The Role of Demand Response in Complementing Wind on a Grid

This paper focuses on assessing the effectiveness of methods used to address the economic issues associated with higher penetration of variable (wind) generation. Wind variability can be balanced utilizing wind control techniques and storage methods. Production costing simulations were done on IEEE 24 bus system across different wind penetration levels, and results were used to evaluate the impacts of two different wind control methods on the power grid, namely maximum power limitation and delta control. Simulations showed that these control methods have the potential to significantly lower the overall production cost of the power system. Future research will focus on having wind farms participate in the ancillary service market in the simulations, while implementing the maximum power limitation control method. Also further studies involving increased transmission limits should be performed to see how the system deals with high winds.