Cascade Failures from Distributed Generation in Power Grids
Abstract
Power grids are nowadays experiencing a transformation due to the introduction of Distributed Generation based on Renewable Sources. At difference with classical Distributed Generation, where local power sources mitigate anomalous user consumption peaks, Renewable Sources introduce in the grid intrinsically erratic power inputs. By introducing a simple schematic (but realistic) model for power grids with stochastic distributed generation, we study the effects of erratic sources on the robustness of several IEEE power grid test networks with up to 2000 buses. We find that increasing the penetration of erratic sources causes the grid to fail with a sharp transition. We compare such results with the case of failures caused by the natural increasing power demand.
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@article{arxiv.1209.3733,
title = {Cascade Failures from Distributed Generation in Power Grids},
author = {Antonio Scala and Sakshi Pahwa and Caterina Scoglio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.3733},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
10 pages, 3 figures, Critis2012 satellite & Sesame Workshop "Topological Approach to the Vulnerability Assessment and Cascading Failure Analysis of Electricity Networks" to be published in International Journal of Critical Infrastructures