Quantifying the contribution of wind farms to distribution network reliability

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

doi:10.1002/we.1741

Quantifying the contribution of wind farms to distribution network reliability

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

Authors

S. Blake

P. Taylor

C.J. Dent

D. Miller

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.

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Blake, S., Taylor, P., Dent, C. and Miller, D. (2015), Quantifying the contribution of wind farms to distribution network reliability. Wind Energy, 18(5): 941-953, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/we.1741. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.