Here you will find resources related to System Operation & Market Design categorized by the following:
Electrical System Operation / Market Design and Operation / Operational Forecasting
Electrical System Operation
Analysis of Wind Generation Impact on ERCOT Ancillary Services (2008)
Grid Issues for Electricity Production Based on Renewable Energy Sources in Spain, Portugal, Germany, and United Kingdom (2008)
BPA Summary of Visit to Red Electrica de Espana (May 2008)
Wind Energy Curtailment Case Studies (NREL, October 2009)
Wind Plant Ramping Behavior (NREL, December 2009)
Potential Reliability Impacts of Emerging Flexible Resources (NERC, August 2010)
New England Wind Integration Study (GE, 2010)
Western Wind and Solar Integration Study (GE, 2010)
Advanced Unit Commitment Strategies for the U.S. Eastern Interconnection (NREL, October 2010)
Operating Practices, Procedures, and Tools (NERC, March 2011)
Potential Bulk System Reliability Impacts of Distributed Resources (NERC, August 2011)
The Western Wind and Solar Integration Study Phase 2 (NREL, 2013)
Wind and Solar Energy Curtailment: Experience and Practices in the United States (NREL, March 2014)
Minnesota Renewable Energy Integration and Transmission Study (GE, 2014)
Integration of PV into System Operations (Argonne National Laboratory)
Eastern Renewable Generation Integration Study (NREL, 2016)
Reducing Wind Curtailment through Transmission Expansion in a Wind Vision Future (NREL, 2017)
Renewable Integration Impact Assessment (MISO, 2017)
A Collaborative for Greater Coordination and Integration Among the Electric Grids of Eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States (2020)
Market Design and Operation
Interactions of Wind Farms with Bulk-Power Operations and Markets (September 2001)
Assessing the State of Wind Energy in Wholesale Electricity Markets (FERC, November 20004)
Integrating Wind: Developing Europe’s Power Market for the Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power (Tradewind, February 2009)
Implementation of Market & Operational Framework For Wind Integration in Alberta (AESO, March 2009)
Impact of Intermittency: How Wind Variability Could Change the Shape of the British and Irish Electricity Markets (July 2009)
Market Characteristics for Efficient Integration of Variable Generation in the Western Interconnection (NREL, August 2010)
FERC Order 755: Frequency Regulation Compensation in the Organized Wholesale Power Markets (October 2011)
Integrating Variable Renewable Energy in Electric Power Markets: Best Practices from International Experience (April 2012)
PacifiCorp-ISO Energy Imbalance Market Benefits (March 2013)
Western Interconnection Flexibility Assessment (E3, 2015)
Low Carbon Grid Study: Analysis of a 50% Emission Reduction in California (NREL, 2016)
Western Flexibility Assessment: Investigating the West’s Changing Resource Mix and Implications for System Flexibility (2019)
Getting to 100% renewables: operating experiences with very high penetrations of variable energy resources (2020)
Solar-to-Grid: Trends in System Impacts, Reliability, and Market Value in the United States (LBNL, February 2021)
Operational Forecasting
Overview of Wind Energy Generation Forecasting (NYSERDA, December 2003)
Evaluation of Advanced Wind Power Forecasting Models – Results of the Anemos Project (presented in 2006)
Next Generation Short-Term Forecasting of Wind Power –Overview of the ANEMOS Project (presented in 2006)
WEPROG: AESO Wind Power Forecasting Pilot Project (May 2008)
Do Wind Forecasts Make Good Generation Schedules? (NREL, June 2008)
AWS Truewind’s Final Report for the Alberta Forecasting Pilot Project (June 2008)
ERCOT Event on February 26, 2008: Lessons Learned (NREL, July 2008)
AESO Letter of Notice: Wind Forecasting Work Group Report (August 2008)
AESO Work Group Report: Wind Power Forecasting Pilot Project (August 2008)
Wind Power Forecasting Pilot Project Part B: The Quantitative Analysis Final Report (ORTECH Power, August 2008)
Final Report on Windlogics Minnesota RDF Forecasting Project (October 2008)
Understanding Variability and Uncertainty of Photovoltaics for Integration with the Electric Power System (LBNL, December 2009)
NERC IVGTF Task 2.1 Report: Variable Generation Power Forecasting for Operations (May 2010)
Development of Regional Wind Resource and Wind Plant Output Datasets for the Hawaiian Islands (NREL, July 2010)
Implications of Wide-Area Geographic Diversity for Short-Term Variability of Solar Power (LBNL, September 2010)
Hawaii Solar Integration Study, Executive Summary (NREL, June 2013)
Improving Economics of Solar Power Through Analysis, Forecasting, and Dynamic System Modeling (October 2013)