APS is managing changes that have emerged from distributed solar, which has affected ramp rates needed to follow load. APS has found the ramps more difficult to predict. But variability from cloud cover is minimized because the solar is widely distributed over an 80-mile east-west span.
Market-based protocols that dispatch generation based on economics can also result in wind and solar energy plants generating less than what they could potentially produce. This report examines U.S. curtailment practices regarding wind and solar generation, with a particular emphasis on utilities in the western states.
Compensation and contract terms are changing as curtailment becomes of greater concern to solar and wind plant owners. Increasingly there are negotiated contract provisions addressing use of curtailment hours and there is greater explicit sharing of risk between the generator and off-taker. Automation can reduce curtailment levels.
APS is managing solar variability by including thermal storage on its Solana concentrating solar facility. The thermal storage allows the variability to be smoothed and shifted to meet evening peak load.
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