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Transmission bases for sizing wind and solar projects

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Administrator

Unlike base load power plants such as nuclear and some coal plants which operate near full capacity for days at a time, solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind farms are variable resources whose output is dependent on the minute-by-minute change in … Continue reading →

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A Closer Look at Wind Curtailment

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Administrator

 by Pterra Consulting  Wind farms are unique to power systems in that the construction and development time is much shorter than that of transmission lines and other bulk system facilities.  Wind farms can be placed into service well ahead of … Continue reading →

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A Methodology for Estimating Potential Curtailment of Wind Farms

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Administrator

 by Pterra Consulting Figure 1 A wind farm integrated into a transmission grid is subject to curtailment due to temporary or long-term insufficient capacity on the transmission lines.  Maintenance outage of a nearby line, dispatch of competing wind farms and availability of other generators are examples … Continue reading →

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