Special Issue "Solar PV and Wind Energy Systems for Energy Transition"

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2021.
Please contact the guest editors or the journal editor Hanson Sun ([email protected]) for any queries.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Olimpo Anaya-Lara
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Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 2TB, Scotland, UK
Interests: stability and control of power systems with high wind energy penetration; wind turbine/wind farm control; power electronics for power systems applications, VSC-HVDC; control and operation of energy storage systems
Dr. Ayman Attya
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Electrical Power Engineering, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH,, UK
Interests: power and energy systems modelling and dynamics; renewable energy; electricity markets and energy storage
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Dr. José Luis Domínguez-García
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Catalonia Institute for Energy Research IREC, Barcelona, Spain
Interests: the grid integration of renewable energy sources; smart grids; and microgrids; power system stability and security; AC-DC grids modellling and control; power converters and advanced control techniques
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Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

In order to meet the Green Deal targets, renewable energy sources must take the lead when it comes to change. Future energy scenarios worldwide foresee a very high penetration of renewable energy sources (RES), in particular, wind and solar PV. These electricity generation sources are integrated into the grid through power electronic converters which lead to new power system dynamics and the need for RES to provide ancillary services (AS) typically procured by synchronous plants. The realisation of an optimal approach that incorporates AS provision from RES in transmission and distribution networks in an effective manner will require a series of paramount challenges in terms of models, power electronics converter interfaces, intelligent controllers, market schemes, and flexible loads, to name but a few of the areas that need to be addressed. In addition, some key challenges must be overcome so as to make the technologies cost competitive and ensure their proper coordination and to cope with their variability. This Special Issue aims to collate the results of key research in such fields that examine the energy transition.

Prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions, review papers, or tutorials on modelling, control, and operation of wind and solar PV energy systems to comply with grid codes and provide network support for review for publication in this special issue. Topics of interest include (but are not limited) to:

  • Wind and solar PV system modelling, control, and optimization
  • Onshore, offshore, and floating wind farms
  • LCOE and LCA analysis comparison
  • Coordination between wind/solar PV farms and energy storage systems to provide ancillary services
  • Hybrid energy systems (e.g., PV+ESS; Wind+ESS, others) and their modelling and control
  • Provision of ancillary services by solar PV farms
  • Control and dynamics of wind farms HVDC transmission systems
  • Future grid code proposals
  • Provision of blackout services by wind and solar farms

Prof. Dr. Olimpo Anaya-Lara
Dr. Ayman Attya
Dr. Jose Luis Dominguez-García
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • wind energy
  • floating wind
  • solar energy
  • grid codes
  • control
  • modelling
  • cost analysis
  • environmental impact
  • frequency stability
  • voltage stability
  • energy storage systems

Published Papers (2 papers)

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Operation and Control of a Hybrid Power Plant with the Capability of Grid Services Provision
Energies 2021, 14(13), 3928; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14133928 - 30 Jun 2021
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The integration of distributed power plants that rely on renewable energy sources (RESs) is a major challenge for system operators (SOs) due to the variable nature of the input energy (e.g., wind and solar irradiation) to these power sources. A key solution to [...] Read more.
The integration of distributed power plants that rely on renewable energy sources (RESs) is a major challenge for system operators (SOs) due to the variable nature of the input energy (e.g., wind and solar irradiation) to these power sources. A key solution to such a challenge is to coordinate and combine the power generation of these sources such that their behavior is closer to a conventional and dispatchable power station, taking into account the limitations imposed by the battery storage system (BESS), so it is seen as a hybrid power plant (HPP) from the SOs’ viewpoint. This paper develops a model of HPP that encompasses two generation technologies, wind and photovoltaic farms, which are assisted by a BESS. The paper proposes a comprehensive control method that can smooth the HPP output with minimized energy rejection whilst enabling the HPP to provide synthetic inertia and primary frequency response, which are grid-code compliant. The proposed control method is validated through various scenarios, which are implemented on a detailed electromechanical test system modeled in MATLAB/Simulink. The results show and quantify the achieved improvement on stabilizing the HPP capacity factor under variable wind speed. The HPP also enhances the system response to frequency events. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Solar PV and Wind Energy Systems for Energy Transition)
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Sizing and Coordination Strategies of Battery Energy Storage System Co-Located with Wind Farm: The UK Perspective
Energies 2021, 14(5), 1439; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14051439 - 06 Mar 2021
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The rapid development and growth of battery storage have heightened an interest in the co-location of battery energy storage systems (BESS) with renewable energy projects which enables the stacking of multiple revenue streams while reducing connection charges of BESS. To help wind energy [...] Read more.
The rapid development and growth of battery storage have heightened an interest in the co-location of battery energy storage systems (BESS) with renewable energy projects which enables the stacking of multiple revenue streams while reducing connection charges of BESS. To help wind energy industries better understand the coordinated operation of BESS and wind farms and its associated profits, this paper develops a simulation model to implement a number of coordination strategies where the BESS supplies enhanced frequency response (EFR) service and enables the time shift of wind generation based on the UK perspective. The proposed model also simulates the degradation of Lithium-Ion battery and incorporates a state of charge (SOC) dependent limit on the charge rate derived from a constant current-constant voltage charging profile. In addition, a particle swarm optimisation-based battery sizing algorithm is developed here on the basis of the simulation model to determine the optimal size of the co-located BESS along with SOC-related strategy variables that maximise the net present value of the wind + BESS system at the end of the EFR contract. Full article
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Planned Papers

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Title: Frequency Support Markets and Wind Power Integration
Authors: Anzhelika Ivanova; José Luis Domínguez-García; Hannele Holttinen; Cristina Corchero

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