A survey on control issues in renewable energy integration and microgrid

• Main Authors: Faisal R. Badal, Purnima Das, Subrata K. Sarker, Sajal K. Das
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2019-04-01
• Series: Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems
• Subjects: Renewable energy; Integral challenges; Microgrid; Control process; Voltage control
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41601-019-0122-8

Abstract This paper describes the usefulness of renewable energy throughout the world to generate power. Renewable energy adds a remarkable scope in power system. Renewable energy sources act as the prime mover of a microgrid. The Microgrid is a small network of power system with distributed generation (DG) units connected in parallel. The integration challenges of renewable energy sources and the control of microgrid are described in this paper. The varied nature of DG system produces voltage and frequency deviation. The unknown nature of the load produces un-modeled dynamics. This un-modeled dynamic introduces measurable effects on the performance of the microgrid. This paper investigates the performance of the microgrid against different scenarios. The voltage of the microgrid is controlled by using different controllers and their results are also investigated. The performance of controllers is investigated using MATLAB/Simulink SimPowerSystems.