AN EXAMINATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR DISTRIBUTED WIND GENERATION (DwG) IN URBAN DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS

Authors

Keith Sunderland, Technological University DublinFollow
Thomas Woolmington, Technological University DublinFollow
Michael Conlon, Technological University DublinFollow
Gerald Mills, University College Dublin

Document Type

Conference Paper

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

2. ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Publication Details

WINERCOST Workshop ‘Trends and Challenges for Wind Energy Harvesting’, Coimbra, 2015.

Abstract

In a sustainable economy, smarter cities need energy networks that can deliver consistent electricity while maximising the use of intermittent renewables. Therefore an understanding of the available resource and a means for viable integration of distributed generation (DG) is required. In this research, energy harvesting of the wind climate is considered in the context of distributed wind generation (DwG) as an integral component of a smarter electricity network. The approach combines wind climate modeling of the resource at the urban scale with enhanced electricity network simulation. The former considers energy harvesting potential while the latter investigates the opportunities for this form of renewable electricity.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21427/D7X823

Recommended Citation

K. Sunderland, T. Woolmington, M. Conlon, G. Mills,; "AN EXAMINATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR DISTRIBUTED WIND GENERATION (DwG) IN URBAN DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS,WINERCOST Workshop ‘Trends and Challenges for Wind Energy Harvesting’, Coimbra, 2015.