The electrical energy situation of French islands and focus on the Corsican situation

Gilles Notton, Jean-Laurent Duchaud, Marie Laure Nivet, Cyril Voyant, Konstantinos Chalvatzis, Alexis Fouilloy

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Abstract

The present work aims to present the electrical energy situation of several French islands spread over the World. Various aspects are successively studied: repartition of energy means, renewable energy part in the production with a focus on the intermittent renewable sources, legal and financial aspect. The electrical situation of the islands is compared with the French mainland one. The electricity production cost in the islands are presented and the financial features for renewable energy in France are exposed. In a second part, a focus is realized on the Corsica Island situated in the Mediterranean Sea and partially connected to Italy. Successively, the energy mix, the objective of the new energy plan for 2023 and the renewable energy situation, present and future, are presented. Even if the integration of non-programmable renewable energy plants is more complex in small insular networks, the high cost of electricity generation in such territories encourages the introduction of wind and PV systems. The islands are good laboratories for the development of intermittent and stochastic renewable energy systems.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1157-1165
Number of pages9
JournalRenewable Energy
Volume135
Early online date2 Jan 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2019

Keywords

  • French islands
  • Corsica
  • Energy mix
  • Intermittent renewable energy
  • Insular context

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