Reduction in pollutants emission by increase in renewable penetration: a case study

Abstract

For environmental friendly electricity supply system, the global utilization of Renewable Energy Resources (RES) and Distributed Energy Storage (DES) facilities is increasing rapidly. The environmental benefits possible when utilizing renewable power generation along with the conventional power production are analyzed here. Considerable amounts of pollutants emission from power generation based on fossil fuels can be reduced with high penetration of RES. The aim of this study is to increase the awareness on the benefits achieved by the utilization of renewable power. A generalized model for analyzing the impacts of renewable penetration on the amount of pollutants emission from hybrid plants is proposed here with a case study. It is concluded that the RES based power generation can play a vital role for green and clean energy production.