Cost-Causation and Integration Cost Analysis for Variable Generation

Charlton Clark, Jennifer DeCesaro, Kevin Lynn, Michael Milligan, Bri-Mathias Hodge, Brendan Kirby, Erik Ela, Debra Lew

Research output: NRELTechnical Report

Abstract

This report examines how wind and solar integration studies have evolved, what analysis techniques work, what common mistakes are still made, what improvements are likely to be made in the near future, and why calculating integration costs is such a difficult problem and should be undertaken carefully, if at all.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages37
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/TP-5500-51860

Keywords

  • economics
  • grid planning
  • grid studies
  • operational analysis
  • solar power
  • variable resources
  • wind power

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