Western wind and solar integration study hydropower anaysis: Benefits of hydropower in large-scale integration of renewables in the Western United States

ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 567-576

  Pete, Carson M ^a   Acker, Thomas L ^a   Jordan, Gary ^b   Harpman, David A ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydropower; System modeling; Wind integration

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; COST PRODUCTION; GENERATION PATTERNS; GENERATION SYSTEMS; GRID SYSTEMS; HYDRO-SYSTEM; HYDROPOWER; LARGE PENETRATIONS; NEW MEXICO; OPERATIONAL IMPACTS; PENETRATION LEVEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PRODUCTION SIMULATION; REDUCING SYSTEMS; RENEWABLES; RESERVOIR STORAGE; SYSTEM MODELING; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WIND FORECASTS; WIND INTEGRATION; WYOMING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROELECTRIC GENERATORS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND POWER;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 84860266399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2010-90374     Document Type: Conference Paper

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