Testing a wavelet-based variability model (WVM) for solar PV power plants

IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lave, M ^a   Kleissl, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

grid integration; photovoltaic; solar energy; variability; wavelet transforms

Indexed keywords

FLUCTUATION POWER; GRID INTEGRATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PLANT OUTPUT; POINT SENSORS; POWER OUT PUT; RAMP RATES; SOLAR PVS; TIME-SCALES; VARIABILITY; VARIABILITY MODEL;

POWER PLANTS; SENSORS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84869394758     PISSN: 19449925     EISSN: 19449933     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESGM.2012.6344951     Document Type: Conference Paper

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