Wind power myths debunked Export

@article{citeulike:6057729, abstract = {The rapid growth of wind power in the United States and worldwide has resulted in increasing media attention to--and public awareness of--windgeneration technology. Several misunderstandings and myths have arisen due to the characteristics of wind generation, particularly because wind-energy generation only occurs when the wind is blowing. Wind power is therefore not dispatchable like conventional energy sources and delivers a variable level of power depending on the wind speed. Wind is primarily an energy resource and not a capacity resource. Its primary value is to offset fuel consumption and the resulting emissions, including carbon. Only a relatively small fraction of wind energy is typically delivered during peak and high-risk time periods; therefore, wind generators have limited capacity value. This leads to concerns about the impacts of wind power on maintaining reliability and the balance between load and generation. This article presents answers to commonly asked questions concerning wind power. It begins by addressing the variability of wind and then discusses whether wind has capacity credit. The article addresses whether wind can stop blowing everywhere at once, the uncertainty of predicting wind generation, whether it is expensive to integrate wind power, the need for new transmission, and whether wind generation requires backup generation or dedicated energy storage. Finally, we discuss whether there is sufficient system flexibility to incorporate wind generation, whether coal is better than wind because coal has greater capacity factors, and whether there is a limit to how much wind power can be incorporated into the grid.}, author = {Milligan, M. and Porter, K. and DeMeo, E. and Denholm, P. and Holttinen, H. and Kirby, B. and Miller, N. and Mills, A. and O'Malley, M. and Schuerger, M. and Soder, L.}, citeulike-article-id = {6057729}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2009.934268}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5233741}, day = {30}, doi = {10.1109/MPE.2009.934268}, journal = {Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE}, keywords = {myths, power, wind}, month = {October}, number = {6}, pages = {89--99}, posted-at = {2009-11-03 21:32:53}, priority = {2}, title = {Wind power myths debunked}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2009.934268}, volume = {7}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6057729 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6057729 N2 - The rapid growth of wind power in the United States and worldwide has resulted in increasing media attention to--and public awareness of--windgeneration technology. Several misunderstandings and myths have arisen due to the characteristics of wind generation, particularly because wind-energy generation only occurs when the wind is blowing. Wind power is therefore not dispatchable like conventional energy sources and delivers a variable level of power depending on the wind speed. Wind is primarily an energy resource and not a capacity resource. Its primary value is to offset fuel consumption and the resulting emissions, including carbon. Only a relatively small fraction of wind energy is typically delivered during peak and high-risk time periods; therefore, wind generators have limited capacity value. This leads to concerns about the impacts of wind power on maintaining reliability and the balance between load and generation. This article presents answers to commonly asked questions concerning wind power. It begins by addressing the variability of wind and then discusses whether wind has capacity credit. The article addresses whether wind can stop blowing everywhere at once, the uncertainty of predicting wind generation, whether it is expensive to integrate wind power, the need for new transmission, and whether wind generation requires backup generation or dedicated energy storage. Finally, we discuss whether there is sufficient system flexibility to incorporate wind generation, whether coal is better than wind because coal has greater capacity factors, and whether there is a limit to how much wind power can be incorporated into the grid. IS - 6 JF - Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE EP - 99 TI - Wind power myths debunked VL - 7 SP - 89 KW - myths KW - power KW - wind AU - Milligan, M AU - Porter, K AU - DeMeo, E AU - Denholm, P AU - Holttinen, H AU - Kirby, B AU - Miller, N AU - Mills, A AU - O'Malley, M AU - Schuerger, M AU - Soder, L PY - 2009/10/30/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2009.934268 ER -