Grid Impacts of Wind Power [electronic resource] : A Summary of Recent Studies in the United States; Preprint.
Wind Energy; Wind Power Plants; Utility Grid; Xcel Energy; Pacificorp; Bonneville Power Administration; Wind Energy.
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
United States. Department of Energy. ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy,
2003.
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| Summary: | Wind Energy; Wind Power Plants; Utility Grid; Xcel Energy; Pacificorp; Bonneville Power Administration; Wind Energy. |
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| Abstract: | Several detailed technical investigations of grid ancillary service impacts of wind power plants in the United States have recently been performed. These studies were applied to Xcel Energy (in Minnesota) and PacifiCorp and the Bonneville Power Administration (both in the northwestern United States). Although the approaches vary, three utility time frames appear to be most at issue: regulation, load following, and unit commitment. This paper describes and compares the analytic frameworks from recent analysis and discusses the implications and cost estimates of wind integration. The findings of these studies indicate that relatively large-scale wind generation will have an impact on power system operation and costs, but these impacts and costs are relatively low at penetration rates that are expected over the next several years. |
| Item Description: | Published through SciTech Connect. 06/01/2003. "nrel/cp-500-34318" 7 2 ISSN 1095--4244. Prepared for the 2003 European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition, 16-19 June 2003, Madrid, Spain. Parsons, B.; Milligan, M.; Zavadil, B.; Brooks, D.; Kirby, B.; Dragoon, K.; Caldwell, J. |
| Physical Description: | 28 pp. : digital, PDF file. |