Title :
Offshore variability in critical weather conditions in large-scale wind based Danish power system
Author :
Cutululis, Nicolaos A. ; Litong-Palima, Marisciel ; Sorensen, Poul ; Detlefsen, Nina
Author_Institution :
DTU Wind Energy, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
Abstract :
Offshore wind power has a significant development potential, especially in North Europe. The geographical concentration of offshore wind power leads to increased variability and in the case of critical weather conditions it may lead to sudden and considerable loss of production. In this context, the chances of losing several GW of wind power due to critical weather conditions in a very short time period could potentially jeopardize the whole system´s reliability and stability. Forecasting such events is not trivial and the results so far are not encouraging. When assessing the impact of the variability for the 2020 Danish power system, one can see that in the worst case, up to 1500 MW of power can be lost in 30 minutes. We present results showing how this issue is partially solved by the new High Wind Storm Controller presented by Siemens in the TWENTIES project.
Keywords :
load forecasting; meteorology; offshore installations; power generation control; power generation reliability; power system stability; wind power plants; 2020 Danish power system; GW; North Europe; TWENTIES project; critical weather conditions; geographical concentration; high wind storm controller; large-scale wind-based Danish power system; offshore wind power; power 15 MW; system reliability; system stability; Storms; Wind farms; Wind forecasting; Wind power generation; Wind speed; Wind turbines; Control; Forecasting; Offshore; Power Systems; Wind energy;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
DOI :
10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672242