Data and results related to "Fattori et al. 2017 - High Solar Photovoltaic Penetration in the Absence of Substantial Wind Capacity: Storage Requirements and Effects on Capacity Adequacy - Energy"

The file includes data used for the analysis and results coming from the study (which was focused on the Italian "Nord" bidding zone). In particular:

(i) Series of hourly load data [MW], from 01.01.2006 to 31.12.2015. The data come from elaborations based on ENTSO-E (https://www.entsoe.eu/db-query/country-packages/production-consumption-exchange-package) and Terna S.p.A. (http://www.terna.it/en-gb/sistemaelettrico/transparencyreport/load/actualload.aspx). All the elaborations are described in details on the paper.

(ii) Data related to the penetration of PV. Installed capacity of PV is assumed to increase from zero up to the capacity needed so that the average annual PV generation (based on the years 1986-2015) potentially equals the average annual demand (based on the years 2006-2015).

(iii) Synthesis of the results about: residual load (with and w/o storage), ramps (with and w/o storage), excess energy (with and w/o storage), storage requirements