Frequency drops mitigation at high wind energy penetration by hydro-pumped storage — Capacity sizing

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Attya ◽  
H. Ali ◽  
T. Hartkopf
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
High Wind ◽  
Capacity Sizing ◽  
Pumped Storage

Autonomous energy supply based on the wind-energy complex and hydrogen energy storage

2019 ◽  
pp. 12-26
Author(s):  
S. I. Nefedkin ◽  
A. O. Barsukov ◽  
M. I. Mozgova ◽  
M. S. Shichkov ◽  
M. A. Klimova
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Heat Supply ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
High Wind ◽  
Wind Generators ◽  
Weak Wind

The paper proposes an alternative scheme of guaranteed electricity and heat supply of an energy-insulated facility with a high potential of wind energy without the use of imported or local fuel. The scheme represents a wind power complex containing the park of wind generators located at the points with high wind potential. The wind generators provide guaranteed power supply even in periods of weak wind. For heat supply of the consumer, all surplus of the electric power goes on thermoelectric heating of water in tanks of accumulators, and also on receiving hydrogen by a method of electrolysis of water. The current heat supply is carried out with the use of hot water storage tanks, and the heat supply during the heat shortage is carried out by burning the stored hydrogen in condensing hydrogen boilers. We have developed the algorithm of calculation and the program "Wind in energy" which allows calculating annual balance of energy and picking up necessary quantity of the equipment for implementation of the scheme proceeding from the annual schedule of thermal and electric loading, and also potential of wind energy in the chosen region. The calculation-substantiation of the scheme proposed in relation to the real energy-insulated object Ust-Kamchatsk (Kamchatka) is carried out. The equipment for the implementation of an alternative energy supply scheme without the use of imported fuel is selected and compared with the traditional energy supply scheme based on a diesel power plant and a boiler house operating on imported fuel. With the introduction of an alternative power supply scheme, the equipment of the traditional scheme that has exhausted its resource can be used for backup power supply. Using climate databases, a number of energy-insulated facilities in the North and East of Russia with high wind energy potential are considered and the conditions for the successful implementation of the energy supply scheme are analyzed. This requires not only a high average annual wind speed, but also a minimum number of days of weak wind. In addition, it is necessary that the profile of the wind speed distribution in the annual section coincides with the profile of the heat load consumption.

scholarly journals Optimizing operation of a large-scale pumped storage hydropower system coordinated with wind farm by means of genetic algorithms

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithms ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Open Loop ◽  
Energy Output ◽  
Reservoir System ◽  
Pumped Storage

<p>Due to the intermittent and fluctuating nature of wind and other renewable energy sources, their integration into electricity systems requires large-scale and flexible storage systems to ensure uninterrupted power supply and to reduce the percentage of produced energy that is discarded or curtailed. Storage of large quantities of electricity in the form of dynamic energy of water masses by means of coupled reservoirs has been globally recognized as a mature, competitive and reliable technology; it is particularly useful in countries with mountainous terrain, such as Greece. Its application may increase the total energy output (and profit) of coupled wind-hydroelectric systems, without affecting the availability of water resources. Optimization of such renewable energy systems is a very complex, multi-dimensional, non-linear, multi modal, nonconvex and dynamic problem, as the reservoirs, besides hydroelectric power generation, serve many other objectives such as water supply, irrigation and flood mitigation. Moreover, their function should observe constraints such as environmental flow. In this paper we developed a combined simulation and optimization model to maximize the total benefits by integrating wind energy production into a pumped-storage multi-reservoir system, operating either in closed-loop or in open-loop mode. In this process, we have used genetic algorithms as the optimization tool. Our results show that when the operation of the reservoir system is coordinated with the wind farm, the hydroelectricity generation decreases drastically, but the total economical revenue of the system increases by 7.02% when operating in closed-loop and by 7.16% when operating in open-loop mode. We conclude that the hydro-wind coordination can achieve high wind energy penetration to the electricity grid, resulting in increase of the total benefits of the system. Moreover, the open-loop pumped-storage multi-reservoir system seems to have better performance, ability and flexibility to absorb the wind energy decreasing to a lesser extent the hydroelectricity generation, than the closed-loop.</p>

scholarly journals VISUAL ANALYTICS WEB PLATFORM FOR DETECTING HIGH WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS BY EMPLOYING OGC STANDARDS

