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Wind
Wind portfolio economics beyond the capture price: imbalance costs, execution quality and realized value per MWh.
Capture Price vs. Realized Value: The Wind Portfolio Breakdown
Answers: Why does a wind portfolio's realized value per MWh come in lower than its capture price, and where does the difference go?
Capture price measures what the market paid during a wind portfolio's production hours. Realized value per MWh measures what actually reaches the bottom line after imbalance costs, execution quality and operational overhead -- and the two numbers are rarely the same.
