Integrating Renewable Energy Resources
Course overview
This comprehensive course explores the technical, operational, and reliability challenges associated with integrating large-scale renewable energy resources into power grids. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the evolving landscape of renewable energy integration, including solar and wind resources, and learn about cutting-edge industry practices and technological advancements using simulation techniques.
Course Outline:
Part I: Challenges Regarding Large-Scale Renewable Energy Resources (60 minutes)
- Integrating large-scale renewable energy resources into power grids
- Compensating for the decline in daytime load characteristics
- Adjusting for increased ramp rate requirements
- Understanding variable generation and load balance dynamics
- Using load, generation, and weather forecasting for improved integration
Part II: Interconnection Reliability Criteria for Renewable Energy Resources (60 minutes)
- Overview of solar (PV) farm operating dynamics
- Overview of wind farm operating dynamics
- Impacts of inverter-based resource integration
- Examples of power faults affecting renewable energy resources
- Challenges in maintaining power, voltage, and frequency profiles
Part III: Power Industry Practices (60 minutes)
- Advances in inverter technology and their implications
- Adapting to changing reliability standards
- Understanding evolving interconnection standards
Part IV: Simulation (60 minutes)
- Practical simulation exercises to apply learning outcomes to real-world scenarios.
Learning objectives:
- Identify the types of renewable energy and their effect on the Bulk Electric System (BES)
- Identify the challenges of renewable energy resource integration
- Recognize modes of operation for renewable energy resources
- Identify industry changes to accommodate integration of renewable energy resources
This class is:
4 CEH 1 SIM 0 EO
This course is ideal for professionals in the power industry, including engineers, system operators, and technical personnel seeking to enhance their knowledge of renewable energy resource integration and grid reliability.