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Title: Wind energy contribution to a low-carbon grid

Abstract

Wind power systems being promoted today contribute little to a low-carbon grid because the system concept is 70-90 percent dependent on dispatchable fossil fuel generators. This structural conflict has no visible solutions. (author)

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21328625
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Electricity Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; Journal ID: ISSN 1040-6190
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; WIND POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; POWER SYSTEMS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS

Citation Formats

Pavlak, Alex. Wind energy contribution to a low-carbon grid. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.1016/J.TEJ.2010.04.004.
Pavlak, Alex. Wind energy contribution to a low-carbon grid. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TEJ.2010.04.004
Pavlak, Alex. 2010. "Wind energy contribution to a low-carbon grid". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TEJ.2010.04.004.
@article{osti_21328625,
title = {Wind energy contribution to a low-carbon grid},
author = {Pavlak, Alex},
abstractNote = {Wind power systems being promoted today contribute little to a low-carbon grid because the system concept is 70-90 percent dependent on dispatchable fossil fuel generators. This structural conflict has no visible solutions. (author)},
doi = {10.1016/J.TEJ.2010.04.004},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21328625}, journal = {Electricity Journal},
issn = {1040-6190},
number = 4,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Sat May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
}