A comparison and case study of capacity credit algorithms for wind power plants

Wind Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-166

  Milligan, Michael ^a   Parsons, Brian ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CAPACITY CREDIT ALGORITHMS; WIND POWER PLANTS;

WIND POWER;

ALGORITHM; POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER;

EID: 0033493952     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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