The optimum mix of electricity from wind- and solar-sources in conventional power systems: Evaluating the case for New York State

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6972-6980

  Nikolakakis, Thomas ^a   Fthenakis, Vasilis ^a,b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grid integration; Solar; Wind

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; FLEXIBLE GRIDS; GRID INTEGRATION; INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATORS; LOAD DATA; NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; OPTIMIZATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY POLICY; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054864906     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.05.052     Document Type: Article

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