Objectives of the Study
The overall aim of MED's and EECA's collaboration on this topic is to quantify the volume of wind-generated electricity that can be integrated into the New Zealand electricity supply system. With this in mind, the outcomes specifically sought from this initial study are:
- Identification of the pertinent parameters affecting the potential for wind integration (largely based on a review of international research);
- Development of a methodology that can be used to quantify the potential for the integration of wind-generated electricity;
- Initial application of this methodology; and
- Identification of further work that would increase understanding of the limits on wind integration.
In applying the methodology, the brief for the study allowed for the exclusion of technically and operationally feasible scenarios where there was reasonable doubt that wind energy would be viable, or even acceptable, based on either its cost relative to other forms of generation or on its impact on the electricity market.
Nevertheless, the study is more about what could happen rather than what might happen in the context of a healthy electricity market.
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