Methodology of complex evaluation of energy transportation systems from remote renewable resources

Abstract

In the last two decades, the unit cost of so-called “new” renewable energy sources has shown a significant decline: photovoltaic panels and wind turbine generators, which is the main reason for the increase in the share of RES in primary energy consumption. However, regions with suitable natural and climatic conditions for the development of renewable energy aren’t in a generally densely populated and located at a significant geographical distance from the centers of energy consumption (the level of solar insolation in the Gobi and Atacama deserts, wind speed on the coasts of the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Oceans, etc.). Anticipating a significant development of the need for the use of renewable energy, it is necessary to perform preliminarily a complex of evaluation of energy transportation systems from remote renewable resources.