The potential of intermittent renewables to meet electric power demand: Current methods and emerging analytical techniques

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 322-334

  Hart, Elaine K ^a   Stoutenburg, Eric D ^a   Jacobson, Mark Z ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy resources; grid integration; intermittency; renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ELECTRIC POWER DEMANDS; ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR; GRID INTEGRATION; INTERMITTENCY; INTERMITTENT RENEWABLES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SYSTEM CHARACTERIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84856234993     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2011.2144951     Document Type: Conference Paper

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