| Description |
iv, 38 p. : ill. |
| Series |
NREL/TP ; 550-46938 |
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NREL/TP ; 550-46938.
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| Type Of Report |
Technical report. |
| Note |
Title from title screen (viewed December 24, 2009). |
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"December 2009." |
| Summary |
Strong weather events, though rare, can cause very large ramps in wind power that prove difficult for power system operators to manage. Forecasting large wind ramps is a new area of research, and many commercial providers of wind power forecasts are developing new methods to better predict these rare phenomena. Xcel Energy has teamed up with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to research ramping behavior and its impacts, and to develop a sophisticated wind prediction system for Xcel's service territories. The overall objective of this report is to give typical characteristics of large system-wide ramps and how correlations of wind plants and load can provide more information to a utility for predicting wind power ramps. This information will improve wind power ramp predictions and provide operators with better tools to integrate higher penetrations of wind power. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 38). |
| Funding |
DE-AC36-08-GO28308. WER8.5102. |
| Subject |
Wind power plants -- Research.
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Interconnected electric utility systems.
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Distributed resources (Electric utilities)
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Electric power system stability.
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| Added Author |
Kemper, Jason.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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| Gpo Item No. |
0430-P-03 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
E 9.16:NREL/TP-550-46938 |
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