Impact of transmission on resource adequacy in systems with wind and solar power

Author

Ibanez, E. ; Milligan, M.

Author_Institution

Nat. Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

22-26 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Variable generation is on track to become a significant contributor to electric power systems worldwide. Thus, it is important to analyze the effect that renewables will have on the reliability of systems. In this paper we present a new tool being implemented at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which allows the inclusion of variable generation in the power system resource adequacy. The tool is used to quantify a first estimate of the potential contribution of transmission to reliability in highly interconnected systems and an example is provided using the Western Interconnection footprint.

Keywords

power generation reliability; power transmission reliability; solar power stations; wind power plants; Western interconnection footprint; highly interconnected systems; power system reliability; power system resource adequacy; power transmission reliability; solar power generation; wind power generation; Capacity planning; Laboratories; Power system reliability; Reliability; Renewable energy resources; Wind; Power transmission; power systems reliability; probability; solar energy; wind energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2727-5

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESGM.2012.6343955

Filename

6343955