VOLTAGE STABILITY IMPROVEMENT BY STATCOM IN A WEAK NETWORK WITH WIND GENERATION

Abstract

electric power generation from wind as a renewable energy resource is under observation nowadays, due to existence of required technology and its economical aspects. Since the wind power is not controllable, induction generators are used in wind turbines. From voltage stability point of view these machines are reactive power consumers and have negative impact on system short term voltage stability. The impact of integration of a wind farm to test system is investigated in this paper by Voltage-Power studies and time domain simulations, and STATCOM implementation has been proposed to improve system short term voltage stability with emphasize on installing location, control parameters and its capacity.