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Publication Number: CEC-500-2007-009
Abstract:
The California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program has assembled an industry team to tackle the challenges of integrating renewables into the future 2020 transmission system. The Intermittency Analysis Project (IAP) examines the statewide system impacts of higher levels of intermittent renewables on the California electricity and transmission infrastructure, and recommends technical and operational strategies for mitigating impacts that are found based on the analysis. Response options provide a framework for system operators, utilities and infrastructure planners to gauge the needs of the future 2020 system. Working with various agencies and California utilities to ensure coordination and to review results and findings, the IAP team has also incorporated recent results and input from other regional study groups in California as well as lessons learned from the international perspective. Goals include providing a detailed technical analysis, addressing potential operational strategies, developing a set of utility “best practices” for integrating intermittent renewables, and if problems are found, assessing potential mitigation options. This interim report focuses on the assessment methodology, scenarios and highlights some of the preliminary findings presented at a Commission staff workshop on August 15, 2006. Project completion is anticipated in spring of 2007. Keywords: Intermittency analysis, renewable integration, renewable portfolio standards, renewable transmission benefit ratio, transmission impacts, wind energy in California
Author(s): Kevin Porter, Intermittency Analysis Project Team, California Wind Energy Collaborative Commission Division: Technology Systems Division - R&D, PIER (500)
Office/Program: PIER: Public Interest Energy Research
PIER Program Area: Renewable Energy Technologies
Date Report Completed: January 2007
Date On Line:
02/02/2007
Acrobat PDF File Size: 60 pages,
752 kilobytes
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