ABSTRACT

Case Study Elements: The Electrical Power Grid and Wind Energy ............................................. 259 Keywords .......................................................................................................................................260 Abstract ..........................................................................................................................................260 Glossary .........................................................................................................................................260 Background .................................................................................................................................... 261 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................... 267 Complex System/System of Systems/Enterprise-the Grid’s Inner Workings .............................268 Complex System/System of Systems/Enterprise-Utility-Scale Wind and the Grid .................... 271 Challenges ...................................................................................................................................... 273 Development .................................................................................................................................. 279 Results ............................................................................................................................................284 Analysis ..........................................................................................................................................285 Summary ........................................................................................................................................287 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................288 Suggested Future Work ..................................................................................................................288 Discussion Questions .....................................................................................................................288 References ...................................................................................................................................... 289

• Every person on the face of the earth has a stake in the electrical grid. •Basedontheforegoing,itisimperativethatmoreeffortsandresourcesareinvolvedinthe

electricalgrid,thetechnologiesrequiredtogrowandsustainit,andtheever-improving complex system engineering (CSE) and ESoS modeling to guide ef£cient progress.