Renewable Electricity and the Grid: The Challenge Of Variability Book

List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
1) Variable Renewables and the Grid: An Overview—Michael Laughton
2) Wind Power on the Grid—David Millborrow
3) Renewable Resource Characteristics and Network Integration—Graham Sinden
4) The UK Energy Research Centre Review of the Costs and Impacts of Intermittency—Robert Gross, Philip Heptonstall, Matthew Leach, Jim Skea, Dennis Anderson and Tim Green
5) Wind Power Forecasting—Bernhard Lange, Kurt Rohrig, Florian Schlögl, Ümit Cali and Rene Jursa
6) Flexibility of Fossil Fuel Plant in a Renewable Energy Scenario: Possible Implications for the UK—Fred Starr
7)The Potential Contribution of Emergency Diesel Standby Generators in Dealing with the Variability of Renewable Energy Sources—David Andrews
8) Demand Flexibility, Micro-Combined Heat and Power and the 'Informated' Grid-Bob Everett
9) A Renewable Electricity System for the UK—Mark Barrett
10) Reliable Power, Wind Variability and Offshore Grids in Europe—Brian Hurley, Paul Hughes and Gregor Giebel
11) Planning for Variability in the Longer Term: The Challenge of a Truly Sustainable Energy System—David Infield and Simon Watson Index