Results in Engineering (Sep 2024)
Impact of large-scale renewable energy integration on the grid voltage stability
Abstract
Nowadays, the production of renewable energy is increasing rapidly due to its enormous potential and environmental advantages. Still, the addition of renewable energy to the grid has resulted in some volatility in the electrical system. In this work, the national grid of Ethiopia is used as an example to examine the impact of significant wind power integration on grid stability. In particular, issues with voltage stability in both steady-state and emergency scenarios are taken into account for the network. The dynamic modeling of the wind farm is taken into consideration for contingency-based analysis, and the whole nation's power network, including the largest wind farm in the nation, Adama-II, is modeled for base-case analysis using MATLAB's built-in PSAT software. The result indicates that the bus voltages are within an acceptable standard voltage range for the base-case system. Nevertheless, the wind farm will be disconnected from the network in compliance with the global manufacturer's guideline in the case of a three-phase fault at the network point of common coupling (PCC), where the voltage at PCC is equivalent to 0.045 per unit voltage. The results also demonstrate that the voltage profile throughout the whole nation power network is lower when there is a problem at PCC. As a result, as Ethiopia is building several huge wind farms, it is advised that fault detection and control methods be thoroughly designed before connecting the major wind farms to the grid.
