Capacity value assessments of wind power: Capacity value assessments of wind power

Journal Article · Wed Oct 05 04:00:00 EDT 2016 · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Energy and Environment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.226· OSTI ID:1339244

Milligan, Michael ^[1]; Frew, Bethany ^[1]; Ibanez, Eduardo ^[2]; Kiviluoma, Juha ^[3]; Holttinen, Hannele ^[3]; Söder, Lennart ^[4]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden CO USA
2. General Electric (GE) Energy Consulting, Schenectady NY USA
3. Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus (VTT), Espoo Finland
4. Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Sweden

This article describes some of the recent research into the capacity value of wind power. With the worldwide increase in wind power during the past several years, there is increasing interest and significance regarding its capacity value because this has a direct influence on the amount of other (nonwind) capacity that is needed. We build on previous reviews from IEEE and IEA Wind Task 25a and examine recent work that evaluates the impact of multiple-year data sets and the impact of interconnected systems on resource adequacy. We also provide examples that explore the use of alternative reliability metrics for wind capacity value calculations. We show how multiple-year data sets significantly increase the robustness of results compared to single-year assessments. Assumptions regarding the transmission interconnections play a significant role. To date, results regarding which reliability metric to use for probabilistic capacity valuation show little sensitivity to the metric.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1339244
• Report Number(s): NREL/JA--5D00-66493
• Journal Information: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Energy and Environment, Journal Name: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Energy and Environment Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 6; ISSN 2041-8396
• Publisher: Wiley
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
capacity
interconnection
metrics
resource adequacy
transmission
wind power