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WHEN RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD
The practicalities of transforming Australia’s power system
August 2017
PRESENTED BY JENNY RIESZ
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100% RENEWABLES
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BUT THE SUN DOESN’T ALWAYS SHINE…
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OUR PRESENT SYSTEM
J. Riesz, B. Elliston, “The impact of technology availability on the costs of 100% renewable electricity
generation scenarios for Australia“, 38th IAEE International Conference, Antalya, Turkey, May 2015.
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100% RENEWABLES
J. Riesz, B. Elliston, “The impact of technology availability on the costs of 100% renewable electricity
generation scenarios for Australia“, 38th IAEE International Conference, Antalya, Turkey, May 2015.
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PARADIGM SHIFT
“but the sun doesn’t always shine,
and the wind doesn’t always blow…”
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THE NEM
~85% of
electrical load
in Australia
National
Electricity
Market
(NEM)
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AEMO’S WORK PROGRAM
Wind & PV
45% emissions reduction scenario
Significant
retirements
Distributed
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FUTURE POWER SYSTEM SECURITY
(FPSS) PROGRAM
Adapt AEMO’s functions and processes to deliver ongoing
power system security and reliability
Identify
Prioritise
QuantifyTechnical solutions
Implementation
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IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES
Variable & uncertain
Low operating
cost
Non-synchronous
Distributed
Visibility & control
Frequency Control
System strength
Forecasting
Planning
Markets
Modelling
Decentralised system
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WHAT IS FREQUENCY CONTROL?
LOAD GENERATION
50.0
ImbalanceFrequency changes
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TYPES OF GENERATORS
SYNCHRONOUS
• Coal
• Gas
• Hydro
• Biomass
• Geothermal
• Solar thermal
• Nuclear
NON-SYNCHRONOUS
• Wind
• Photovoltaics
• Batteries
• Flywheels
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INERTIA
DEMAND GENERATION
50.0
INERTIA acts
as a “brake”
Wind & PV displace
synchronous plant
Inertia dropsFrequency
changes faster
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RATE OF CHANGE OF FREQUENCY
Contingency event
RoCoF
If RoCoF is too high…
• Trip of generation?
• Emergency control schemes may not prevent collapse
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IRELAND
~24% wind40%
renewable
2020:2017:
Island with no
AC interconnectors
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VISITING EIRGRID
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
South
Australia
42% energy from wind & PV
1 AC interconnector
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ROCOF EXPOSURE
Separation of South Australia:
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SOLUTIONS
Add inertia
Reduce contingency
sizeOther
Keep synchronous
generators operating
Install new synchronous
generators
Synchronous
condensers
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Inertia
SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSERS
System
Strength
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SOLUTIONS
Add inertia
Reduce contingency
sizeOther
Keep synchronous
generators operating
Install new synchronous
generators
Synchronous
condensers
Reduce flows
on the
interconnector
New
interconnector
Fast Frequency
Response?
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FAST FREQUENCY RESPONSE
Fast power injection
(< 1 second)
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FAST FREQUENCY RESPONSE
“Synthetic inertia” from a wind power plant - Example of a recorded event in Hydro-Quebec
Noel Aubut (2013) “Wind Power Status and Experience with Inertial Response from Wind
Power Plants”, 2nd Workshop on Active Power Control from Wind Power, Boulder Colorado
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WIND & PV DELIVERING FREQUENCY
CONTROL
Ela, E.; Gevorgian, V.; Fleming, P.; Zhang, Y.C.; Singh, M.; Muljadi, E.; Schoolbrook, A.; Aho, J.; Buckspan, A.; Pao, L.; Singhvi, V.; Tuohy,
A.; Pourbeik, P.; Brooks, D.; Bhatt, N., (2014) Active Power Controls from Wind Power: Bridging the Gaps. Technical Report NREL/TP-
5D00-60574, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
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SYSTEM SERVICES
InertiaSystem
StrengthFrequency
Control
Synchronous generators
Synchronous
generatorsWind, PV Storage Demand-side
Synchronous
condensers
FFR
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AN ONGOING JOURNEY
?
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FURTHER INFORMATION
• Future Power System Security Program
• All reports & publications:
o https://www.aemo.com.au/Electricity/National-Electricity-
Market-NEM/Security-and-reliability/FPSSP-Reports-and-
Analysis
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