Utility wind integration and operating impact state of the art

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 900-908

  Smith, J Charles ^a   Milligan, Michael R ^b   DeMeo, Edgar A ^c   Parsons, Brian ^b  

^a Utility Wind Integration Group   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Renewable Energy Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Wind ancillary service impacts; Wind energy; Wind integration

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

SYSTEM PLANNING; WIND ANCILLARY; WIND INTEGRATION;

WIND POWER;

EID: 34548030244     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2007.901598     Document Type: Article

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