Wind power in power system planning - wind data and the capacity value of wind Bosnia-Herzegovina case study

Intermittent renewable generation plays a significant role in power system planning, since the demand-following nature of a power system's operation and control requires steady supply of electricity at any given time in order to maintain system stability. A realistic representation of the wind power output in the time domain may therewith become critical for an accurate assessment of impacts and security risks involved. To tackle the issue this paper aims at giving a brief statistical analysis of Bosnia-Herzegovina's (B&H) wind potential. The goal is to present and evaluate large sampled data sets in a form representative of their natural system boundaries. With reference to evaluation methodologies summarized in literature, focus will be placed on wind resource representation and quantitative assessment of its capacity value in a “non specific” power system. The paper gives a comprehensive, system non specific quantitative data assessment, based solely on physical behavior and the consequential characteristics relevant to system requirements, in a form applicable to different power system planning scenarios.