Optimal portfolio-theory-based allocation of wind power: Taking into account cross-border transmission-capacity constraints

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2374-2387

  Rombauts, Yannick ^a   Delarue, Erik ^a   D'haeseleer, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cross border transmission; Portfolio theory; Wind power allocation

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; CROSS-BORDER; CROSS-BORDER TRANSMISSION; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; OPTIMAL PORTFOLIOS; PORTFOLIO THEORIES; POWER FLOWS; POWER VARIATIONS; THREE MODELS; WIND FARM;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

WIND POWER;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

EID: 79954572823     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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