An analytical method for wind energy potential, reliability, and cost assessment for wind generation systems

The significant offshore wind energy potential of Oregon faces several challenges, including a power grid which was not developed for the purpose of transmitting energy from the ocean. The grid impacts of the energy resource are considered through the lenses of (i) resource complementarity with Variable Renewable Energy resources; (ii) correlations with load profiles from the four balancing authorities with territory in Oregon; and (iii) spatial value to regional and coastal grids as represented through a production cost model of the Western Interconnection. The capacity implications of the interactions between offshore wind and the historical east-to-west power flows of the region are discussed. The existing system is shown to accommodate more than two gigawatts of offshore wind interconnections with minimal curtailment. Through three gigawatts of interconnection, transmission flows indicate a reduction of coastal and statewide energy imports as well as minimal statewide energy exports.

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Assessment of wind energy potential over India using high-resolution global reanalysis data

Journal of Earth System Science ◽

10.1007/s12040-021-01557-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 130 (2) ◽

Author(s):

China Satyanarayana Gubbala ◽

Venkata Bhaskar Rao Dodla ◽

Srinivas Desamsetti

Keyword(s):

High Resolution ◽

Wind Energy ◽

Reanalysis Data ◽

Energy Potential ◽

Wind Energy Potential ◽

Global Reanalysis

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Probabilistic modeling of wind energy potential for power grid expansion planning

Energy ◽

10.1016/j.energy.2021.120831 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 120831

Author(s):

G.Y.E.O.N.G.M.I.N. KIM ◽

J.I.N. HUR

Keyword(s):

Wind Energy ◽

Power Grid ◽

Probabilistic Modeling ◽

Energy Potential ◽

Expansion Planning ◽

Wind Energy Potential

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Harnessing Wind Energy Potential in ASEAN: Modelling and Policy Implications

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13084279 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 4279

Author(s):

Youngho Chang ◽

Phoumin Han

Keyword(s):

Wind Energy ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Wind Generation ◽

Energy Potential ◽

Trade Model ◽

Electricity Trade ◽

Generation Capacity ◽

The Cost ◽

Business As Usual

This study examines whether and how harnessing more wind energy can decrease the cost of meeting the demand for electricity and amount of carbon emissions in the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, using the ASEAN integrated electricity trade model. Three scenarios are considered: a counterfactual business-as-usual (BAU) scenario, which assumes no wind energy is used; an actual BAU scenario that uses the wind-generation capacity in 2018; and a REmap scenario, which employs the wind-generation capacity from the Renewable Energy Outlook for ASEAN. Simulation results suggest that dispatching more wind energy decreases the cost of meeting the demand for electricity and amount of carbon emissions. However, these emissions increase during the late years of the study period, as the no- or low-emitting energy-generation technologies are crowded out.

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