An Analysis of Decentralized Demand Response as Frequency Control Support under CriticalWind Power Oscillations

Jorge Villena, Antonio Vigueras-Rodríguez, Emilio Gómez-Lázaro, Juan Álvaro Fuentes-Moreno, Irene Muñoz-Benavente and Ángel Molina-García
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Jorge Villena: CF Power Ltd., Calgary, AB T2M 3Y7, Canada
Antonio Vigueras-Rodríguez: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cartagena, Cartagena 30203, Spain
Emilio Gómez-Lázaro: Renewable Energy Research Institute and DIEEAC/EDII-AB, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete 02071, Spain
Juan Álvaro Fuentes-Moreno: Department of Electrical Eng., Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena 30202, Spain
Irene Muñoz-Benavente: Department of Electrical Eng., Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena 30202, Spain
Ángel Molina-García: Department of Electrical Eng., Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena 30202, Spain

Energies, 2015, vol. 8, issue 11, 1-17

Abstract: In power systems with high wind energy penetration, the conjunction of wind power fluctuations and power system inertia reduction can lead to large frequency excursions, where the operating reserves of conventional power generation may be insufficient to restore the power balance. With the aim of evaluating the demand-side contribution to frequency control, a complete process to determine critical wind oscillations in power systems with high wind penetration is discussed and described in this paper. This process implies thousands of wind power series simulations, which have been carried out through a validated offshore wind farm model. A large number of different conditions have been taken into account, such as frequency dead bands, the percentages of controllable demand and seasonal factor influence on controllable loads. Relevant results and statistics are also included in the paper.

Keywords: wind power generation; frequency control; load management; demand response (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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