• DocumentCode
    801258
  • Title

    The sun also rises

  • Author

    Bebic, Jovan ; Walling, Reigh ; Brien, Kathleen O. ; Kroposki, Benjamin

  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    45
  • Lastpage
    54
  • Abstract
    Wind, solar, and other renewable energy important part of any present-day energy the portion of energy they supply to the certainly be increasing over the next few Arguably, large-scale wind power has reached technological maturity, and with more than 100 GW of capacity ample experience exists on integrating wind systems. Solar technologies, on the other emerging, and substantial R&D investments are being made to achieve parity with retail electricity costs in the near future. As this happens, annual capacity additions of solar power will become significant.
  • Keywords
    power generation economics; power generation planning; power generation reliability; secondary cells; solar power; solar power stations; GE Global Research; General Electric Co.; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; energy storage; large-scale solar power; power grid; power supply reliability; reliability indices; renewable energy; utility system; wind energy; Costs; Large scale integration; Large-scale systems; Power system interconnection; Renewable energy resources; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Sun; US Department of Energy; Wind energy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7977
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPE.2009.932307
  • Filename
    4907280