A 250MW solar farm between Northwest and Monash in Australia caused power fluctuation to the bulk power grid. This project proposed an additional energy storage system, which was modeled in PSCAD. A power plant controller (PPC) per WECC compliance was designed and tuned for the hybrid energy system to damp the oscillation.
Review multiple solar & wind farm projects in different ISO (ERCOT, CAISO, NYISO, PJM, ISO-NE, MISO, HECO, SPP, Southwest, Northwest, FRCC) with power levels ranging from 10MW to 50MW, 102MW, 225MW, 220MW, 227MW, 250MW, and 450MW.
– Supported to optimize the solar/wind farm layouts.
– Selected design and size for wind turbines and PV panels. Analyzed the farms’ annual energy production.
– Substation designs: Reviewed single-line and three-line diagrams for substations, relays, protection schemes, transformers, communication, and other electrical devices.
– Reviewed analysis of load flow, short circuits, grounding, harmonics, and other power quality issues.
Designed optimal solar rooftop layouts, analyzed energy production and investment approach, and provide construction for various solar rooftop projects with a total power of more than 10MW.
