Curtailing intermittent generation in electrical systems

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 578-595

  Wu, Owen Q ^a   Kapuscinski, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic curtailment; Energy storage operations; Flexible generation; Intermittent generation; Operations management practice; Wind power

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL COMPONENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE GENERATION; GENERATION RESOURCES; INTERMITTENT GENERATION; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS; STORAGE OPERATIONS;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 84886000228     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.2013.0446     Document Type: Article

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