Development and Stability Analysis of Representative Future High Renewable Penetration Power Grid Models for California

Sayan Samanta, Suman Debnath, Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri

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Abstract

The power grid in California is now experiencing a significant increase in renewable generation to achieve 100% clean energy by 2040. This paper discusses a method for developing the transient stability (TS) model of the future high renewable penetration in the power grid in California. The method consists of utilizing an existing future Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) grid model in the database and locating the conventional plants in the base model that will potentially retire in the next few years in California. Next, the dynamic models of those identified conventional plants and controls in the existing model are modified to replicate the future power generation in the California region. Different scenarios of future power grid in California are developed for various renewable penetration levels and control strategies in renewable power plants. The effect of the control strategies on the stability of the power grid under events like loss of generation are evaluated. Based on these evaluations, certain control features in power plants are identified as necessary for stability of future power grids.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665453554
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event2023 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2023 - Washington, United States
Duration: Jan 16 2023Jan 19 2023

Publication series

Name2023 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2023

Conference

Conference2023 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period01/16/2301/19/23

Funding

This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-EE0002064 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan(http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). Research sponsored by Solar Energy Technologies Office of U.S. Department of Energy. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Solar Energy Technologies Office Award Number 36532. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Department of Energy or the United States Government.

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