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIV-4/W1-2020 ◽  
pp. 71-74
Author(s):  
A. Koukofikis ◽  
V. Coors
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Visual Analytics ◽  
Vertical Axis ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
High Wind ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Web Architecture ◽  
Wind Energy Potential ◽  
Ogc Standards

Abstract. We propose a server-client web architecture identifying areas with high wind energy potential by employing 3D technologies and OGC standards. The assessment of a whole city or sub-regions will be supported by integrating Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) with historical wind sensor readings. The results, in 3D space, of such analysis could be used for locating installation points of small-scale vertical axis wind turbines in an urban area.

scholarly journals Pumped storage in systems with very high wind penetration

Energy Policy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 1965-1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Tuohy ◽  
M. O’Malley
Keyword(s):  
High Wind ◽  
Pumped Storage ◽  
Very High

scholarly journals Ultra high wind energy penetration in an isolated market

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya Twohig ◽  
Karsten Burges ◽  
Christian Nabe ◽  
Aoife Crowe ◽  
Katrina Polaski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
High Wind

scholarly journals Real-Time Flexibility Assessment for Power Systems with High Wind Energy Penetration

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
pp. 2056
Author(s):  
Anna Glazunova ◽  
Evgenii Semshikov ◽  
Michael Negnevitsky
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Electric Circuit ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Electric Power System ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
High Wind ◽  
Operational Conditions

To reduce the reliance on fossil fuel-based generation, many countries expand the use of renewable energy sources (RES) for electricity production. The stochastic and intermittent nature of such sources (i.e., wind and solar) poses challenges to the stable and reliable operation of the electric power system (EPS) and requires sufficient operational flexibility. With continuous and random changes in the EPS operational conditions, evaluating the system flexibility in a standardized manner may improve the robustness of planning and operating procedures. Therefore, the development of fast algorithms for determining system flexibility is a critical issue. In this paper, the flexibility of the EPS with high wind energy penetration is calculated in real time. In this context, the EPS flexibility is understood as the ability of the system to maintain a balance under irregular and short-term active power variations during a specified time by using the flexibility resources. The EPS flexibility calculation relies on a deterministic method developed to qualitatively and quantitatively assess the EPS readiness to changes in load. Accurate wind power forecasts and the observance of the electric circuit law when solving the optimization problem allow for determining the actual value of the EPS flexibility during a considered time.

scholarly journals A Visual Analytics Web Platform for Detecting High Wind Energy Potential in Urban Environments by Employing OGC Standards

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 707
Author(s):  
Athanasios Koukofikis ◽  
Volker Coors
Keyword(s):  
Wind Energy ◽  
Visual Analytics ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Energy Yield ◽  
High Wind ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Web Architecture ◽  
Wind Energy Potential ◽  
Ogc Standards

Moving into the third decade of the 21st century, smart cities are becoming a vital concept of advancement of the quality of life. Without any doubt, cities today can generate data of high velocity which can be used in plethora of applications. The wind flow inside a city is an area of several studies which span from pedestrian comfort and natural ventilation to wind energy yield. We propose a Visual Analytics platform based on a server-client web architecture capable of identifying areas with high wind energy potential by employing 3D technologies and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards. The assessment of a whole city or sub-regions will be supported by integrating Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) outcomes with historical wind sensor readings. The results, in 3D space, of such analysis could be used by a wide audience, including city planners and citizens, for locating installation points of small-scale horizontal or vertical axis wind turbines in an urban area. A case study in an urban quarter of Stuttgart is used to evaluate the interactiveness of the proposed workflow. The results show an adequate performance, although there is a lot of room for improvement in future work.

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