Impact of the High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources on the Frequency Stability of the Saudi Grid
The high penetration of inverter-fed renewable energy sources (RESs) in modern energy systems has led to a reduction in the system’s inertial response. This reduction in the rotational inertial response is associated with synchronous generation and might result in a deteriorated frequency response f...
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| description | The high penetration of inverter-fed renewable energy sources (RESs) in modern energy systems has led to a reduction in the system’s inertial response. This reduction in the rotational inertial response is associated with synchronous generation and might result in a deteriorated frequency response following a power disturbance. This paper investigates the frequency stability of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) grid. It includes a description of the changing energy landscape of the KSA’s electricity grid and an investigation of the impact of high penetration levels of inverter-fed RESs on the dynamic behavior of the KSA grid. The impact of RESs has been studied through a simulation of case studies of the future KSA power system using the MATLAB/Simulink simulation software. The frequency stability of the KSA’s power system has been evaluated with various RES levels under peak and base load conditions. The simulation results show that the high penetration levels of RESs dramatically affect the system’s frequency response, especially under off-peak conditions. In addition, the significance of battery energy storage systems (BESSs) for compensating the reduction in the system inertial response has been addressed. The results show the effectiveness of aggregated BESSs for enhancing the system frequency control of the KSA grid. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe3df28e959f41148f53d70e3c97490e2023-11-17T10:45:58ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922023-03-01126147010.3390/electronics12061470Impact of the High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources on the Frequency Stability of the Saudi GridSaad Alqahtani0Abdullah Shaher1Ali Garada2Liana Cipcigan3School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UKSchool of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UKSchool of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UKSchool of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UKThe high penetration of inverter-fed renewable energy sources (RESs) in modern energy systems has led to a reduction in the system’s inertial response. This reduction in the rotational inertial response is associated with synchronous generation and might result in a deteriorated frequency response following a power disturbance. This paper investigates the frequency stability of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) grid. It includes a description of the changing energy landscape of the KSA’s electricity grid and an investigation of the impact of high penetration levels of inverter-fed RESs on the dynamic behavior of the KSA grid. The impact of RESs has been studied through a simulation of case studies of the future KSA power system using the MATLAB/Simulink simulation software. The frequency stability of the KSA’s power system has been evaluated with various RES levels under peak and base load conditions. The simulation results show that the high penetration levels of RESs dramatically affect the system’s frequency response, especially under off-peak conditions. In addition, the significance of battery energy storage systems (BESSs) for compensating the reduction in the system inertial response has been addressed. The results show the effectiveness of aggregated BESSs for enhancing the system frequency control of the KSA grid.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/6/1470frequency responsemodern power systemspower system stabilityrenewable energy sourcessystem inertia |
| spellingShingle | Saad Alqahtani Abdullah Shaher Ali Garada Liana Cipcigan Impact of the High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources on the Frequency Stability of the Saudi Grid Electronics frequency response modern power systems power system stability renewable energy sources system inertia |
| title | Impact of the High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources on the Frequency Stability of the Saudi Grid |
| title_full | Impact of the High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources on the Frequency Stability of the Saudi Grid |
| title_fullStr | Impact of the High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources on the Frequency Stability of the Saudi Grid |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources on the Frequency Stability of the Saudi Grid |
| title_short | Impact of the High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources on the Frequency Stability of the Saudi Grid |
| title_sort | impact of the high penetration of renewable energy sources on the frequency stability of the saudi grid |
| topic | frequency response modern power systems power system stability renewable energy sources system inertia |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/6/1470 |
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