A study of recent changes in southwest power pool and electric reliability council of Texas and its impact on the U.S. wind industry

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 350-361

  Nimmagadda, Sandeep ^a   Islam, Atiqul ^a   Bayne, Stephen B ^a   Walker, R P ^b   Garcia Caballero, Lourdes ^c   Fisas Camanes, Albert ^c  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

ERCOT; FERC; NERC; SPP; Wind farm developers; Wind turbine manufacturers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MANUFACTURE; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS; ERCOT; FERC; MODELING PROCEDURE; NERC; REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION; SUB-SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL INTERACTIONS; WIND FARM DEVELOPERS;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84901259186     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.04.074     Document Type: Review

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