The Western Wind and Solar Integration Study Phase 2 : executive summary / Debra Lew and Greg Brinkman.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Lew, Debra, author.

Brinkman, Greg, author.

Contributor:

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

NREL/TP ; 5500-58798.

NREL/TP ; 5500-58798

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Western Wind and Solar Integration Study (U.S.).

Wind power--Research--United States.

Wind power.

Photovoltaic power generation--Research--United States.

Photovoltaic power generation.

Photovoltaic power generation--Research.

Wind power--Research.

United States.

Genre:

calendars (documents)

Calendars

Calendars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 29 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Golden, Colo.] : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2013.

Summary:

The electric grid is a highly complex, interconnected machine, and changing one part of the grid can have consequences elsewhere. Adding wind and solar affects the operation of the other power plants, and adding high penetrations can induce cycling of fossil-fueled generators. Cycling leads to wear-and-tear costs and changes in emissions. Phase 2 of the Western Wind and Solar Integration Studyevaluated these costs and emissions and simulated grid operations for a year to investigate the detailed impact of wind and solar on the fossil-fueled fleet. This built on Phase 1, one of the largest wind and solar integration studies ever conducted, which examined operational impacts of high wind and solar penetrations in the West.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 24, 2014).

"September 2013."

OCLC:

874569514

Access Restriction:

Publicly released