A comparison and case study of capacity credit algorithms for intermittent generators

Conference · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:465669

Milligan, M

As the electric utility industry moves toward a new structure the responsibility of providing a reliable portfolio of generating resources may be shifted among the various entities m the industry To evaluate whether to undertake a construction project for new generating resources, utilities have traditionally used sophisticated models to assist in the comparison of alternative resources. It is not clear how this type of evaluation will be carried out after the restructuring dust has settled. What is clear, however, is that the market will require some way to measure capacity credit of new power plants, and future contracts will contain provisions under which buyer and seller must agree on capacity measures. This paper co the traditional capacity credit calculations with algorithms that are not nearly so labor intensive.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-83CH10093
• OSTI ID: 465669
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP--4440-22591; CONF-970441--4; ON: DE97000223
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
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CONSTRUCTION
COST ESTIMATION
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
ENERGY SUBSTITUTION
POWER GENERATION