ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews 11 major quantitative regional and national wind integration studies from the United States. Each of these is summarized and compared with regard to data sources, methods, and conclusions. We place particular emphasis on the operational impacts of wind integration and changes in reserve requirements necessary to maintain system reliability, as well as the statistical challenges associated with developing and analyzing time-series wind power profi les. Based on comparisons among these studies, we suggest areas in which improvements in methods are warranted in future studies and areas in which additional research is needed to facilitate future improvements in wind integration studies.
