Citation

Allan RN, Avella PC. Reliab. Eng. 1985; 12(3): 129-138.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0143-8174(85)90072-1

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Considerable interest exists in using wind sources to generate electrical energy and trial systems are already in operation. The main reason is that conventional fossil fuels are limited and expensive. Unfortunately, wind is not always available, and conventional sources must supply the demand in these quiescent periods. Standard techniques for evaluating generation reliability containing wind sources are inappropriate since they are capacity based. Instead, techniques based on energy are required. This paper describes techniques that assimilate wind energy sources in generation reliability evaluation. A typical generating system is also considered and the effect that wind energy sources have on the reliability of this system is demonstrated.