Comparison of capacity credit calculation methods for conventional power plants and wind power

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 685-691

  Amelin, Mikael ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Power generation peaking capacity; Power system reliability; Wind power generation

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION METHODS; CAPACITY CREDIT; COMPUTING CAPACITY; CONVENTIONAL POWER PLANTS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENERATING UNIT; GENERATION ADEQUACY; INSTALLED CAPACITY; LOSS OF LOAD PROBABILITIES; PENETRATION FACTOR; POWER GENERATION PEAKING CAPACITY; POWER SYSTEM RELIABILITY; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; POWER TRANSMISSION; PROBABILITY; WIND POWER;

POWER PLANTS;

EID: 67349187406     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2009.2016493     Document Type: Article

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