Analysis of hourly generation patterns at large coal-fired units and implications of transitioning from baseload to load-following electricity supplier

Several factors have led to the decline of electricity generation from coal over the past decade, and projections forecast high rates of growth for wind and solar technologies in coming years. This analysis uses hourly generation data from large coal-fired power stations to determine how operations...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert Kennedy Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8936499/