Grids: issues and resources
EWEA policy page: integration of wind energy into the grid
www.ewea.org/index.php
EWEA reports:
Tradewind report: Integrating Wind: Developing Europe's power market for the large scale integration of wind-power (3.3MB)
Oceans of Opportunity (2.2MB)
Includes a map illustrating EWEA's 20 year offshore development master plan and Europe's offshore wind power development and concession zones
Economics of Wind Energy (March 2009) (1.7MB)
Chapter three: Grid and system integration issues
Wind Energy - The Facts
Grid Integration chapter - downloadable free of charge in PDF format
www.windfacts.eu
Large scale integration of wind energy into the European power supply: analysis, issues and recommendations (December 2005)
- Grids Integration report: Executive summary (1.3 MB)
- Grids integration report - Main conclusions recommendations (52 KB)
- Electrical grids and wind power: the present situation in Europe (2.7 MB)
Position papers:
EWEA position papers on issues related to grids
Harmonising Europe's Grid Codes for the Connection of Wind Power Plants to the Electricity Network (100 KB)
Consultation on the TEN-E Green Paper EWEA response (108 KB)