As we move away from large power plants with massive rotating turbogenerators, there will be problems with maintaining lock-step grid system frequency stability. Wind turbines have much less ...

The discussion on inertia and synchronous generation is rather confused. Inertia is necessary because it provides stability to the grid. “Strength” and “stiffness” are terms that are used to show that ...

As coal and gas plants are taken offline to be replaced by wind and solar, grid stability and system strength can become serious challenges. This is due to the inherent inertia provided by rotating ...

People in the power industry understand inertia and its importance to grid stability. As large thermal power plants and other inertia-providing units are replaced with renewable resources that provide ...

National Grid ESO, for the first time, have been able to procure grid stability services from renewable generators, in a move seen as crucial to decarbonizing the power system and enabling net zero.

The loss of excitation (LOE) in synchronous generators represents a critical fault condition that can lead to severe operational disruptions and damage within power systems. Under normal conditions, ...

These impacts include curtailment of the output of pre-existing solar farms, extraordinary delays in connecting new generators and major players leaving the market due to the uncertainty. At present, ...

A Gamesa Electric PV converter of the Proteus product family – Image Gamesa Electric. Gamesa Electric’s latest white paper explores the advanced functionalities that solar and battery inverters should ...