The flexibility workout: Managing variable resources and assessing the need for power system modification

IEEE Power and Energy Magazine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 53-62

  Holttinen, Hannele ^a   Tuohy, Aidan ^b   Milligan, Michael ^c   Lannoye, Eamonn ^d,e   Silva, Vera ^e   Müller, Simon ^f   Söder, Lennart ^g  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b EPRI Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e EPRI International ^*  (France)

^f INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY   (France)

^g ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ENERGY RESOURCES;

ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84886673733     PISSN: 15407977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MPE.2013.2278000     Document Type: Article

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