We use Monte Carlo analysis to examine the potential of increased renewable generation to provide a hedge against variability in energy prices and costs. Fuel costs, electricity demand and wind generation are allowed to vary and a unit commitment and economic dispatch algorithm is employed to...

The rise in the usage of sustainable energy conversion technologies has been remarkable. However, the growth of these technologies poses several problems, mainly concerning the net integration of intermittent energy sources, like wind and solar power, by means of advanced storage systems and the...

The rise in the usage of sustainable energy conversion technologies has been remarkable. However, the growth of these technologies poses several problems, mainly concerning the net integration of intermittent energy sources, like wind and solar power, by means of advanced storage systems and the...

The common practice to calculate wind generation capacity values relies more on heuristic approximations than true system estimations. In this paper we proposed a more accurate method. In the first part of our analysis, a Monte Carlo simulation was created based on Markov chains to provide an...