Smoothing effects of distributed wind turbines. Part 1. Coherence and smoothing effects at a wind farm

Wind Energy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-74

  Nanahara, Toshiya ^a   Asari, Masahiro ^b   Sato, Takamitsu ^c   Yamaguchi, Koji ^c   Shibata, Masaaki ^d   Maejima, Tsutomu ^e  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN WEATHER ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^d MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^e Denryoku Computing Center Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coherence; Electric power system; Grid impacts; Power spectra; Smoothing effect; Wind farm; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; WIND; WIND POWER;

DISTRIBUTED WIND TURBINES; POWER QUALITY; WIND FARMS; WIND SPEED;

WIND TURBINES;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 14344262846     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.109     Document Type: Article

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