Forecasting and scheduling of wind generation at California ISO

Author

Abdul-Rahman, K. ; Alarian, H. ; Fan Zhang

Author_Institution

California ISO, Folsom, CA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

22-26 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper describes the current challenges that California ISO is facing in areas of forecasting, scheduling and dispatch of the existing fleet to maintain reliability of the transmission grid with the increased integration levels of wind and solar power generation. A description of the different on-going activities at CAISO to improve existing tools and develop new forecasting tools is provided. On-going enhancements to the CAISO´s market applications in areas of scheduling and dispatch are discussed. Future plans and other improvements are also summarized in this paper.

Keywords

load forecasting; power generation dispatch; power generation scheduling; power grids; power transmission reliability; solar power stations; wind power plants; California ISO; integration levels; power generation dispatch; power generation scheduling; solar power generation; transmission grid; wind generation forecasting; Forecasting; Real-time systems; Wind forecasting; Wind power generation; CAISO; California ISO; Generation Forecasting; Grid Reliability; Load Forecasting; Market Systems; Scheduling; System Flexibility; Variable Energy Resource; Wind Power;

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.2012.6345353

Filename

6345353