Resource Library Category: North Carolina
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Can wind be a "firm" resource?
Author: Hansen, Lena
This master’s thesis examines whether wind energy variability might be reduced — and thus capacity credit obtained — by balancing the characteristics of three separate sites in North Carolina and Tennessee. It was published in the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum, Spring 2005, pp. 341-381.
“As wind is added at the other two sites, portfolio variance decreases, but so does mean portfolio output.” (p. 372)
A “best” portfolio (to provide the least variability) for January was calculated — based on 1 . . .
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Valuing the Views
Author: Associated Press
Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C., is one of three area schools involved in a project to assign a dollar value to the vistas.
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