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Title: Accommodating wind's natural behavior

Journal Article · · IEEE Power & Energy Magazine

Integration of wind-power plants into the electric power system presents challenges to power-system planners and operators. These challenges stem primarily from the natural characteristics of wind plants, which differ in some respects from conventional plants. Wind plants operate when the wind blows, and their power levels vary with the strength of the wind. Hence, they are not dispatchable in the traditional sense, which lessens the ability of system operators to control them while maintaining the system's balance between load and generation.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1344753
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-500-42609
Journal Information:
IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, Vol. 5, Issue 6; ISSN 1540-7977
Publisher:
IEEE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English