Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1512160 | Energy Procedia | 2013 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
This study addresses the task of identifying optimum locations for solar and wind power plants so that the wind-plus- solar power generation meets certain conditions of efficiency and stability, thus allowing to overcome the downside that the natural variability of these renewable resources represents. The method was based on a simulated annealing algorithm and applied over the Iberian Peninsula, a region whose commitment to renewable energy is growing relatively fast. Obtained results are encouraging since a number of different sensitivity experiments support the spatio-temporal complementarity between solar and wind power, at least at the monthly time-scale, in this region.
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Authors
S. Jerez, R.M. Trigo, A. Sarsa, R. Lorente-Plazas, D. Pozo-Vázquez, J.P. Montávez,