Addressing Frequency Control Challenges in Future Low-Inertia Power Systems:A Great Britain Perspective

The ambitious global targets on decarbonization present the need for massive integration of renewable generation in power systems,resulting in a significant decrease in the system inertia.In addition to the reduction in system inertia,the transmission system in Great Britain(GB)faces some unique challenges owing to its relatively small capacity,while being decoupled from other transmission systems and with the renewable resources largely non-uniformly distributed across the system.This paper presents opinions and insights on the challenges associated with frequency control in a low-inertia system and the potential solutions from a GB perspective.In this paper,we focus on three main techniques that act over different time scales:synchronous condensers,inertia emulation,and fast frequency response.We evaluate their relative advantages and limitations with learnings from recent research and development projects in GB,along with the opinions on their roles in addressing the frequency control challenges in future low-inertia systems.

Analysis of low voltage ride-through capability and optimal control strategy of doubly-fed wind farms under symmetrical fault

Given the“carbon neutralization and carbon peak”policy,enhancing the low voltage ride-through(LVRT)capability of wind farms has become a current demand to ensure the safe and stable operation of power systems in the context of a possible severe threat of large-scale disconnection caused by wind farms.Currently,research on the LVRT of wind farms mainly focuses on suppressing rotor current and providing reactive current support,while the impact of active current output on LVRT performance has not been thoroughly discussed.This paper studies and reveals the relation-ship between the limit of reactive current output and the depth of voltage drop during LVRT for doubly-fed induction generator(DFIG)based wind farms.Specifically,the reactive current output limit of the grid-side converter is inde-pendent of the depth of voltage drop,and its limit is the maximum current allowed by the converter,while the reac-tive current output limit of the DFIG stator is a linear function of the depth of voltage drop.An optimized scheme for allocating reactive current among the STATCOM,DFIG stator,and grid-side converter is proposed.The scheme maximizes the output of active current while satisfying the standard requirements for reactive current output.Com-pared to traditional schemes,the proposed LVRT optimization strategy can output more active power during the LVRT period,effectively suppressing the rate of rotor speed increase,and improving the LVRT performance and fault recov-ery capability of wind farms.Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.