Wind Power Transmission System Integration -- a Case Study of China Wind Power Base

TL;DR

This paper examines China's large-scale wind power integration, focusing on reliability and curtailment issues, and offers technical and economic solutions to enhance grid stability and support future development.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of wind power challenges in China and proposes practical recommendations based on operational experience for better integration.

Findings

Identified key issues of wind farm tripping and curtailment.

Proposed technical improvements for grid reliability.

Suggested economic incentives to promote wind power integration.

Abstract

Due to a series of supporting policies in recent years, China wind power has developed rapidly through a large-scale and centralized mode. This paper analyzes the two major concerns faced by wind power development in China: wind generation reliability and wind energy balancing. More specifically, wind farm tripping-off-grid incidents and wind power curtailment issues, which caused huge economical loss, are investigated in details. Based on operation experience of large wind power bases, technical recommendations and economic incentives are proposed to improve wind power integration and power grid reliability. As a summary and outlook of wind power development in China, this paper provides a reference on future wind power development for other countries.