Wind Resource Quality Affected by High Levels of Renewables

For solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind resources, the capacity factor is an important parameter describing the quality of the resource. As the share of variable renewable resources (such as PV and wind) on the electric system is increasing, so does curtailment (and the fraction of time when it cannot...

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Main Author: Victor Diakov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Resources
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/4/2/378