Simultaneous Assessment of Multiple Aspects of Stability of Power Systems With Renewable Generation

Abstract

Modern power systems are operating much closer to stability limits due to the integration of uncertain Renewable Energy Sources (RES)-based generations and the decommissioning of traditional synchronous generations. Hence, different aspects of power system stability assessment have come into research focus again. Conventional system stability assessment typically uses dedicated stability indices describing a single aspect of system stability (e.g., voltage, frequency, angularity) or composite indices developed for one aspect of system stability. Such assessments can be ambiguous as the impacts of new devices and technologies on different aspects of system stability can be both, positive and negative to different extents. This paper introduces a probabilistic framework and two composite stability indices for the simultaneous assessment of multiple aspects of power system stability. The application of the indices is demonstrated on a range of case studies with modified IEEE 9-bus and modified IEEE 68-bus test systems without/with RES in a mixed Matlab and DigSilent PowerFactory simulation environment.