Generation capacity expansion planning has been evolving in rencent
decades. First, the long-term planning procedure is taking more detailed
considerations of short-term operation impacts. Second, as more renewable
resources being integrated into the grid, a new strategy of dealing with the
non-dispatchable renewable energy should be developed, with more ancillary
services needing to be procured from thermal units. These trends are expected
to continue.
This thesis describes a methodology in generation capacity expansion
planning. The screening curves method can be used to estimate optimal generation
mix for a target year. This thesis first introduces three screening curves
methods, which are classified based on their ability to deal with detailed shortterm
operational issues. It then includes ancillary service and wind integration
impacts. Finally, it presents a case study of a projected ERCOT 2030 system. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/21763 |
| Date | 25 October 2013 |
| Creators | Zhang, Tong, active 2013 |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | application/pdf |
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