By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Tue, 2009-08-25 05:30
NGOs and TSOs join forces
Historically, environmentally conscious NGOs and Transmission System Operators (TSOs) were for the most part diametrically opposed on the subject of high-voltage transmission lines. This makes it all the more remarkable that now two NGOs, including WWF, have joined an initiative that advocates an enforcement of the European transmission grid. Such enforcement is considered necessary to enable the integration of renewable energy systems.
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By Bora Alboyaci / Published on Wed, 2008-06-04 11:48
By Bora Alboyaci and Bahtiyar Dursun
The aim of this paper is to review the connection requirements of wind farms to the grid and how grid codes must be adapted in order to integrate wind power generation capacity without affecting the quality and stability of the electricity system. This paper also summarizes the grid codes that have already been modified to incorporate high levels of wind power. Grid connection requirements in selected countries such as Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and Turkey are investigated in detail.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Fri, 2008-04-11 21:54
The charges associated with connecting a generator to the distribution or transmission network. These charges can be deep, wherein the generator must pay all costs of connection and reinforcement of the network to enable their connection, or they may be shallow, wherein the generator pays the costs only within the immediate area (or not at all). Considerable variance may occur between these two extremes.
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