Many of the scenarios for decarbonising the European energy system involve the integration of large-scale and decentralised renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power. However, such integration requires substantial and rapid improvements to the existing transmission grids. Using a...

We extend the WITCH model to consider the possibility to produce and trade electricity generated by large scale concentrated solar power plants in highly productive areas that are connected to the demand centres through High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cables. We find that it becomes optimal...

In this paper, we study the cascading failure in Watts–Strogatz small-world networks. We find that this network model has a heterogeneous betweenness distribution, although its degree distribution is homogeneous. Further study shows that this small-world network is robust to random attack but...

Our modern society has come to depend on large-scale infrastructure networks to deliver resources to our homes and businesses in an efficient manner. Over the past 10years there have been numerous examples where a local disturbance has lead to the global failure of systems. In this paper, we use...

Large-scale blackouts are an intrinsic drawback of electric power transmission grids. Here we analyze the structural vulnerability of the Italian GRTN power grid by using a model for cascading failures recently proposed in Crucitti et al. (Phys. Rev. E 69 (2004)).

Many scholars have used different metrics to quantify power grid vulnerability in the literature, but how correlated these metrics are is an interesting topic. This paper defines vulnerability as the performance drop of a power grid under a disruptive event, and selects six frequently used...

In recent years the rapid development of complex network theory has provided a new angle on the vulnerability analysis of a power grid. However, current analysis models are usually general ones that may ignore some specific features of power systems. In order to address the issue, this paper...

The shift towards an energy grid dominated by prosumers (consumers and producers of energy) will inevitably have repercussions on the electricity distribution infrastructure. Today the grid is a hierarchical one delivering energy from large scale facilities to end-users. Tomorrow it will be a...