Wind & Solar Track
09:00 - 10:40
Room: Douro III
Chair/s:
Mohammad Moradzadeh (Elia Group)
Submission 71
Modelling and Applications of Grid-Forming Capable Wind and HVDC Plants in Modern Power Systems
02 GIW26-71
Presented by: Deepak Ramasubramanian
Stavros Konstantinopoulos 1, Muhammad Sarwar 1, Deepak Ramasubramanian 1, Parag Mitra 1, Aboutaleb Haddadi 1, Vahid M Mamaghani 2, Antonio Colot 2, Aymen Chaouachi 2, Mohammad Moradzadeh 2
1 EPRI, United States
2 Elia Transmission Belgium, Belgium

The vast integration of renewable resources and inverted-based resources (IBRs) continuously transforms modern power grids, giving rise to new dynamics, considerations and potential solutions to issues in the grid. In the last few years, a plethora of IBR driven interactions has been documented across grids worldwide. An important aspect of studying and mitigating such interactions during planning is modelling detail. Those modelling details need to incorporate the wide frequency range and nature of such interactions, which are typically provided by electromagnetic transient type (EMT) models. This paper presents generic EMT models of converter enabled technologies including a Type-4 wind turbine and Multilevel Modular Converter (MMC) HVDC. Focus will be drawn in the grid-forming (GFM) capability of each technology. Using the developed models, the GFM mode of operation of these IBR technologies is investigated, and their technology readiness is studied. The effectiveness of these GFM technologies to address grid stability issues is tested in an 18-bus test system. The overall objective is to provide a set of generic GFM EMT models for various IBR technologies that can be used for long-term planning studies and highlight potential differences in response, or limitations.