ABSTRACTIMPROVING THE CAPACITY VALUE OF WIND POWER WITH ENERGY STORAGE INTEGRATIONByElicia A. Sashington Wind power generation is a steadily growing renewable energy resource. However, the integration of wind power to the power grid poses reliability issues because wind is variable and unpredictable. One of the reliability issues is the mismatch between the system's load and generation. A solution to alleviating this issue is to combine wind power with energy storage systems. This combination will reduce the variability of wind power generation output and improve the capacity value. Capacity value can be defined as the amount of additional load that can be served due to the addition of a generator, while maintaining the existing levels of reliability [1]. For planning and reliability purposes, the capacity contribution of wind power with energy storage systems must be estimated. This will transform wind power from an energy resource to a capacity resource. In this thesis, an analysis of systems with wind power and wind power with energy storage were performed using reliability methods. In addition, a descriptive analysis and comparison was completed on different types of energy storage systems. The objectives of this thesis were to show the improvement of capacity values when energy storage systems are combined with wind power and energy storage systems that are most suitable for the system being analyzed.
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