Capacity worth of energy storage systems for renewable power generation plants

• Main Author: Lim, Wei Chan.
• Other Authors: Choi San Shing
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Electric power::Production, transmission and distribution
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40159
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The capacity factor and the cost of electricity of a combination of wind farm and compressed air energy storage (CAES) with a dedicated transmission line are explored in this project. As wind power is intermittent in nature, the use of CAES as the energy storage system could make the power output mo...