Projects
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| Reference Number | NIA_NGET0142 | |
| Title | Assessment of Distributed Generation Behaviour during Frequency Disturbances | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electricity transmission and distribution) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
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Project Contact No email address given National Grid Electricity Transmission |
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| Award Type | Network Innovation Allowance | |
| Funding Source | Ofgem | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2014 | |
| End Date | 28 February 2015 | |
| Duration | 11 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £275,000 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Power | |
| Region | London | |
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| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , National Grid Electricity Transmission (100.000%) |
| Web Site | http://www.smarternetworks.org/Project/NIA_NGET0142 |
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| Objectives | The key objectives are to reduce operational costs and to enable increased system access for asynchronous generation types including renewable generation (wind, solar). If measures are not taken to ensure distributed generation is less susceptible to RoCoF events, then increased operating costs are likely to result through the curtailment of large infeed risks or the operation of synchronous generation in favour of asynchronous generation to manage RoCoF risks. Potential increases in system operating costs by 2018/19 are forecast to be 250m per annum, rising to in excess of 1000m per annum by 2025. Expected Benefits:
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| Abstract | The work will provide a comprehensive view of distributed generation types and susceptibility to RoCoF for the entire GB synchronous network. The feasibility and implications of using revised protection settings to avoid coincident distributed generation losses during loss of infeed events will be established. | |
| Publications |  Assessment of Risks Resulting from the Adjustment of ROCOF Based Loss of Mains Protection Settings (PDF 3508 KB) Closure report (PDF 65 KB) Distributed Generation Operation in an Islanded Network (Update) Final Report (PDF 684 KB) Experimental Evaluation of PV Inverter Performance during Islanding and Frequency Disturbance Conditions (PDF 4553 KB) |
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| Final Report | Final Report (PDF 2195 KB) |
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| Added to Database | 28/09/16 | |
