Benefit of regional energy balancing service on wind integration in the western interconnection of the United States [electronic resource] : preprint / M. Milligan ... [et al.].
Imprint
Golden, CO : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, [2010]
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Note
Title from title screen (NREL, viewed Nov. 1, 2010).
"October 2010."
"To be presented at the 9th Annual International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Power Plants, Quebec, Canada, October 18-19, 2010."
Summary
This analysis indicates the extent to which pooled regional dispatch for matching generation to load mitigates the costs and improves associated reliability, particularly in scenarios with high penetration of variable output resources, such as wind.