A Method for Evaluating the Maximum Capacity of Grid-Connected Wind Farms Considering Multiple Stability Constraints

Abstract

Boosting the capacity of grid-connected wind farms will greatly contribute to increasing the share of sustainable energy in the global generation mix. It is imperative to study the way to quantitatively assess the maximum capacity of grid-connected wind farms in combination with power system stability characteristics. In this work, a method to evaluate the maximum capacity of grid-connected wind farms considering the joint constraints of frequency and voltage stability is proposed based on the global intrinsic property of frequency stability and the local characteristic of voltage stability. Firstly, the maximum capacity of grid-connected wind farms in the power grid with high wind power penetration is assessed globally based on the frequency stability constraints, and then locally considering the voltage stability constraints of each local power grid. Further on, a quantitative method to evaluate the capacity of grid-connected wind farms is proposed based on the correlation between the local static voltage stability margin and the local capacity of grid-connected wind farms, as well as the global constraint of the maximum capacity of grid-connected wind farms. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by the simulation results of an actual regional power grid.