Integrating large scale wind power into the electricity grid in the Northeast of Brazil

Energy

Volumn 100, Issue , 2016, Pages 401-415

  de Jong, Pieter ^a   Kiperstok, Asher ^a   Sánchez, Antonio Santos ^a   Dargaville, Roger ^b   Torres, Ednildo Andrade ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydroelectricity; Integration; LCOE (levelised cost of electricity); Renewable energy; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS GENERATORS; HYDROELECTRIC GENERATORS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INTEGRATION; WIND POWER;

COST OF ELECTRICITY; FOSSIL FUEL GENERATORS; LARGE-SCALE WIND POWER; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE GENERATION; SCHEDULING FLEXIBILITY; WIND ENERGY GENERATION; WIND POWER PENETRATION;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOSSIL FUEL; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84959098483     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.12.026     Document Type: Article

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