Paving the way: a future without inertia is closer than you think

Thomas Ackermann; Thibault Prevost; Vijay Vittal; Andrew J. Roscoe; Julia Matevosyan; Nicholas Miller

doi:10.1109/MPE.2017.2729138

Paving the way: a future without inertia is closer than you think

Thomas Ackermann, Thibault Prevost, Vijay Vittal, Andrew J. Roscoe, Julia Matevosyan, Nicholas Miller

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

Unless you have been hibernating in a remote cave for the past decade, you will have noticed the explosion of variable renewable generation. Wind power and solar photovoltaics (PVs) have been the subject of dozens of articles, just within the pages of IEEE Power & Energy Magazine. Charts illustrating relentless growth, such as the example from the United States shown in Figure 1 with futures tending toward 100% renewable energy, are common. This figure, provided by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), reflects a low-cost, high-renewable projection scenario.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	61-69
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Power and Energy Magazine
Volume	15
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2017.2729138
Publication status	Published - 17 Oct 2017

Keywords

power system planning
wind power generation
voltage control
power system economics

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Paving the way: a future without inertia is closer than you think

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Stability challenges & solutions for power systems operating close to 100% penetration of power electronic interfaced power sources: exchange of experience between hybrid and major power systems

Experimental stability assessment of converter-dominated electrical grids

A VSM (virtual synchronous machine) convertor control model suitable for RMS studies for resolving system operator/owner challenges

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