Wind power in New England: modeling and analysis of nondispatchable renewable energy technologies

Author

Cardell, Judith B. ; Connors, Stephen R.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Electromagn. & Electron. Syst., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

1998

fDate

5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

710

Lastpage

715

Abstract

Nondispatchable renewable energy technologies have beneficial environmental, financial and planning characteristics, yet are not readily included in resource planning analysis for two main reasons: the lack of familiarity in the power sector with their behavior, and the lack of appropriate analysis tools. This paper presents a methodology, to be used in conjunction with a standard production-costing model, for analyzing nondispatchable renewable energy technologies (RETs) as part of power systems operation. Our analysis of 1500 MW_p of wind power in New England shows that this capacity can capture the same amount of energy as the region´s utility sponsored DSM programs, and that the wind resource in New England is comparable, on an energy basis, to that in California

Keywords

planning; wind power; 1500 MW; California; DSM programs; New England; environmental characteristics; financial characteristics; nondispatchable renewable energy technologies; planning characteristics; resource planning analysis; standard production-costing model; wind resource; Power generation; Power system analysis computing; Power system modeling; Power system planning; Renewable energy resources; Solar power generation; Technology planning; Wind energy generation; Wind power generation; Wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.667404

Filename

667404