Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect ScienceDirect Energy Procedia 00 (2017) 000–000 AvailableAvailable online online at at www.sciencedirect.com www.sciencedirect.com Energy Procedia 00 (2017) 000–000 2 Author name / Energy Procedia 00 (2017) 000–000 www.elsevier.com/locate/procedia www.elsevier.com/locate/procedia ScienceDirectScienceDirect 1. Introduction EnergyEnergy ProcediaProcedia 00135 (20 (2017)17) 000 62–74–000 On a worldwide level, there are a lot of activities to increase the utilization of renewable energies on islands and www.elsevier.com/locate/procedia to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels to support the implementation of and the transformation towards more 11th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference, IRES 2017, 14-16 March 2017, sustainable energy systems [1-3]. A number of islands follow these initiatives and have set ambitious goals for the 11th International Renewable EnergyDüsseldorf, Storage GermanyConference, IRES 2017, 14-16 March 2017, transformation of their energy systems. Furthermore, a multitude of renewable energy projects has already been Düsseldorf, Germany realized or is currently in the planning state [4-6]. In this regard, the Regional Government of the Islands of the Azores has decided to invest more than 85 million € by 2017 to increase the rate of penetration of renewable Renewable energies for Graciosa Island, Azores – Life Cycle electricity generation in the region to about 53 % [7]. To reach this goal, energy storage systems supporting RenewableThe 15thenergies International for SymposiumGraciosa on Island, District HeatingAzores and – Cooling Life Cycle Assessment of electricity generation increased penetration of renewable electricity generation are fundamental for security of supply and independence Assessment of electricity generation from fossil fuels [7]. So far, occurring instabilities in the weak electricity grids on the Islands of the Azores have Assessing a,bthe, feasibility of usinga,b the heata,b demand-outdoora,b limited the share of fluctuating renewables (Wind, photovoltaics (PV)) and hindered the further development of Peter Stenzela,b,*, Andrea Schreibera,b, Josefine Marxa,b, Christina Wulfa,b, renewable energies [8]. Therefore, energy storage technologies play a key role to support and integrate fluctuating Peter Stenzel *, Andrea Schreiber , Josefinec Marx c , Christina Wulf , temperature functionMichael for a Schreieder long-termc, Lars district Stephan heatc demand forecast renewables especially for weak, isolated, island power systems. Michael Schreieder , Lars Stephan In 2004, the local energy utility EDA (Electricidade dos Açores) launched a first project to maximize the energy a Forschungszentruma,b,c Jülich, Institute of aEnergy and Climatea Research – Systemsb Analysis and Technologyc Evaluation (IEK-STE),c production from renewable energy sources on Graciosa Island and Flores Island. Objectives of the project were to aForschungszentrumI. Andrić Jülich,*, A. Institute Pina of Energy, P. Ferrãoand DClimate-52425, ResearchJ.Jülich, Fournier Germany – Systems ., Analysis B. Lacarrière and Technology, EvaluationO. Le Corre(IEK-STE), bJülich Aachen ResearchD Alliance,-52425 Jülich, JARA- GermanyEnergy, Jülich, Aachen, Germany increase wind energy production, improve the efficiency of the diesel generators and increase the grid stability. In a aIN+ Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research - Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal bJülich Aachen ResearchcYounicos Alliance, AG, D- 12489JARA -Berlin,Energy, Germany Jülich, Aachen, Germany first step, two flywheels (500 kW, 30 s) have been installed on Flores (2005) and Graciosa (2006) [8]. Parallel to this bVeolia Recherche & Innovation, 291 Avenue Dreyfous Daniel, 78520 Limay, France cYounicos AG, D-12489 Berlin, Germany cDépartement Systèmes Énergétiques et Environnement - IMT Atlantique, 4 rue Alfred Kastler, 44300 Nantes, France first initiative, another project, which aims to significantly increase the share of renewable energies on the electricity generation to reduce the dependency from diesel generation, has been in discussion since 2005/2006 [9]. The idea of Abstract this so called “Graciosa project” is to combine a large scale battery energy storage system (BESS) with renewable Abstract electricity generation from wind and PV in a hybrid power plant approach. 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