Influence of large renewable energy integration on insular grid code compliance

Abstract

Large-scale deployment of renewables in island energy systems attracts local attention of grid operators as a way of reducing fuel fossil consumption. Planning a grid based on renewable power plants poses serious challenges to the normal operation of a power system, namely on frequency and voltage stability. In past grid code compliance, wind turbines did not require services for supporting grid operation. To shift to large renewable energy integration, the island grid code should incorporate a new set of requirements in order to regulate the inclusion of these services, which is the aim of this paper. The paper also discusses additional requirements such as “virtual” wind inertia.