Assessment and economic analysis of wind generation on the ancillary services and the unit commitment process for an isolated system

Author

Papalexopoulos, A. ; Vitellas, I. ; Hatziargyriou, N.D. ; Hansen, C. ; Patsaka, T. ; Dimeas, A.L.

Author_Institution

ECCO Int., USA

fYear

2011

fDate

25-28 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper analyzes the behavior of the wind and examines the impact of varying levels of wind penetration on the ancillary services and unit commitment costs for conventional oil-fired generation for an isolated system. The application is based on data for the island of Crete. Three years of minute-by-minute telemetered load, wind speed, and wind generation data were deployed. The study also analyzes the operational impact of curtailing excess wind for security purposes.

Keywords

power generation economics; steam power stations; wind power plants; ancillary services; assessment analysis; conventional oil-fired generation; economic analysis; isolated system; minute-by-minute telemetered load; unit commitment costs; wind generation data; wind penetration; wind speed; Indexes; Manuals; Ancillary Services; Island system; Renewable Energy Integration; Unit Commitment; Wind Farms; Wind Generation Dumping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent System Application to Power Systems (ISAP), 2011 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hersonissos

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0807-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0808-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAP.2011.6082197

Filename

6082197