Analysis of the Impact of Integrating Variable Renewable Energy into the Power System in the Colombian Caribbean Region

Analysis of the Impact of Integrating Variable Renewable Energy into the Power System in the Colombian Caribbean Region

This paper compares the effects of adding solar and wind power to the power system of Colombia’s Caribbean region and its connections to the National Interconnected System. A base scenario was simulated in the PowerFactory 2003 software considering the actual data of the power system in 2023, and th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Energies (Basel) Vol. 16; no. 21; p. 7260
Main Authors: Cárdenas Guerra, Carlos Arturo, Ospino Castro, Adalberto José, Peña Gallardo, Rafael
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 01-11-2023
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Analysis
Colombia
Electric power systems
Electric power-plants
Electricity
Emission standards
Energy industry
Energy resources
energy transition
Green technology
Infrastructure
Power plants
power system analysis
renewable energy integration
Renewable resources
stability analysis
Wind power
Colombia
Pakistan
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This paper compares the effects of adding solar and wind power to the power system of Colombia’s Caribbean region and its connections to the National Interconnected System. A base scenario was simulated in the PowerFactory 2003 software considering the actual data of the power system in 2023, and then, they were compared with the results obtained for 2033, considering the growth of the network and the addition of new power plants based on variable renewable energy. The comparison analyzes the impact of the newly added renewable energy in the power system on the voltage stability and system frequency. The results obtained show that the addition of new variable renewable energy plants generates voltage fluctuations in the lower voltage levels, ranging from 1% to 3.1%, which indicates potential challenges in maintaining the voltage stability. In higher voltages, no significant variations were found. Regarding the system frequency, the transient value tends to increase but is within the regulatory range, with variations of less than 0.2 Hz.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en16217260