wind power grid Articles
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International energy technology collaboration: wind power integration into electricity systems
A rapid growth of wind power since the 1990s has led to notable market shares in some electricity markets. This growth is concentrated in a few countries with effective Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) programmes and with policies that support its diffusion into the market place. The speed and depth of its penetration in these electricity markets have amplified the need to address ...
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Regional electricity price differences due to intermittent wind power in Germany: impact of extended transmission and storage capacities
A fast growth of installed wind power capacity has been experienced in several European countries. In Germany, notably high wind power capacities are planned in the North. If the existing transmission capacities between individual regions become insufficient, the electricity prices will differ considerably and the system operation can become unstable. It is supposed that the extension of ...
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Planning of the grid integration of wind energy in Germany onshore and offshore up to the year 2020
The ongoing penetration of large amounts of wind power capacities in Germany has strong impacts on the necessary promotion volumes (direct costs of Renewable Energy Source (RES) promotion) but also on necessary grid extensions, the future need for regulating and reserve power capacities, the thermal power plant system and the electricity price for end-consumers (indirect effects). On behalf of ...
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Study on environmental impact model of grid-connected wind power generation
As a clean and renewable energy source, wind power is independent from the traditional external energy change, which makes it one of the most promising ways of clean energy generation. It is well known that wind power has obvious energy saving efficiency. But for long-term consideration, wind power generation still has certain impacts on human life. Therefore, standing in the point of the ...
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Using a DFIG–based wind farm for grid node reactive power compensation
Grid nodes voltages are not allowed to deviate excessively from nominal value. Appropriate measures should be taken to prevent such a deviation. The voltage difference between two nodes is strongly affected by reactive power flow. In contrast to frequency control, node voltage control must be achieved locally. This article investigates the use of a wind farm based on a doubly fed induction ...
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Wind energy and system security – the grid connection moratorium in Ireland
This examines the interaction between technical challenges and policy choices that are made regarding wind power, and uses the grid connection moratorium in Ireland as a case study. While total installed wind capacity in Ireland is low compared with Germany, Spain and Denmark, wind power penetration is higher in the Irish system than in either the British, UCTE or NORDEL systems. In December 2003 ...
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Reactive capability limits of wind farms
Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS) technology can be classified into two main types: fixed speed and variable speed. Fixed speed WECS use an induction generator connected directly to the grid while variable speed WECS use a power converter to connect the generator to the grid. Fixed speed WECS require shunt capacitors for reactive power compensation, while variable speed WECS have reactive ...
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Adiabatic compressed air energy storage plants for efficient peak load power supply from wind energy: the European project AA-CAES
With the continuing expansion of electricity generation from fluctuating wind power the grid-compatible integration of renewable energy sources is becoming an increasingly important aspect. Adiabatic compressed air energy storage power plants have the potential to make a substantial contribution here. The present article describes activities and first results relating to this technology that are ...
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On methodology for modelling wind power impact on power systems
There is a continuous discussion going on concerning the integration cost of wind power. The integration cost can, for example, be defined as the extra costs in the rest of the system when wind power is introduced, compared with the situation without wind power. The result of the studies depends on both parameters and the method used. The aim of this paper is to structure the methods in order to ...
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Many hamsters: how the EU can enable private firms to provide renewable energy
This paper investigates the energy investment needs of the European Union (EU), including renewable energy. Europe currently has little or no economic growth, and interest rates are expected to rise. Given the state of many EU countries' economies, this is a good time to encourage investment because - according to Keynesian economics - extra spending can stimulate economic activity. The current ...
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Corporate GPM Guide 9: Diversifying corporate energy purchasing with wind power
Wind power is the fastest-growing form of renewable electricity and constitutes a substantial portion of green power products in the United States. Corporate energy buyers can incorporate wind into energy portfolios in a variety of ways: through utility-offered green pricing programs, renewable energy certifi cates (RECs), long-term power contracts, or on-site generation. In addition, corporate ...
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Power plants coordination for economic and environmental load dispatch of thermal power plants with wind generation systems
Economic load dispatch (ELD) and economic emission dispatch (EED) have been applied to obtain generation scheduling of thermal power plants at optimum fuel cost and emissions. Due to limited availability of quality coal, issue of environmental emissions and high prices of coal, installation of renewable energy systems are suggested in power grid. Renewable energy system preferably wind generators ...
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Wind Surpasses Nuclear in China
Wind has overtaken nuclear as an electricity source in China. In 2012, wind farms generated 2 percent more electricity than nuclear power plants did, a gap that will likely widen dramatically over the next few years as wind surges ahead. Since 2007, nuclear power generation has risen by 10 percent annually, compared with wind’s explosive growth of 80 percent per year. Before the March ...
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A comparative study on the grid integrated wind energy conversion systems (WECS) using different generator models
A huge number of wind generators are going to be connected with the existing network in the near future. Therefore, it is necessary to analyse various models of wind energy conversion systems (WECS) for the purpose of studying the impacts upon grid. This paper presents comparative study on grid connected WECS having two different wind turbine generator systems (WTGS): model 1 [WTGS having doubly ...
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Harmonic and interharmonic distortion analysis in the grid-connected wind electric generator
The operation of wind turbines has an impact on the power quality at the connected electric network. The integration of wind electric generators with the power grid becomes a headache for power engineers in several aspects. Harmonic distortion is one of the most important phenomena which affect the grid performance. This paper provides an in-depth discussion on harmonic and interharmonic ...
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Grid Integration of Renewables
Facts : A large European system operator must connect 9 MW of new wind power on its 63 kV grid. Contraints : Building a new HV line will cost € 24 M with a 5-year delivery time. Ampacimon solution: ADR Sense was installed in 3 months, allowing a 50% increase in capacity, thus avoiding line congestion. Typical example: Ampacimon allows optimised use of existing lines in case of grid ...
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Intermittency of wind: the wider picture
This paper puts the discussion on intermittency of wind into its wider context: in the first part, it reviews the natural variability of all resources that power renewable energy technologies. This highlights how intermittency of wind influences the degree of variability relative to other renewable energy technologies, but does not change its kind. In the second part, management options for ...
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Project with Siemens Gamesa - Case Study
Project with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. HyProvide™ A90 electrolyzer for on-site hydrogen generation. Complete turnkey delivery and commissioning by GHS. Key Facts A-Series A60 Product 130 Production (kg H2/day) 28 Outlet pressure (bar) Denmark Project location A pioneering wind-to-hydrogen project As part of a pioneering wind-to-hydrogen project, Green Hydrogen Systems’ ...
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Integration of wind-generating units into the Corsican electrical grid: determination of the maximal integration rate from a reliability analysis based on a stochastic process
This paper investigates the potentiality of Wind Electric Conversion Systems (WECS) integrated into the islander electrical grid of Corsica. Probabilistic models for WECS and their use in the reliability studies of combined wind electric and conventional generation systems are discussed. The method, based on the evaluation of the Loss of Load Probability (LOLP), uses a Markov model applied to the ...
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Wind power prefeasibility study for agricultural applications in Kerman, Iran: a case study
In the present paper, wind characteristics have been analysed for three agricultural sectors in Kerman (30°15'N,56°58'E), Iran. Wind data collected from three synoptic stations for the period of July 2006 to June 2011 at the height of 40 m has been used to study the monthly and annual wind energy potential. Two statistical methods (Meteorological and Weibull) have been applied to ...
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