The Nordic grid with energy from wind farms
The main objective in the project is to develop models for studying the implications of operating the Nordic grid with a large amount of the electric power and energy coming from wind farms.
To achieve 10 % of wind energy is it necessary to install 15 GW of wind power. As a comparison the present installed power capacity in nuclear power plants in Sweden and Finland is 12 GW.
The main part of the project group has been working in the Nordic Energy Research Project “Large-scale integration of wind energy into the Nordic grid” during the years 2003-2006.
Within that project a very good cooperation has started; works with wind turbine modelling have been intensive and 20 papers have been written, one licentiate thesis is published and two Ph.D. - theses are on the way.
The project seeks answers to:
- How will the wind turbine/wind farm be electrically modelled and designed to fulfil the demands from the grid operators?
- How can wind turbines/wind farms participate in balancing control and provide other system control services?
- How to develop good models for adaptations and integration of large amount of wind energy into the electricity markets?
Key figures
Total project budget is 7 M NOK
Nordic Energy Research contributes 5 M NOK (72%)
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