''Renewable Electricity and the Grid: The Challenge of Variability'' is a 2007 book edited by

Godfrey Boyle Godfrey Boyle (1945 – 2019) was a British author and academic who was a leading figure in the British alternative technology movement, and an authority on sustainability and renewable energy. He was the founder of ''Undercurrents'', the pioneer ...

which examines the significance of the issue of variability of

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supplies in the

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The energy available from sun, wind, waves, and tides varies in ways which may not match variations in consumer energy demand. Assimilating these fluctuations can affect the operation and economics of electricity networks and markets. There are many myths and misunderstandings surrounding this topic. ''Renewable Electricity and the Grid'' presents technical and operational solutions to the problem of reconciling the differing patterns of power supply and demand. Renewable Electricity and the Grid
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Authors

Chapters of ''Renewable Electricity and the Grid'' are authored by leading experts, who explain and quantify the impacts of renewable energy variability. Godfrey Boyle (editor) is Director of the Energy and Environment Research Unit at the UK Open University and has written the textbooks ''Energy Systems and Sustainability'' (2003) and ''Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future'' (2004). He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Trustee of the National Energy Foundation.
/ref> Other authors include: Dr Bob Everett, open University, Dr Mark Barret, Open University, Dr Fred Starr, EU Energy Center at Petten Dave Andrews, Wessex Water, Energy Manager Brian Hurley - Airtricity

Relative cost of electricity generated by different sources Different methods of electricity generation can incur a variety of different costs, which can be divided into three general categories: 1) wholesale costs, or all costs paid by utilities associated with acquiring and distributing electricity to ...

Renewable energy Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...

Solar energy Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an essenti ...

Wind power Wind power or wind energy is mostly the use of wind turbines to electricity generation, generate electricity. Wind power is a popular, sustainable energy, sustainable, renewable energy source that has a much smaller Environmental impact of wi ...

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