Impact of wind power in isolated power systems

Author

Etxegarai, Agurtzane ; Eguia, Pablo ; Torres, Esther ; Fernandez, Elvira

Author_Institution

Dept. Electr. Eng., Univ. of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain

fYear

2012

fDate

25-28 March 2012

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

66

Abstract

Weak power grids with DG penetration show poor power quality, protection issues and frequency deviations under severe disturbances, especially in isolated networks. This paper explores the impact of wind power in weak isolated power systems. A small size island power system has been modeled and the impact of wind power on system stability has been studied. Two main aspects have been covered: the impact on frequency stability and on transient stability, as well as fault-ride through capability of the wind turbines.

Keywords

distributed power generation; power grids; power system stability; wind turbines; DG penetration; frequency deviations; isolated power system; power grids; power quality; small size island power system; system stability; transient stability; wind power; wind turbines; Power grids; Power system stability; Stability analysis; Voltage fluctuations; Wind farms; Wind power generation; Wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), 2012 16th IEEE Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Yasmine Hammamet

ISSN

2158-8473

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0782-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.2012.6196381

Filename

6196381