Power system impacts of decreasing resonance frequencies

Abstract

As the energy system is transitioning to a more sustainable one several of the related changes will affect the power system in different ways. Renewable electricity sources, energy efficiency measures and increased operational flexibility lead to more serious resonances in the electricity network and an increased uncertainty in terms of frequency and damping of those resonances. This could have a large impact on the spread of harmonics and on temporary overvoltages. In this paper, some examples of changes in the grid are presented and their impact on the spread of harmonics and temporary overvoltages, as a consequence of changes in resonances, is discussed.