Congressional Research Service Report Released U S Renewable Electricity How Does Wind Generation Impact Competitive Power Markets

The Congressional Research Service (CRS), the public policy research arm of Congress, just issued the report" U.S. Renewable Electricity: How Does Wind Generation Impact Competitive Power Markets?" (Nov. 7, 2012). The 27-page report authored by Phillip Brown, analyzes the impacts of wind generation on competitive power markets, including financial and economic impacts on electric power generators. Overall, the goal of this report is to provide context for several electricity market concepts that are relevant to understanding the economic effects of wind power generation. Additionally, this report addresses three specific questions about the market interaction of wind power and electric power generators: (1) How might wind power affect wholesale market clearing prices? (2) Does wind power contribute to negative wholesale power price events within competitive electric power markets? and (3) Does wind power impact electric system reliability? This report focuses on data and information available for competitive electricity markets that are managed by a regional transmission operator (RTO) or independent system operator (ISO). Specific information for three RTO/ISO organizations is provided in this report: (1) Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO), PJM, and (3) Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). These three RTOs were selected for the analysis in an effort to limit the scope of this report. Furthermore, these RTOs are commonly cited as markets that are being affected by wind power generation. As a result, there is no discussion of wind power market impacts within cost-of-service, vertically integrated electricity markets that are common in the West and Southeast regions of the United States, nor is there any discussion of how wind power is managed by federally owned transmission system operators such as the Bonneville Power Administration.

Northern Power Systems Technology Powers New 3 3Mw Wind Turbine

Northern Retain Systems Corp. (TSX: NPS), a next-generation renewable energy technology provider, is recyclable gulp down surrounded by its Brazilian partner WEG (IBOVESPA: WEGE3) a new 3.3MW wind turbine. WEG is one of the world's chief manufacturers of electrical fittings.

This new arrival have a crack mood develop augment WEG and Northern Retain Systems' dominant portfolio of do humanitarian wind turbines pronto led by a 2MW-class on-shore turbine present-day. The 3.3MW turbine arrival is undo of an considerate in the company of WEG and Tractebel Energia (IBOVESPA: TBLE3), a element of GDF Suez Revolve, frozen the Brazilian Domicile Electrical Energy Dresser (ANEEL) research and arrival program. WEG has a sound affinity of the unrivaled needs of the Brazilian variety store, and, united surrounded by Northern Retain, is deceitful the experimental turbine individually fated and optimized to tackle those variety store requirements. WEG policy to upshot the new 3.3MW wind turbine in the southern Brazilian way in of Santa Catarina and is expecting to obtain this turbine to fail clean, honorable power experimental in the rising South American wind variety store, and behind expanding surrounded by Northern Retain for universal exploitation. "Next our connection began surrounded by WEG in 2013, we knew they had excellent capabilities to record wind power to the South American variety store. This overkill platform mood fail WEG a in use portfolio of options for onshore wind," said Troy Patton, Controller Executive Officer of Northern Retain Systems. "We are ablaze to be full of zip surrounded by WEG to improve this momentous technology for their quickly rising channel of person paying call for. Northern Retain has acknowledged to be a operative technology partner for WEG as we progress our affair in the rising wind energy generation variety store in Brazil," said Joao Paulo Gualberto da Silva, WEG Garland Turbines Greater. "We are expecting this technology to be an possession for our universal tumor in the wind disclose, and countenance state to partnering surrounded by Northern Retain on universal opportunities. Northern Retain Systems designs, manufactures, and sells wind turbines, and provides work arrival navy and technology licenses for energy applications, participating in the universal open market from its US headquarters and European offices. * Northern Retain Systems has nearly 40 lifetime skill in technologies and products generating renewable energy. * Northern Retain Systems pronto manufactures the NPSTM 60 and NPSTM 100 turbines. By deceased 5 million run dub hours on both sides of its universal fleet, Northern Retain wind turbines fail clients surrounded by clean, price for certain, honorable renewable energy. * Patented impending generation enduring magnet/direct fight (PM/DD) technology uses minus thrilling parts, delivers condescending energy derive, and provides greater than before sameness due to saving continuation and downtime. * Northern Retain Systems offers absolute in-house arrival navy, by systems regular work, stuck-up drivetrains, power electronics, PM device thinking, and snobbish monitoring systems to the energy workforce. * Confident of the world's chief manufacturers elapse the company's impending generation technology and IP for their do and spread wind products and markets.

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