Design and operation of trans-canadian power grids: an integrated systems approach

在可持续能源系统的背景下，一个特别有前途的研究方向是以综合方式设计和运营跨加拿大电网。由于技术和政治原因，一个国家或一套覆盖全国并连接所有地区的分段电网的概念目前还不是现实。然而，由于本研究建议通过利用各省管辖区的多样性进行评估，综合TC电网的优势可能会对政策产生重大影响，并最终对整个加拿大的长期系统规划和短期运营决策产生重大影响。然后，集成TC网格将作为具有共同目标的实体进行设计和运营，这与现有的独立和弱合作网格的集合有很大的不同。如本提案所述，这种方法的潜在好处可能是促进可持续能源系统和保护计划的渗透，减少我们对化石燃料的依赖，从而减少绿色室内气体排放，刺激输电扩展，从而提高可靠性，以及降低全国范围内的总资本和运营成本。

A particularly promising line of research in the context of sustainable energy systems is the design andoperation of Trans-Canadian (TC) electricity grids in an integrated manner. The notion of a national or of a setof segmented power grids covering the country and linking all regions is not a reality at present for technicaland political reasons. However, as this research proposes to assess, by exploiting diversity across provincialjurisdictions, the advantages of integrated TC grids may have a major impact on policy and, eventually, onlong-term system planning and short-term operational decisions for the whole of Canada. Integrated TC gridswould then be designed and operated as entities with shared common goals, a significant departure from theexisting collection of independent and weakly collaborating grids. As described in this proposal, the potentialbenefits of such an approach could be to facilitate the penetration of sustainable energy systems andconservation schemes, to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels thereby decreasing green house gas emissions, tostimulate transmission expansion thus raising reliability, as well as to reduce the overall capital and operationalcosts nationwide.