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> Wind Induced Coal Plant Cycling Costs and the Implications of Wind Curtailment for Public Service Company of Colorado
Xcel Energy, August 2011
> Public Service Company of Colorado 2 GW and 3 GW Wind Integration Cost Study
Xcel Energy, August 2011
> Program on Technology Innovation: Integrated Generation Technology Options
EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute), June 2011
> Impacts of Wind Generation Integration
EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute), April 2011
> Special Report: Potential Reliability Impacts of Emerging Flexible Resources
NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation), August 2010
> EPRI Reference Card Press Release , EPRIReferenceCard
> POWER September 2010 Energy Storage
> CA PUC Storage White Paper , July 2010
> California ISO Storage Order
> DOE Grid Storage Report 07 10, July 2010
> Electricity Storage: Making Large-Scale Adoption of Wind and Solar Energies a Reality
The Boston Consulting Group, April 2010
> NERC 2010 Long-Term Reliability Assessment
NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation), October 2010
> Integrating Renewables into the Generation Mix: Challenges and Unknowns
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Executive Summary
> Challenges and Unknowns
> CTOTF’s Kirn Calls for National Forum
> Solar Power and Germany’s Grid
> Renewable Energy: The Ultimate Balancing Act
> CTOTF Panelists
Overview
Grid Impacts
> How intermittent renewables impact CallSO
> Renewables force WECC to rethink grid operations
> Learn from Texas
> Midwest Wind
Technical Solutions
> CAES ready to go mainstream
> GT enhancements can facilitate renewable integration
> Injecting solar steam into the HRSG
> Materials considerations for equipment seeing increased cyclic duty
Smart Grid
> An idea for the future
> Injecting renewable energy into the distribution system
Case Studies
> Renewables already impacting NV Energy’s grid operations
> Flexibility of conventional resources underpins renewable development
> Inequality among renewables
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