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NPRR 425 – Ability to aggregate dissimilar turbines into a WGR – ERCOT’s position John Adams Principal Engineer Electric Reliability Council of Texas April 30, 2012. Issues.

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  1. NPRR 425 – Ability to aggregate dissimilar turbines into a WGR – ERCOT’s positionJohn AdamsPrincipal EngineerElectric Reliability Council of TexasApril 30, 2012

  2. Issues • Many wind turbine operators believe that the current Protocol requirements are un-necessarily restrictive to Wind Generation Resources (WGRs). Specifically: • The WGR definition requires all turbines to be located behind the same transformer. • The WGR definition requires all turbines included in a WGR be the same model and size. • In some cases, all turbines at a location have a single central controller, making it impossible without major expense to separate the response of these units to SCED instructions; exposing them to GREDP compliance violations and Base Point deviation charges.

  3. Current Protocol WGR Definition Wind-powered Generation Resource (WGR) A Generation Resource that is powered by wind. Wind turbines may be aggregated together to form a WGR if each turbine is the same model and size and located behind the same GSU transformer.

  4. ERCOT’s Concerns • Inclusion of dis-similar wind turbines into a WGR could result in the predicted performance of ERCOT represented by our engineering models to deviate significantly from reality. • Specifically – Dynamic performance • Allowing multiple Generator Step-up transformers with a single WGR behind them to represent a large number of turbines could result in incorrect post-contingency loading on the transformers. • Specifically – When a low-side breaker/switch can separate the low-side bus to affect xfr. loading

  5. Transformer problem Example : N-1 analysis N-1 Xfr fault Analysis with 2 WGR’s modeled and low side bus breaker. Flow on step-up 100 MW (Correct) 100 MW 0 MW 100 MW 100 MW N-1 Xfr fault Analysis with 1 WGR modeled and low side bus breaker. Flow on step-up 0 MW or 200 MW (Incorrect) 200 MW

  6. ERCOT’s Proposal to resolve transformer issue • A Resource Entity may aggregate wind turbines together to form a WGR if the turbines are connected to the same Electrical Bus at the POI are similar, and the aggregation does not reduce ERCOT’s ability to model pre- and post-contingent conditions on the ERCOT Transmission Grid.

  7. Dynamic Performance Issue • ERCOT creates engineering models by WGR, not turbine, which are used by down stream functions to analyze the performance of the grid. It is important that the aggregate models created adequately represent reality to avoid operating in an insecure state. • ERCOT therefore wants to group turbines which similar dynamic characteristics into WGRs.

  8. Dynamic Performance Issue • ERCOT, through a series of negotiations with the wind representatives has agreed to what we regard as the most inaccuracy we can accept. • The mix of wind turbine models and sizes causes no degradation in the dynamic performance of the WGR represented by the parameters modeled by ERCOT in operational studies and the aggregation of wind turbines does not limit ERCOT’s ability to model the ERCOT Transmission Grid and the relevant contingencies required for monitoring pre- and post-contingent system limits and conditions;

  9. Dynamic Performance Issue • The mix of wind turbines are included in the Resource asset registration information submitted for the WGR; • All relevant wind turbine data requested by ERCOT is provided; • With the addition of dissimilar wind turbines, the existing WGR shall continue to meet the applicable Protocol performance requirements, including but not limited to Primary Frequency Response, dynamic capability and Reactive Power capability, at the POI; and • Either:

  10. Dynamic Performance Issue • Either: • No more than the lower of 5% or ten MW aggregate capacity is of wind turbines that are not the same model or size from the turbines within the existing WGR; or • (ii) The wind turbines that are not the same model or size meet the following criteria: • (A) The wind turbines have similar dynamic characteristics to the existing WGR, as determined by ERCOT in its sole discretion; • The MW capability difference of each wind turbine is no more than 5 10% of each wind turbine’s maximum MW rating; and • The manufacturer’s power curves for the wind turbines have a correlation of 0.95 or greater with the other wind turbines within the existing WGR over wind speeds of 0 to 18 m/s.

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