Optimizing wind–solar hybrid power plant configurations by
While complementarity does not necessarily ensure the highest possible capacity factor for the location, it does ensure that the transmission infrastructure is used more
This study provided the first spatially comprehensive analysis of solar and Wind energy Complementarity on a global scale. In addition, it showed which regions of the world have a greater degree of Complementarity between Wind and solar energy to reduce energy storage requirements.
Couto and Estanqueiro have proposed a method to explore the complementarity of primary wind and solar resources and the demand for electricity in planning the expansion of electrical power systems.
That said, the complementary use of wind and solar resources combined, also known as hybrid systems, is attractive. Hybrid systems are complementary even when availability values are not entirely complementary, called imperfect complementarity .
Constraints (11) and (12) consider that the power produced by each source at a given moment must be equal to or higher than zero and less than the total installed capacity. Such criteria are necessary to describe real situations like wind speed below turbine cut-in speed or the absence of solar generation during the night.
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