Effect of Nuclear Energy Flexibility on Integrating Large-Scale Distributed Solar PV in an Existing Power Network

Table 1

DEP&DEC generation portfolio (power plants in service) [17, 18].

Power technology type	No. of power plants	Total capacity (MW)
Nuclear	6	10,773
Coal-fired	6	9,930
Combustion turbines	11	5,651
Combined cycle	7	5,170
Hydro	26	1,306
Pumped storage	2	2,140
Solar	Utility+distributed

Summer capacity generation. The ages of the generation units in these plants range from 32 to 48 years.