Operating reserve implication of alternative implementations of an energy imbalance service on wind integration in the Western Interconnection

IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Milligan, Michael ^a   Kirby, Brendan ^a   King, Jack ^a,b   Beuning, Stephen ^c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b REPAE ^*  (United States)

^c XCEL ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

balancing area; Wind energy; wind integration

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY IMBALANCES; IN-PROCESS; OPERATING RESERVE; REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION; WESTERN ELECTRICITY COORDINATING COUNCILS; WIND INTEGRATION;

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INTEGRATION; WIND POWER;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 82855168207     PISSN: 19449925     EISSN: 19449933     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PES.2011.6039622     Document Type: Conference Paper

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5. Milligan, M.; Kirby, B. (2010). Market Characteristics for Efficient Integration of Variable Generation in the Western Interconnection: National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Report NREL/TP-550-48192. Available at http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy10osti/48192.pdf.