Title :
Wind capacity credit in the United States
Author :
Milligan, Michael ; Porter, Kevin
Abstract :
The objective of this paper is to provide an analysis and comparison of recent studies on the capacity credit of wind in the United States. We offer suggestions and recommendations for future studies, based on the recent work. We examine key wind capacity studies in the United States, emphasizing those done in the past three years.
Keywords :
power generation economics; power generation planning; power generation reliability; wind power; USA; United States; capacity credit analysis; capacity reserve requirements; wind capacity credit; Area measurement; Availability; Character generation; Databases; Force measurement; Power generation; Power system planning; Power system reliability; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Power generation peaking capacity; power generation planning; power system availability; power system planning; power system reliability; wind; wind energy;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1905-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1932-5517
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2008.4596647
