DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY CONVERTERS & A RECOMMENDED STRUCTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A GENERIC MODEL FOR GRID CONNECTION

Dara O'Sullivan (1) , Darren Mollaghan (2) , Anne Blavette (3) , Raymond Alcorn (2)

1 UCC - University College Cork
2 MaREI - Marine Renewable Energy Ireland
3 SATIE - Systèmes et Applications des Technologies de l'Information et de l'Energie

In order to connect an electricity generating plant to the electrical grid there are a series of rules and guidelines that must be adhered to. One of these is that the generator owner must provide a dynamic electrical model of their system that is compatible with the network planners and operators software. This model should take into account time series variation of the resources such as wave elevation and tidal flow velocity. The model should be usable in simulations of both normal operation and operation in the presence of grid faults.

Mots clés: model; Dynamic; power system; wave; tidal

Domaines: Energie électrique

Dara O'Sullivan, Darren Mollaghan, Anne Blavette, Raymond Alcorn. DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY CONVERTERS & A RECOMMENDED STRUCTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A GENERIC MODEL FOR GRID CONNECTION: A report prepared by HMRC-UCC for OES-IA under ANNEX III - Integration of Ocean Energy Plants into Distribution and Transmission Electrical Grids, OES-IA Document No: T0321. [Research Report] Ocean Energy Systems-Implementing Agreement (OES-IA), International Energy Agency. 2010. ⟨hal-01265981⟩