Revision of reserve requirements following wind power integration in island power systems

Renewable Energy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 268-279

  De Vos, Kristof ^a   Petoussis, Andreas G ^b   Driesen, Johan ^a   Belmans, Ronnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Transmission System Operator Cyprus (TSO Cyprus)   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Fuel switch; Generation flexibility; Island power systems; Power reserves; Wind power; Wind power curtailment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; GENERATION FLEXIBILITY; GENERATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL SURFACE; INSTALLED CAPACITY; POWER FLUCTUATIONS; POWER RESERVES; PREDICTION ERRORS; RESERVE REQUIREMENTS; THERMAL GENERATION; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; WIND POWER CAPACITY; WIND POWER INTEGRATIONS; WIND POWER VARIATIONS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ERRORS; PROVEN RESERVES; WIND POWER;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND POWER;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84864095421     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.06.048     Document Type: Article

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