Capacity value of solar power

IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Duignan, Roisin ^a   Dent, Chris J ^b   Mills, Andrew ^c   Samaan, Nader ^d   Milligan, Michael ^e   Keane, Andrew ^a   O'Malley, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

capacity value; power system operation and planning; solar power

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY VALUE; ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE; POWER SYSTEM OPERATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; WIND AND SOLAR POWER;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY RESOURCES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84870575819     PISSN: 19449925     EISSN: 19449933     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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