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ac system 28–34<br />

electricity supply 25–6<br />

phasor 30<br />

see also power, root mean square<br />

active power 29–30, 90<br />

see also power<br />

aggregation<br />

wind farm, benefits <strong>of</strong> 152–6<br />

wind forecasting 229–30<br />

air compression, storage 199–200<br />

cycle efficiency 200<br />

see also storage<br />

alternator: see synchronous machine<br />

ampere, definition <strong>of</strong> 23<br />

Ampère, law 22<br />

ancillary service<br />

electricity market 244–5<br />

wind turbine, provision by 180–7<br />

see also curtailment, integration, power<br />

system operation, spinning reserve<br />

angle <strong>of</strong> incidence/attack, turbine blade 60–3<br />

apparent power 34<br />

see also power<br />

atmosphere, structure <strong>and</strong> scale 211<br />

automatic generation control (AGC) 134–5,<br />

165<br />

auto-reclosing, circuit breaker 122<br />

AWPPS, forecasting tool 233–4<br />

balancing market 243–5<br />

battery, flow 199<br />

cycle efficiency 199<br />

see also storage<br />

battery, secondary 198–9<br />

cycle efficiency 198<br />

energy density 198<br />

Index<br />

lead-acid 198<br />

lithium ion 198–9<br />

lithium polymer 198–9<br />

power density 198<br />

sodium-nickel-chloride 198<br />

sodium-sulphur 198<br />

see also storage<br />

BETTA, UK 14, 243<br />

see also electricity market, gate closure,<br />

NETA<br />

Betz limit 57<br />

bilateral trading 243<br />

biogas 205<br />

biomass 205<br />

blackout, system 135–6<br />

system restoration 138–9<br />

see also emergency frequency control,<br />

load-frequency control<br />

blade, turbine 7–9, 56<br />

CFRP, use <strong>of</strong> 18<br />

diameter 1, 9<br />

tip-speed ratio 57–8<br />

capacitance 32–3<br />

power factor correction 69–72<br />

capacity credit 16, 146, 177–80<br />

electricity market 244<br />

loss <strong>of</strong> load expectation (LOLE) 178<br />

loss <strong>of</strong> load probability (LOLP) 178<br />

capacity factor 145–7<br />

carbon dioxide emissions<br />

carbon tax 245<br />

emissions trading 246<br />

natural gas generation, effect <strong>of</strong> 2<br />

savings, renewable energy 12–13<br />

coal-fired generation 13, 130

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