The Evolution of Wind Power Integration Studies: Past, Present, and Future

Erik Ela; Michael Milligan; Brian Parsons; Debra Lew; David Corbus

doi:10.1109/pes.2009.5275981

The Evolution of Wind Power Integration Studies: Past, Present, and Future

Erik Ela, Michael Milligan, Brian Parsons, Debra Lew, David Corbus

Power Systems Engineering

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

The rapid growth of wind power as a generation resource in the past decade has given many utilities and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO) concerns due to its unconventional characteristics. Because of these concerns, many of these entities have initiated studies that evaluate the feasibility of large amounts of wind power onto their system and the operational impacts present. This paper will discuss some of the past major studies, mostly focusing on the United States, and the basic methodologies that were used during these studies. The paper will also review many of the different results and conclusions of the studies and discuss how they have helped the power industry as a whole. Lastly, the authors will attempt to share their ideas on some of the limitations of the current and past integration studies, and some insight on how these may be evolving in the future.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/pes.2009.5275981 https://doi.org/10.1109/PES.2009.5275981
State	Published - 2009
Event	2009 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PES '09 - Calgary, AB, Canada Duration: 26 Jul 2009 → 30 Jul 2009

Conference

Conference	2009 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PES '09
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Calgary, AB
Period	26/07/09 → 30/07/09

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NREL/CP-550-47059

Keywords

And wind power generation
Power system economics
Power system operations
Power system planning
Power system reliability
Power systems
Wind energy

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