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International Conference on European Electricity Market 

About: International Conference on European Electricity Market is an academic conference. The conference publishes majorly in the area(s): Electricity market & Electricity generation. Over the lifetime, 130 publications have been published by the conference receiving 1122 citations.

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28 May 2008
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate several utility-scale energy storage technology options for their usage as regulation resources and select flywheels, pumped hydro electric power (or conventional hydroelectric power) plant and sodium sulfur or nickel cadmium batteries as candidate technologies for the Wide Area Energy Management System (WAEMS) project.
Abstract: Energy produced by intermittent renewable resources is sharply increasing in the United States. At high penetration levels, volatility of wind power production could cause additional problems for the power system balancing functions such as regulation. This paper reports some partial results of a project work, recently conducted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). The project proposes to mitigate additional intermittency with the help of Wide Area Energy Management System (WAEMS) that would provide a two-way simultaneous regulation service for the BPA and California ISO systems by using a large energy storage facility. The paper evaluates several utility-scale energy storage technology options for their usage as regulation resources. The regulation service requires a participating resource to quickly vary its power output following the rapidly and frequently changing regulation signal. Several energy storage options have been analyzed based on thirteen selection criteria. The evaluation process resulted in the selection of flywheels, pumped hydro electric power (or conventional hydro electric power) plant and sodium sulfur or nickel cadmium batteries as candidate technologies for the WAEMS project. A cost benefit analysis should be conducted to narrow the choice to one technology.

98 citations

Proceedings ArticleDOI
28 May 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, the harmonic impact of a 20 kWp photovoltaic (PV) system connected to the low voltage (LV) distribution network in Greece is investigated. But the analysis is limited to the case of a single PV plant, and the level of penetration of PV systems in the LV distribution network has not been investigated.
Abstract: Since the penetration of photovoltaic (PV) systems in the low voltage (LV) distribution network is increasing, the need to register and model the contribution of these systems to the harmonic distortion of current and voltage waveforms is becoming an up-to-date issue. As PV systems incorporate power conditioning units, which are harmonic generating devices, they will have an influence on quality of supply, reliable operation of system equipment as well as component life expectancy. This paper investigates the harmonic impact of a 20 kWp PV system connected to the LV distribution network in Greece. The harmonic behavior of the PV plant as a function of the solar radiation under several weather conditions is analyzed. Measurements results are compared to those obtained from the power simulator package PSIMcopy. The level of penetration of PV systems in the LV distribution network without harmonic limits been exceeded is investigated.

65 citations

Proceedings ArticleDOI
28 May 2008
TL;DR: In this article, the optimal output feedback method is proposed to solve the load-frequency control problem in the deregulated environment, where only the measurable state variables within each control area is required to use for feedback.
Abstract: In this paper, the dynamical response of the load-frequency control problem in the deregulated environment is improved with a pragmatic viewpoint. In the practical environment, access to all of the state variables of system is limited and measuring all of them is also impossible. To solve this problem, in this paper the optimal output feedback method is proposed. In the output feedback method, only the measurable state variables within each control area is required to use for feedback. The optimal control law is determined by minimizing a performance index under the output feedback conditions leading to a coupled matrix equation. The proposed method is tested on a two-area power system with different contracted scenarios. The results of the proposed controller are compared with the full-state feedback method. The results are shown that when the power demands changed, the output feedback method have a good ability to tracking of contracted and/or non-contracted demands. In fact, this method provides a control system that satisfied the load frequency control requirements and with a reasonable dynamic response.

40 citations

Proceedings ArticleDOI
28 May 2008
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of distributed generation on the distribution network voltage profile and gradient is analyzed taking in account power in-feed/out-feed of DG and the influence of reactive power requirements on the network voltage levels, based in the comparison of software simulation results with real-life behavior.
Abstract: As a consequence of the growing importance of distributed generation (DG) it's very important to study the distribution network behavior. In this paper, voltage profile and gradient are analyzed taking in account power in-feed/out-feed of DG. The influence of reactive power requirements on the network voltage levels, based in the comparison of software simulation results with real-life behavior, are also studied. This paper equally analyzes the impact of DG on the substation transformers taps changers, with and without DG. Finally, it's analyzed the impact of DG on protection systems functioning in a 60 kV network.

39 citations

Proceedings ArticleDOI
28 May 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of grid-connected wind-turbine generators in case of system faults, i.e. short-circuits, the so-called lowvoltage-fault-ride-throughconditions (LVFRT-conditions), is analyzed.
Abstract: This paper deals with the performance of grid-connected wind-turbine generators in case of system faults, i.e. short-circuits, the so-called low-voltage-fault-ride-through-conditions (LVFRT-conditions). Furthermore the requirements of frequency, voltage and reactive power control are explained. The conditions are defined in the grid-codes of the utilities even in Europe in a different way, leading to contra dictionary operating conditions in the interconnected UCTE-system. The increasing importance of electricity generation by wind turbines in the future requires similar and standardized operating criteria for all countries.

34 citations

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No. of papers from the Conference in previous years
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20121
20101
2008125
20063