Research Article

An Analytical Model for Optimizing the Combination of Energy Sources in a Single Power Transmission Network

Table 5

Dimensioning the wind contribution to NGCC + wind combination.

Wind farm size (MW)403020105
Percentage wind capacity20%15%10%5%3%

Wind farm capacity factorWind energy share

15%3.00%0.60%0.12%0.02%0.005%
20%4.00%0.80%0.16%0.03%0.01%
25%5.00%3.75%2.50%1.25%0.63%
30%6.00%4.50%3.00%1.50%0.75%
35%7.00%5.25%3.50%1.75%0.88%
40% 8.00%6.00%4.00%2.00%1.00%

Note: NGCC size = 200 MW.