A review of interconnection rules for large-scale renewable power generation

Green Energy and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 151-171

  Aziz, Tareq ^a   Saha, Tapan K ^b   Mithulananthan, Nadarajah ^b  

^a AHSANULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuous operation; Grid code; High voltage ride through; Large scale integration; Low voltage ride through; Renewable power plants; Transmission system operators

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY POLICY; HYDROELECTRIC GENERATORS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; LSI CIRCUITS; REACTIVE POWER; TRANSMISSIONS; WIND POWER;

CONTINUOUS OPERATION; GRID CODES; HIGH VOLTAGE; LOW-VOLTAGE RIDE-THROUGH; RENEWABLE POWER; TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATORS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION;

EID: 84905724628     PISSN: 18653529     EISSN: 18653537     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-4585-30-9_6     Document Type: Article

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