New research, led by Dr. Jin Zhao, Assistant Professor in Trinity’s School of Engineering, which looks into the vulnerability of power grids served by weather-dependent renewable energy sources (WD-RESs) such as solar and wind paints a hopeful picture as Ireland attempts to meet its climate emissions targets, with the research showing grids with high penetration of WD-RESs tend to have reduced blackout intensities in the US.
This research – just published in leading international journal Nature Energy – was conducted with US blackout data from 2001 to 2020, but the results are of great interest from an Irish perspective as we rapidly transition to power grids primarily supplied by WD-RESs.
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Original Article: Trinity College Dublin, Author: Thomas Deane