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Title: Balancing Area Coordination: Efficiently Integrating Renewable Energy Into the Grid, Greening the Grid

Program Document ·
OSTI ID:1215037

Greening the Grid provides technical assistance to energy system planners, regulators, and grid operators to overcome challenges associated with integrating variable renewable energy into the grid. Coordinating balancing area operation can promote more cost and resource efficient integration of variable renewable energy, such as wind and solar, into power systems. This efficiency is achieved by sharing or coordinating balancing resources and operating reserves across larger geographic boundaries.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1215037
Report Number(s):
NREL/BR-6A20-63037
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English