Modeling Utility-Scale Wind Power Plants, Part 2: Capacity Credit
As the worldwide use of wind turbine generators in utility-scale applications continues to increase, it will become increasingly important to assess the economic and reliability impact of these intermittent resources. Although the utility industry appears to be moving towards a restructured environment, basic economic and reliability issues will continue to be relevant to companies involved with electricity generation. This paper is the second in a two-part series that addresses modeling approaches and results that were obtained in several case studies and research projects at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. This second paper focuses on wind plant capacity credit as measured with power system reliability indices. Reliability-based methods of measuring capacity credit are compared with wind plant capacity factor. The relationship between capacity-credit and accurate wind forecasting is also explored.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99-GO10337
- OSTI ID:
- 15000143
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-500-29701; TRN: US200325%%98
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Mar 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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14 SOLAR ENERGY
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
CAPACITY
ECONOMICS
ELECTRICITY
FORECASTING
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
POWER SYSTEMS
RELIABILITY
SIMULATION
WIND POWER PLANTS
WIND TURBINES
RENEWABLE ENERGY
POWER SYSTEM RELIABILITY
WIND CAPACITY CREDIT
WIND FORECASTING VALUE
UTILITY PRODUCTION COSTS
UTILITY PRODUCTION-COST MODELS
WIND ENERGY