Novel wind resource assessment and demand flexibility analysis for community resilience: A remote microgrid case study

RENEWABLE ENERGY

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Article

Her, Chong¹  Sambor, Daniel J.²  Whitney, Erin¹  Wies, Richard³ 

[1] Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Ctr Energy & Power, POB 755910, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA

[2] Stanford Univ, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[3] Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Coll Engn & Mines, Elect & Comp Engn Dept, POB 755915, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA

关键词: Wind assessment;    Microgrid;    Arctic region;    Dispatchable loads;    Food-energy-water systems;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.renene.2021.07.099

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

With the increasing effects of climate change and high costs of energy, many rural Alaska communities are working to implement local alternative energy solutions to improve energy security. Integrating renewable energy systems can reduce reliance on fossil fuels and subsequently improve food, energy, and water (FEW) security. In this study, wind energy modeling techniques using local airport meteorological data were convolved with community loads to determine the most cost-effective combinations of wind turbine technology and dispatchable loads for improving FEW security in a southwestern Alaska village. This approach is different from wind assessments that exclusively analyze wind resources. A 100 kW wind turbine was determined to be suitable for the community, resulting in a capacity factor of 16.7% and levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of $1.15/kWh, with diminishing returns for higher wind turbine capacity. The results from the dispatchability study indicated that dispatchable loads could handle the intermittency of the wind resource with up to 86% of their annual load met. More work is needed to understand the impact of integrating and scheduling dispatchable loads into the grid in practice. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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