Systemic impact caused by the integration of La Guajira wind farm

La Guajira Peninsula on the western part of Venezuela has been defined as a potential area for wind power developments and one of them is La Guajira wind farm. This paper establishes the systemic impact of the integration of the Phase 1 of this wind farm on the western area of Venezuelan power system. Three integration scenarios are defined in this paper considering the connection of transmission lines on either 138 kV or 24 kV. The steady-state performance is evaluated considering the changes on the local voltage profile. The dynamic behavior of the western Zulia power system is evaluated trough response of the main electro-mechanical variables obtained from time-domain simulations. Two large contingencies are considered. The main contribution of this paper is demonstrates the positive effect of the wind farm integration on 138 kV, the low voltage fault through capabilities on the wind turbine enables good voltage profile during fault condition and fast post contingency voltage recovery.