Frequency response of California and WECC under high wind and solar conditions

IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Miller, N W ^a   Shao, M ^a   Venkataraman, S ^a   Loutan, C ^b   Rothleder, M ^b  

^a GE ENERGY   (United States)

^b California Independent System Operator   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency Control; Frequency Response; Governor Response; Headroom; Inertia; Renewable Energy; Wind Power Generation

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CONVENTIONAL POWER PLANTS; FREQUENCY BEHAVIOR; GOVERNOR CONTROL; GRID FREQUENCY; HEADROOM; HIGH WINDS; INERTIA; LARGE DISTURBANCE; NORTH AMERICAN; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR GENERATION; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE; SYSTEM INERTIA; THERMAL GENERATION; WIND PLANT;

ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GOVERNORS; POWER PLANTS; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; WIND POWER;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 84870590180     PISSN: 19449925     EISSN: 19449933     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345564     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. CAISO 20% Renewable Portfolio Study, August 31, 2010
2. Joseph H. Eto, et.al. "Use of Frequency Response Metrics to Assess the Planning and Operating Requirements for Reliable Integration of Variable Renewable Generation", Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report, LBNL-4142E, December 2010.
3. California ISO (CAISO) Frequency Response Study, Nicholas W. Miller, Miaolei Shao, Sundar Venkataraman, 09 November 2011
4. NERC Standard BAL-003-1, dated feb 4, 2011
5. GE Energy. May 2010. "Western Wind and Solar Integration Study: February 2008 - February 2010," NREL Report No. SR-550-47434
6. N. Miller, K. Clark, M. Cardinal, and R. Delmerico, "Grid Friendly Wind Plant Controls: GE WindCONTROL - Functionality and Field Tests," EWEC, Brussels, Belgium, March/April 2008.
7. N. Miller, K. Clark, R. Walling, "WindINERTIA: Controlled Inertial Response from GE Wind Turbine Generators", 45th Annual Minnesota Power Systems Conference, MN, November 2009.
8. N.W. Miller, K. Clark, M. Shao, Frequency Responsive Wind Plant Controls: Impacts on Grid Performance, IEEE GPM 2011, Detroit