy through renewables that meet expectations both in dynamic response, safety, scaling and integration with renewable energy systems, in terms of efficiency and power. Resulting in a series of cases, under different operating conditions, providing different scenarios and an expansion of up to 36.78% of the renewable installed capacity in the Canary Islands (70% in Gran Canaria) with a reduction of 65.13% of tCO2eq and a reduction in fuel consumption of 71.45%.