Modeling wind power curtailment with increased capacity in a regional electricity grid supplying a dense urban demand

Applied Energy

Volumn 183, Issue , 2016, Pages 299-317

  Waite, Michael ^a   Modi, Vijay ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Baseload generation; Renewable energy resources; Systems integration; Transmission; Urban energy; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUBROUTINES; TRANSMISSIONS; TURBINES; WIND; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

BASE LOAD GENERATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TRANSMISSION CAPACITIES; TRANSMISSION CAPACITY INCREASE; TRANSMISSION CONSTRAINT; URBAN ENERGY; WIND POWER CURTAILMENTS;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; URBAN AREA; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84990026454     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.08.078     Document Type: Article

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