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Electric Power Industry Challenges Due to Increasing Shares of Inverter-Based Resources in Power Systems

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The large-scale integration of variable renewable energy technologies around the world is forcing electric power systems into an unprecedented transition. This paper reports on power grid modernization and reliability issues related to the planning and operation of power systems with high levels of variable renewable energy. The contents of this paper stem from recent qualitative research in the form of a summary of an industry survey. The technical feedback from the interviewed 37 industry experts helped us identify 12 key areas of potential concern, which are discussed throughout this paper.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Strategic Programs (EE-SP)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1922405
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5D00-85157; MainId:85930; UUID:35c73a90-dafd-4c59-aa6b-919269f05bc9; MainAdminID:68576
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at the 2022 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe), 10-12 October 2022, Novi Sad, Serbia
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (6)

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Stability and control of power systems with high penetrations of inverter-based resources: An accessible review of current knowledge and open questions journal November 2020
Synchronization in electric power networks with inherent heterogeneity up to 100% inverter-based renewable generation journal May 2022
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Achieving a 100% Renewable Grid: Operating Electric Power Systems with Extremely High Levels of Variable Renewable Energy journal March 2017

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