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Starting point for analyses on the future role of renewable power generation is the situation today. It is the objective of this chapter to describe this starting point as well as to provide additional background information required for the development of the research question. It begins with a description of today’s power generation landscape from a global perspective. The focus hereby lies on the current role played by renewable technologies. In the following section, specific properties of renewable technologies, setting them apart from conventional ones, are covered.
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Wagner, F. (2014). Renewables in Power Generation: Status Quo. In: Renewables in Future Power Systems. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05780-4_2
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