Adding wind power to a wind‐rich grid: Evaluating secondary suitability metrics

Author:

Pearre Nathaniel S.1ORCID,Swan Lukas G.1

Affiliation:

1. Renewable Energy Storage Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada

Abstract

AbstractAs the quantity of renewable electricity generation from wind farms increases in a region, the costs associated with integrating it into the broader electricity system also grow. This is primarily due to the need for dispatchable generators that vary power output to compensate for wind farm power variations. Such “balancing services” are an economic cost to the system that is typically not passed on to wind farms. We propose including the use of technical merits other than capacity factor and cost of energy for evaluating new wind farm sites and present a new graphical geospatial method, with the intention of identifying sites that minimize the need for additional electricity balancing service and transmission congestion. Specifically, locations with low correlation to existing wind farms, locations with high correlation to load, locations with high characteristic power time‐shift from existing wind farms, and locations that relieve or do not negatively impact electricity transmission congestion are identified. A geospatial Venn diagram‐based method of visualization is presented. These methods will equip regional planners with new tools to encourage wind farm development in areas that benefit the electricity grid beyond the lowest bid price.

Funder

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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