Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and solar photovoltaic energy resources

Mushwana, CrescentBischof-Niemz, TZimmermann, BGerlach, A-KBofinger, SOtto, A2017-12-132017-12-132015Mushwana, C. et al. 2015. Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and solar photovoltaic energy resources. ScienceScope, vol. 8(2): 28-29http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC180012https://journals.co.za/content/csir_sci/8/2/EJC180012http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9853ScienceScope, vol. 8(2): 28-29Wind speeds can vary greatly from minute to minute, and cloud cover/movement can cause the output of solar photovoltaic (PC) energy sources to vary. As a result, solar and wind power naturally and continuously fluctuates. The CSIR has embarked on research focusing on smoothing out the inherent volatility and fluctuations from wind and PV energy resources in South Africa. A key finding has been that when wind and PV plants are spatially distributed, it can result in a smoothing effect on the power output and also be made predictable.enSolar photovoltaic energy resourcesWind resourcesSolar energy resourcesSmoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and solar photovoltaic energy resourcesArticleMushwana, C., Bischof-Niemz, T., Zimmermann, B., Gerlach, A., Bofinger, S., & Otto, A. (2015). Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and solar photovoltaic energy resources. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9853Mushwana, Crescent, T Bischof-Niemz, B Zimmermann, A-K Gerlach, S Bofinger, and A Otto "Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and solar photovoltaic energy resources." (2015) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9853Mushwana C, Bischof-Niemz T, Zimmermann B, Gerlach A, Bofinger S, Otto A. Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and solar photovoltaic energy resources. 2015; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9853.TY - Article AU - Mushwana, Crescent AU - Bischof-Niemz, T AU - Zimmermann, B AU - Gerlach, A-K AU - Bofinger, S AU - Otto, A AB - Wind speeds can vary greatly from minute to minute, and cloud cover/movement can cause the output of solar photovoltaic (PC) energy sources to vary. As a result, solar and wind power naturally and continuously fluctuates. The CSIR has embarked on research focusing on smoothing out the inherent volatility and fluctuations from wind and PV energy resources in South Africa. A key finding has been that when wind and PV plants are spatially distributed, it can result in a smoothing effect on the power output and also be made predictable. DA - 2015 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Solar photovoltaic energy resources KW - Wind resources KW - Solar energy resources LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 T1 - Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and solar photovoltaic energy resources TI - Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and solar photovoltaic energy resources UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9853 ER -