Quantifying the contribution of wind farms to distribution network reliability

Blake, S.; Taylor, P.; Dent, C.J.; Miller, D.

Abstract

The reliability of power supply to distribution network customers can be increased by embedded generation, including wind farms. The value of this increase in reliability needs to be evaluated, and national standards such as the Great Britain security of supply standard P2/6 seek to do so. This paper appraises the capacity credit evaluation methodology in P2/6 and outlines an alternative methodology to integrate generation with load more effectively, taking into account the topology, loading and reliability of the surrounding network. It concludes that under certain circumstances, the presence of embedded wind generation can allow the deferral of costly network reinforcement projects but that the time for which reinforcement can reasonably be deferred is a function not only of the generators themselves but also of the surrounding network.

Citation

Blake, S., Taylor, P., Dent, C., & Miller, D. (2015). Quantifying the contribution of wind farms to distribution network reliability. Wind Energy, 18(5), 941-953. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1741

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 20, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Mar 17, 2014
• Publication Date: May 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jun 26, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 21, 2014
• Journal: Wind Energy
• Print ISSN: 1095-4244
• Electronic ISSN: 1099-1824
• Publisher: Wiley Open Access
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 941-953
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1741
• Keywords: Security of supply standards, Wind farm capacity credit, Network reinforcement deferral.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1427506