Optimization of the regional spatial distribution of wind power plants to minimize the variability of wind energy input into power supply systems

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3099-3116

  Cassola, Federico ^a,b   Burlando, Massimiliano ^a,b   Antonelli, Marta ^a,b   Ratto, Corrado F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b National Consortium of Universities for Physics of Atmospheres and Hydrospheres (CINFAI)   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL POWER; CORSICA; CUMULATIVE ENERGIES; ELECTRIC GRIDS; INTERMITTENCY; MEDITERRANEAN BASINS; OPTIMAL ALLOCATIONS; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; POWER SWINGS; POWER SYSTEMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL SCALE; STOCHASTIC NATURES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITIES; WIND DATUM; WIND ENERGIES; WIND MEASUREMENTS; WIND POWER PLANTS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MESH GENERATION; OPTIMIZATION; POWER TRANSMISSION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

WIND POWER;

ANEMOMETER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65249090942     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1886.1     Document Type: Article

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