Technical benefits of energy storage and electricity interconnections in future British power systems

Energy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 577-587

  Edmunds, R K ^a   Cockerill, T T ^a   Foxon, T J ^a   Ingham, D B ^a   Pourkashanian, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy storage; GB energy system; Interconnection; Maximum wind penetration; Modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY STORAGE; MODELS;

ELECTRICITY INTERCONNECTIONS; ELECTRICITY SYSTEM; EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; INTERCONNECTION; REFERENCE MODELING; SIMULATION; WIND PENETRATION;

ELECTRICITY;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; MODEL VALIDATION; POWER PLANT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND POWER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84901646972     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.04.041     Document Type: Article

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