An analysis of wind curtailment and constraint at a nodal level

Macarena Martin Almenta; D. John Morrow; Robert J. Best; Brendan Fox; Aoife M. Foley

doi:10.1109/TSTE.2016.2607799

An analysis of wind curtailment and constraint at a nodal level

Macarena Martin Almenta, D. John Morrow, Robert J. Best, Brendan Fox, Aoife M. Foley

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Many countries have set challenging wind power targets to achieve by 2020. This paper implements a realistic analysis of curtailment and constraint of wind energy at a nodal level using a unit commitment and economic dispatch model of the Irish Single Electricity Market in 2020. The key findings show that significant reduction in curtailment can be achieved when the system non-synchronous penetration limit increases from 65% to 75%. For the period analyzed, this results in a decreased total generation cost and a reduction in the dispatch-down of wind. However, some nodes experience significant dispatch-down of wind, which can be in the order of 40%. This work illustrates the importance of implementing analysis at a nodal level for the purpose of power system planning.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	488-495
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
Volume	8
Issue number	2
Early online date	09 Sept 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TSTE.2016.2607799
Publication status	Published - 01 Apr 2017

Keywords

Power generation dispatch
power generation planning
power systems
power transmission
wind energy

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