ACEP Hosts TDX
Renewable Energy Integration into Diesel Microgrids – Theory and Practice Seminar
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
12pm to 1pm
Location: Duckering Building,
Room 531 (UAF)
Speakers:
Marc Mueller-Stoffels
Power Systems Integration Program
ACEP
Kord Christianson and Jan Tierson
TDX Power
Integrating variable renewable energy (RE) resources into islanded diesel microgrids
is challenging particularly if RE power levels make up a large fraction of the power
mix. To successfully integrate large amounts of RE (high penetration RE microgrids)
changes in diesel powerhouse infrastructure and control systems are necessary. The
presentation will discuss how much RE theoretically can be added to an islanded diesel
microgrid under given infrastructure conditions without detriment to grid stability
and power quality. It will be shown that addition of system-wide controls, managed
loads, and energy storage can have significant impacts on the amount of RE that can
be integrated.
TDX Power successfully operates two high-penetration winddiesel systems at Sand Point
and St. Paul, Alaska. On these examples TDX Power will discuss integration strategies,
system performance, and challenges.