Impacts of Large Amounts of Wind Power on Design and Operation of Power Systems; Results of IEA Collaboration

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1218407· OSTI ID:1218407

Parsons, B. ^[1]; Ela, E. ^[1]; Holttinen, H. ^[2]; Meibom, P. ^[3]; Orths, A. ^[4]; O'Malley, M. ^[5]; Ummels, B. C. ^[6]; Tande, J. ^[7]; Estanqueiro, A. ^[8]; Gomez, E. ^[9]; Smith, J. C. ^[10]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. VTT (Finland)
3. DTU Riso (Denmark)
4. Energinet.dk (Denmark)
5. Univ. College Dubline (Ireland)
6. Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands)
7. SINTEF (Norway)
8. INETI (Portugal)
9. Univ. Castilla la Mancha (Spain)
10. Utility Wind Integration Group (UWIG), Reston, VA (United States)

There are a multitude of studies completed and ongoing related to the cost of wind integration. However, the results are not easy to compare. An international forum for exchange of knowledge of power system impacts of wind power has been formed under the IEA Implementing Agreement on Wind Energy. IEA WIND R&D Task 25 on “Design and Operation of Power Systems with Large Amounts of Wind Power” produced a state-of-the-art report in October 2007, where the most relevant wind-power grid integration studies were analyzed, especially regarding methodologies and input data. This paper summarizes the results from 18 case studies, with discussion on differences in methodology as well as issues that have been identified to impact the cost of wind integration.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind Program (EE-4W)
• OSTI ID: 1218407
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-500-43540; 4088
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

grid integration
wind power
power system operation
reserve requirements
Power Systems
IEA Collaboration