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Wind Power Integration

This document discusses how wind energy can be successfully integrated into electricity grids. It notes that countries like Denmark have obtained a large portion (39%) of their electricity from wind. Several US states including Iowa and South Dakota obtained over 25% of their energy from wind in 2014. The document discusses how grid reliability remains high even with increased wind production. It provides examples of grids handling high contributions from wind energy, such as Colorado managing up to 60% wind energy on an hourly basis. Forecasting and technology improvements help with wind integration. Increasing wind energy decreases fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from traditional power sources.

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Wind Power Integration

This document discusses how wind energy can be successfully integrated into electricity grids. It notes that countries like Denmark have obtained a large portion (39%) of their electricity from wind. Several US states including Iowa and South Dakota obtained over 25% of their energy from wind in 2014. The document discusses how grid reliability remains high even with increased wind production. It provides examples of grids handling high contributions from wind energy, such as Colorado managing up to 60% wind energy on an hourly basis. Forecasting and technology improvements help with wind integration. Increasing wind energy decreases fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from traditional power sources.

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The following slides

provide information
about integrating
wind energy into the
electricity grid.

Photo by Dennis Schroeder, NREL 25907

Wind energy
currently
contributes
significant power to
energy portfolios
In 2014, Denmark led the
around
the world.
way with wind power
supplying roughly 39% of the
countrys electricity demand.
Ireland, Portugal, and Spain
provided more than 20% of
their electricity needs from
wind.*
*U.S. Department of Energy. (August 2015).
2014 Wind Technologies Market Report.

OR:
12.7%

ND:
17.6%
ID:
18.3%

MN:
15.9%

SD:
25.3%
IA:
28.5%
CO:
13.6%

KS:
21.7%
OK:
16.9%

*U.S. Department of Energy. (August 2015).


2014 Wind Technologies Market Report.

Iowa and South


Dakota topped the
U.S. market with
more than 25%
wind energy
Seven additional
production
states in
are2014.
producing more
than 12% of their
energy needs with
wind.*

Grid reliability
remains high
with increased
wind
production.

Photo from Pacific Power Flickr


*American Wind Energy Association. (2014). AWEA
U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report, Year Ending 2013.

Electric power systems


in regions with high
wind power
Grid
reliability
contributions
have
operated reliably
remains
high
without added storage
with
increased
and with
little or no
wind
increase in generation
reserves.*
production.

During severe weather


events, wind energy has
capacity to increase system
reliability.
During a February 2011 cold weather
spell that disabled 152 power plants in
Texas (primarily coal and natural gas),
wind generation produced approximately
3,500 megawatts of output, helping to
avert
power outages.*
*Union of Concerned Scientists. (April 2013).
Renewables: Energy You Can Count On. Ramping Up Renewables.

Photo from Flickr

Maximum wind
integration
limits have yet
to be reached.
For example, in May
2014, Colorados grid
operators successfully
managed an hourly
contribution from wind
up to 60%.*
Photo by Dennis Schroeder,
NREL
31737
*American
Wind Energy Association. (2014).

AWEA U.S. Wind Industry Fourth Quarter 2013 Market Report.

Improvements in wind
forecasting tools and
wind technology help
with the grid
integration of wind
In May 2014, wind energy in Xcel
power.
Energys Upper Midwest territory

*North American Windpower. (May 2, 2014).


Xcel Energy Breaks Wind Power Record In Upper Midwest.
**American Wind Energy Association. (2014).
AWEA U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report, Year Ending 2013.

met 46% of customers'


electricity needs.* In March of
the same year, wind energy had
an instantaneous contribution of
38.4% on the Electric Reliability
Council of Texas (ERCOT)
system.**

Utility integration of
wind requires minimal
additional reserves from
traditional fuel sources.
ERCOT determined that the
incremental reserve required for
nearly 10 gigawatts of wind energy
on its system translated into an
Photo from NRG Energy, NREL 16094
additional monetary value of
$0.50/megawatt-hour of wind, or
an increase of approximately 6
cents per month on a typical Texas
households $140 monthly electric
*U.S. Department of Energy. (2015). Wind Vision: A New Era for Wind Power in the United
bill.*
States.

Photo from Minnesota Power, NREL 16051

Similarly, the Midcontinent


Independent System Operator
(MISO), which serves the U.S.
Midwest and Manitoba,
Canada, reported that more
than 12 gigawatts of wind
generation on its system has
little to no effect on its reserve
needs.*

*Navid, N. Managing Flexibility in MISO Markets. Electric Utility Consultants Inc.


Workshop, April 2013.

Wind Integration (Cycling)


from a System Perspective

Increasing wind power


production decreases
fuel consumption.
Large amounts of wind can be
integrated without major
infrastructure upgrades to
traditional power systems while
reducing fuel consumption,
resulting in fuel cost savings that
outweigh
increased cycling
*National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Western
Wind and Solar Integration Study Phase 2.
costs.*
Cycling refers to traditional power systems: shutting down,
restarting, ramping up/down, and operating at part load.

Decreasing fuel
consumption results in
fewer greenhouse gas
emissions.

Billions of pounds of carbon dioxide


are prevented from entering our
atmosphere when we replace
traditional fuel-powered energy
systems with wind another
benefit of integrating wind into the
national energy portfolio.*
The increase in plant emissions from cycling to
accommodate variable renewables is more than offset
by the overall reduction
in CO, NO, and SO.

*National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Western Wind and Solar Integration


Study Phase 2.

For more details about wind


energy integration, visit the
WINDExchange website or
the National Renewable
Energy Laboratorys
Transmission Grid Integratio
n pages
.

Photo by First Wind, NREL 16737

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