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Scheduling Wind Power
Categories: Research, Wind Energy - Monday Apr 21, 2008 10:05Read the full story in Technology Review.
As wind power becomes more common, its unpredictability becomes more of a problem. Sudden drops in wind speed can send grid operators scrambling to cover the shortfall and even cause blackouts; unexpected surges can leave conventional power plants idling, incurring costs and spewing pollution to no purpose.
To address the problem, power-grid operators are combining hyper-local meteorological data and artificial intelligence to predict when the wind turbines installed on their networks will turn. This month, New York’s Independent System Operator (NYISO) announced plans to integrate wind modeling into its grid control schemes by the summer, and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) plans to fire up a similar system this summer, if not sooner. The California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO), meanwhile, plans to expand a forecasting program that already covers about a quarter of the state’s wind-power capacity.
Technology Smooths the Way for Home Wind-Power Turbines
Categories: Green Lifestyle, Wind Energy - Wednesday Apr 16, 2008 09:29Read the full story in the New York Times.
Wind turbines are attracting homeowners with their ease of use, financial incentives and low environmental effects.
Study: In Texas, wind power beats natural gas
Categories: Wind Energy - Tuesday Apr 15, 2008 12:42Read the full story at News.com.
Wind power is worth it, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
ERCOT studied the costs and benefits of wind power in three scenarios and concluded that expanding wind power in Texas would outweigh the total costs of boosting the state’s electrical grid with conventional technologies. (Renewable Energy Access has a more detailed story here.)
Wind turbines in short supply
Categories: Wind Energy - Monday Apr 7, 2008 09:44Read the full story at News.com.
Want some turbines to build a wind power park? Get in line.
High demand–coupled with the engineering challenges of building turbines that can extract hundreds of kilowatts or megawatts of power from the wind–has created a shortage. Wind park developers, thus, are being forced to jostle their plans and supply line relationships to keep projects on track.