Control power for the reliability of electricity supply is currently mainly provided by conventional power plants. In the situation of low residual power demand, the provision of negative control power may lead to must-run generation through base load power plants. Due to low wholesale...

LCOE (levelized costs of electricity) are a common metric for comparing power generating technologies. However, there is criticism particularly towards evaluating variable renewables like wind and solar PV (photovoltaics) power based on LCOE because it ignores variability and integration costs....