The black-out in southern Sweden and eastern Denmark, September 23, 2003

Author

Larsson, Sture ; Ek, Erik

Author_Institution

Swedish Transmission Syst. Operator, Sweden

fYear

2004

fDate

10-10 June 2004

Firstpage

1668

Abstract

At midday on Tuesday September 23 2003, the Nordic power system experienced the most severe disturbance in 20 years. The southern part of Sweden and the eastern part of Denmark, including its capital city of Copenhagen, were blacked-out. The cause was a close coincidence of severe faults leading to a burden on the system far beyond the contingencies regarded in normal system design and operating security standards.

Keywords

flashover; power system dynamic stability; power system restoration; power system security; power transmission faults; power transmission protection; power transmission reliability; reactive power; Nordic power system; busbars; disconnection switches; eastern Denmark black-out; flashover; operating security standards; power system design; power system dynamic stability; power system faults; power system protection; power system reliability; power system restoration; reactive power; southern Sweden black-out; voltage collapse; Cables; Cities and towns; Cogeneration; Delay; Mesh generation; National security; Nuclear power generation; Power generation; Power system faults; Power system security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2004. IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8465-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2004.1373158

Filename

1373158