Technical and Economical Comparison of Reactive Power Provision with Variable Renewable Energy Power Plants and Compensation Systems
Conference: NEIS 2018 - Conference on Sustainable Energy Supply and Energy Storage Systems
09/20/2018 - 09/21/2018 at Hamburg, Deutschland
Proceedings: NEIS 2018
Pages: 6Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Koeppe, Hartmudt; Engel, Bernd (Technische Universität Braunschweig – Institut für Hochspannungstechnik und Elektrische Energieanlagen – elenia, Schleinitzstr. 23, 38106 Brunswick, Germany)
Martinez Fernandez, Juan Pablo (Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Instituto de Energía Eléctrica Facultad de Ingeniería, Av. Libertador Gral San Martín Oeste 1109, 5400, San Juan, Argentina)
Abstract:
Recently, ancillary services are mainly provided by conventional power plants. As utilization of these sources decrease, alternatives must be found. Variable renewable energy power plants can be used to contribute to ancillary services for enhancing the quality of service and resilience of the power system. In this work, the provision of reactive power with these power plants is technically and economically compared to reactive power compensation systems. For the econom-ical investigation, a methodology and a remuneration system are developed and presented. The investigation is performed on a real high-voltage grid in Germany. Results demonstrate, that variable renewable energy power plants are cost-efficient sources for reactive power provision.