From Resource Complementarity to Temporal Integration Behaviour: A Technology-Agnostic Framework for Wind–Solar Hybrid Systems
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This study presents a technology-agnostic framework for analysing wind–solar hybridisation from a resource-based perspective, focusing on integration-relevant temporal behaviour. Renewable availability is represented using normalised signals, enabling the evaluation of variability and inter-period transition intensity as key indicators of temporal dynamics. The results reveal a non-linear response to the mixing parameter, with variability minimised at balanced wind–solar contributions, while transition intensity reaches its minimum at higher solar shares. This non-coincidence highlights an inherent trade-off between different integration objectives. A demand-aware residual proxy is introduced to assess temporal alignment between renewable availability and electricity demand, indicating improved alignment under hybrid configurations at monthly resolution. The framework operates independently of technology-specific assumptions and dispatch modelling, providing a transparent basis for early-stage planning and hybrid configuration screening. The findings demonstrate how resource complementarity can be systematically linked to integration-relevant behaviour across temporal scales.
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $521
OpenAlex ID: W7204703293