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  • Renewable Energy Systems
  • Power Systems Analysis

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  • Developing reliable power grids is challenging for low- and medium-income countries.
  • Maintaining robust power grid infrastructure faces issues with reliability, resilience, and flexibility.
  • Non-conventional renewable energy resources integration poses further challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a methodology for enhancing power flexibility in susceptible power systems using Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).
  • To identify optimal locations for BESS allocation by examining power stability, operating conditions, and security criteria.
  • To assess the effectiveness of BESS in mitigating power transfer limitations and instability in the Central American power grid.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Electrical Transient and Analysis Program (ETAP®) software for simulating the Central American power transmission grid.
  • Examined power stability, operating conditions, and security criteria for BESS site selection.
  • Simulated BESS deployment, including virtual inertia and emergency backup capabilities, under various contingency scenarios.

Main Results:

  • Including BESS is recommended for virtual inertia and emergency backup, mitigating potential grid challenges.
  • Specific criteria for BESS allocation and sizing at critical points enhance power transfer flexibility.
  • The Central American electrical Power System, prone to transfer limitations, showed decreased instability with BESS, with power increases not exceeding 300 MW in study cycles.
  • A BESS with 1,060 MWh/160 MW capacity and H=6s virtual inertia was included in the approach.

Conclusions:

  • BESS deployment, both centrally and distributively, is a viable strategy for improving power flexibility and resilience in vulnerable grids.
  • The methodology effectively addresses power transfer constraints and instability issues, particularly in systems like Central America's.
  • The study confirms BESS's role in enhancing grid stability during severe contingencies, such as frequency drops and high power transfer events.