• DocumentCode
    1056805
  • Title

    Can Wind Energy Continue Double-Digit Growth?

  • Author

    Fairley, Peter

  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    16
  • Lastpage
    16
  • Abstract
    The need for backup power has been overstated, but grid interconnections are crucial. Wind power supplies a large proportion of the electricity in countries like Denmark, Germany, and Spain, and its use is growing at an explosive pace around the world. Wind power´s rapid growth, especially in Europe, is sustainable only if grid interconnections improve,
  • Keywords
    power generation economics; power generation faults; power generation reliability; power generation scheduling; power system interconnection; wind power plants; Denmark; Europe; Germany; IEA; International Energy Agency; Spain; flows backup power; grid interconnections; investment; overloads; power-generation companies; transmission capacity; transmission lines; unanticipated power flows; wind energy; wind farms; wind power; wind-tossed electric grids; Europe; Load flow; Wind energy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/SPEC.2008.4445772
  • Filename
    4445772
    • Link To Document
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