Full Title: Impacts of Wind Generation Integration
Author(s): Energy Technology Assessment Center
Publisher(s): Electric Power Research Institute
Publication Date: April 1, 2011
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Description (excerpt):
Worldwide, several power systems already are coping with large amounts of wind power – up to 20% of their annual energy consumption, and sometimes more than 50% of off-peak power production. Wind inherently is variable, difficult to accurately predict, and frequently anti-correlated with electricity load. With regard to moving wind energy to load, transmission issues are particularly challenging. From planning to permitting, from capital cost estimation to cost allocation, there is no clear indication how and whether sufficient transmission will be constructed to tap our vast, remote, domestic wind resources.