Probabilistic capacity of a grid connected wind farm

Abstract

This paper proposes a method to find the maximum acceptable wind power injection regarding the thermal limits, steady state stability limits and voltage limits of the grid system. The probabilistic wind power is introduced based on the probability distribution of wind speed. Based on power transfer distribution factor (PTDF) and voltage sensitivities, a predictor-corrector method is suggested to calculate the acceptable active power injection. Then this method is combined with the probabilistic model of wind power to compute the allowable capacity of the wind farm. Finally, an example is illustrated to test this method. It is concluded that proposed method in this paper is a feasible, fast, and accurate approach to find the size of a wind farm.