A Case Study on Power Quality in a Virtual Power Plant: Long Term Assessment and Global Index Application

• Main Authors: Michal Jasiński, Tomasz Sikorski, Dominika Kaczorowska, Jacek Rezmer, Vishnu Suresh, Zbigniew Leonowicz, Paweł Kostyla, Jarosław Szymańda, Przemysław Janik
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
• Series: Energies
• Subjects: virtual power plant (VPP); power quality (PQ); global index; distributed energy resources (DER); energy storage systems (ESS); power systems
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/24/6578
• ISSN: 1996-1073

The concept of virtual power plants (VPP) was introduced over 20 years ago but is still actively researched. The majority of research now focuses on analyzing case studies of such installations. In this article, the investigation is based on a VPP in Poland, which contains hydropower plants (HPP) and energy storage systems (ESS). For specific analysis, the power quality (PQ) issues were selected. The used data contain 26 weeks of multipoint, synchronic measurements of power quality levels in four related points. The investigation is concerned with the application of a global index to a single-point assessment as well as an area-related assessment approach. Moreover, the problem of flagged data is discussed. Finally, the assessment of VPP’s impact on PQ level is conducted.