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This book provides a review and analysis of the technical and policy options available for managing variable energy resources such as wind and solar power and integrating them into the electricity grid.
List of contents
Executive Summary Part 1: Technical and Policy Options 1. Overview 2. Variability and its Prediction 3. Strategies to Reduce or Manage Wind and Solar Variability 4. Improved Planning for Renewable Energy Capacity Expansion 5. New Regulations, Rate Structures, and Standards to Support Variable Energy Resources 6. Policies to Manage Variable Generation at Increased Renewable Contribution Part 2: Scientific Findings 7. The Social Costs and Benefits of Wind Energy: Case Study in the PJM Interconnection 8. Characteristics of Wind, Solar Photovoltaic, and Solar Thermal Power 9. Forecast Error Characteristics of Wind and of Load 10. Day-Ahead Wind Reserve Requirements 11. Year-To-Year Variability in Wind Power 12. Reduction of Wind Power Variability through Geographic Diversity 13. Cycling and Ramping of Fossil Plants, and Reduced Energy Payments 14. Storage to Smooth Variability 15. The Cost-Effectiveness of Dynamically Limiting Wind Turbines for Secondary Frequency Regulation Capacity 16. Quantifying the Hurricane Risk to Offshore Wind Power Part 3: Review of Large-Scale Wind Integration Studies 17. A Critical Review of Large-Scale Wind Integration Studies in the United States
About the author
Jay Apt is a Professor in Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business and in the Carnegie Mellon Department of Engineering and Public Policy, USA. He directs the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center and the RenewElec Project.
Paulina Jaramillo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. She is also the executive director of the RenewElec Project.
Summary
This book provides a review and analysis of the technical and policy options available for managing variable energy resources such as wind and solar power and integrating them into the electricity grid.
