The value of improved wind power forecasting: Grid flexibility quantification, ramp capability analysis, and impacts of electricity market operation timescales

Applied Energy

Volumn 184, Issue , 2016, Pages 696-713

  Wang, Qin ^a   Wu, Hongyu ^a   Florita, Anthony R ^a   Brancucci Martinez Anido, Carlo ^a   Hodge, Bri Mathias ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grid flexibility; Operation timescales; Ramp capability; Storage; Wind power forecasting; Wind power integration

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY STORAGE; FORECASTING; POWER MARKETS; RAMP GENERATORS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND POWER;

GRID FLEXIBILITY; RAMP CAPABILITY; TIME-SCALES; WIND POWER FORECASTING; WIND POWER INTEGRATIONS;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

DYNAMIC PROPERTY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION COST; WIND POWER;

CALIFORNIA; MIDCONTINENT; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85000360987     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.016     Document Type: Article

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