The variability of interconnected wind plants

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4400-4410

  Katzenstein, Warren ^a   Fertig, Emily ^a   Apt, Jay ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interconnected wind plants; Wind power; Wind variability

Indexed keywords

CO-LOCATED; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT ANALYSIS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERCONNECTED WIND PLANTS; KOLMOGOROV SPECTRUM; POWER OUT PUT; STEP CHANGES; VERY LOW FREQUENCY; WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION; WIND PLANT;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

WIND POWER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; POWER PLANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND POWER;

GREAT PLAINS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952843212     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.069     Document Type: Article

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