A spatial and temporal correlation analysis of aggregate wind power in an ideally interconnected Europe

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dc.contributor.authorMalvaldi, A.
dc.contributor.authorWeiss, S.
dc.contributor.authorInfield, D.
dc.contributor.authorBrowell, J.
dc.contributor.authorLeahy, Paul G.
dc.contributor.authorFoley, Aoife M.
dc.contributor.funderEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilen
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-24T12:25:43Z
dc.date.available2017-03-24T12:25:43Z
dc.date.issued2017-03-02
dc.date.updated2017-03-24T12:12:08Z
dc.description.abstractStudies have shown that a large geographic spread of installed capacity can reduce wind power variability and smooth production. This could be achieved by using electricity interconnections and storage systems. However, interconnections and storage are not totally flexible, so it is essential to understand the wind power correlation in order to address power system constraints in systems with large and growing wind power penetrations. In this study, the spatial and temporal correlation of wind power generation across several European Union countries was examined to understand how wind ‘travels’ across Europe. Three years of historical hourly wind power generation data from 10 countries were analysed. The results of the analysis were then compared with two other studies focused on the Nordic region and the USA. The findings show that similar general correlation characteristics do exist between European country pairs. This is of particular importance when planning and operating interconnector flows, storage optimization and cross-border power trading.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEngineering Physical Sciences Research Council (Grant Number EP/G037728/1)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMalvaldi, A., Weiss, S., Infield, D., Browell, J., Leahy, P. and Foley, A. M. (2017) 'A spatial and temporal correlation analysis of aggregate wind power in an ideally interconnected Europe', Wind Energy, 20(8), pp. 1315-1329. doi:10.1002/we.2095en
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/we.2095
dc.identifier.endpage1329
dc.identifier.issn1099-1824
dc.identifier.issued8
dc.identifier.journaltitleWind Energyen
dc.identifier.startpage1315
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3829
dc.identifier.volume20
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltden
dc.rights© 2017, the Authors. Wind Energy is published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectWind power generationen
dc.subjectWind energyen
dc.subjectInterconnectionen
dc.subjectGeographic diversityen
dc.subjectCorrelationen
dc.titleA spatial and temporal correlation analysis of aggregate wind power in an ideally interconnected Europeen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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