Wind Power Transmission System Integration — a Case Study of China Wind Power Base

Abstract

Due to a series of supporting policies in recent years, China wind power has developed rapidly through a large-scale and centralized mode. This paper analyzes the two major concerns faced by China’s wind power development: wind generation reliability and wind energy balancing. More specifically, wind farm tripping-off-grid incidents and wind power curtailment issues, which caused huge economical loss, are investigated in details. Based on operation experience of large wind power bases, technical recommendations and economic incentives are proposed to improve wind power integration and power grid reliability. As a summary and outlook of wind power development in China, this paper provides a reference on future wind power development for other countries.