Impact of integrating large scale solar photovoltaic on the voltage stability of the Nigeria power network
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Richard Oladayo Olarewaju
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Ayodeji Samson Ogunjuyigbe
Abstract
Integration of electricity based on intermittent renewable sources such as solar power to a grid can have adverse effect on electric power grid. In this work, we investigated the impact of integration of solar photovoltaic (SPV) on voltage stability. Six transmission buses (Kano, Kaduna, Gwagwalada, New Haven, Birnin Kebbi and Lokoja) with shortest distance to each of the 13 proposed locations have been identified and each of the Solar PV farms was integrated to the transmission bus closest to the proposed solar farm sites. The effects of SPV integration on Transmission lines loading have been performed and the Nigeria 56-bus transmission network was used for the investigation. Voltage stability analysis was carried out using the load margin obtained from the PV curve at each of the six identified buses and effect of SPV integration on the system voltage profile was identified. Sensitivity analysis was also performed in order to obtain the impact of increasing penetration on the voltage stability. The investigation was conducted using DigSilent Power Factory and MATLAB. The result shows that the safe region of integration for the six identified transmission buses is between 10 % (365.8 MW) at Gwagwalada bus and 19 % (695 MW) of base load power at Kaduna. 1 % of SPV was integrated simultaneously at Egbin, Ikeja West, Akangba, Sakete, Kano, Aja, Alagbon, and Osogbo with voltages lesser than 0.95 pu at the base case and the result reveals that all the buses in the system are within acceptable voltage level of 0.95–1.05 pu. Highest improvement in load margin is achieved when 1 % SPV is integrated at Kaduna bus among the six transmission buses considered. Different locations affect system load margins and voltage stability differently. 1 % integration of SPV at different buses significantly improve the load margin from 1,107.7 MW (Birnin Kebbi) to 1,448.9 MW (Kaduna).
Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of DigSILENT power Factory by providing Power Factory version 2021 SP4 free of charge for the simulation of the study. The authors also acknowledge the National Control Centre, Osogbo, Nigeria for providing the transmission data used for this study.
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Informed consent: All authors are informed.
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Author contributions: Richard Olarewaju (Author 1): Conceptualization, literature review, simulation, original draft preparation and typesetting. Ayodeji Ogunjuyigbe (Author 2): Supervision, editorial work and review. Temitope Ayodele (Author 3): Supervision, Editorial work, review and writing. Yusuff Adedayo (Author 5): Editorial work, review and writing. Thapelo Moselthe (Author 4): Editorial work, review and writing. Yuming Feng (Author 5): Editorial work, review and writing. Chaoran Liu (Author 6): Editorial work, review and writing.
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Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.
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Conflict of interest: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.
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Research funding: The authors declare that there are no funding for this study.
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Data availability: The data used in this study was obtained from National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo, Nigeria.
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