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Capturing Transmission And Distribution Connected Wind Energy Variability, Abdulaziz Alanazi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Although renewable energy provides a viable solution to address ongoing challenges of the economy and the environment in modern power systems, the variable generation of this technology results in major technical challenges for system operators. This issue is becoming more severe as the penetration of renewable generation is increasing. This dissertation addresses the variability challenge of renewable energy resources in transmission and distribution levels of modern power systems.

For transmission level, this dissertation focuses on wind generation fluctuation. Three methods of reducing wind generation fluctuation are investigated from an economic perspective, including (a) dumping the wind generation, (b) using battery …