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ADB Report by Pramod Jain.

With increased emphasis on reducing emissions from the power sector, grid-level energy storage can enable larger penetration of renewable energy into the grid.

Grid-level energy storage is likely to dominate the conversation in the power industry in the coming years, just like renewable energy dominated the conversation in the past 2 decades. This report targets investors, developers, utility planners, power sector policy makers, and readers who wish to understand the role energy storage is likely to play in the smart grid of the future. For developing countries, the report provides an introduction to the necessary technical background on energy storage, the role it is likely to play as penetration of renewable energy increases in the grid, and the policy prescriptions to realize the wide range of benefits of energy storage.

If you are interested in this topic, download a report published by the Asian Development Bank and authored by us: https://www.adb.org/publications/energy-storage-variable-generation.

At the Asia Clean Energy Forum, Asian Development Bank, Manila, IWE is organizing a deep-dive workshop on IOT and Smart Grid, with a focus on IOT in the Power Sector.  ACEF is scheduled for June 5-8, 2017.

http://www.iced.or.id/training-on-basics-of-wind-power-for-state-electricity-company/

IWE completed a 5-day grid integration training for PLN Engineers in Makassar, Indonesia.  It covered both theory and hands-on exercises with DIgSILENT PowerFactory 2016.  Topic included power flow short-circuit and transient stability analysis with wind and solar PV power plants in the grid.  Ritika Oswal and Pramod Jain were the instructors.  The course was part of the South Sulawesi system impact study being conducted by IWE for the USAID's Indonesia Clean Energy Development project.

Pramod organized a day-long Quantum Leap in Wind deep dive workshop on June 6, 2016 at ADB headquarters in Manila, the Philippines.  The theme was Accelerating Deployments in Emerging Wind Markets.  More than 150 participants attended the workshop.  http://www.asiacleanenergyforum.org/agenda/pre-forum-activities-2016/day-1/wind-power/

Agenda:

- Laos' first wind farm, a 600MW wind energy development, - infusing clean energy to a sustainable Asean Grid future, Mr. Somboon Lertsuwannaroj, Impact Electrons Siam.

“Grid Integration of Wind Power: Best Practices for Emerging Wind Markets” by Pramod Jain and Dr Priyantha Wijayatunga has been published under the ADB Sustainable Development Working Paper Series.  Its focus is on system impact studies to support variable generation--wind and solar. It may download it at:

http://www.adb.org/publications/grid-integration-wind-power-best-practices-wind-markets

The sections of this report are organized to answer specific questions:

1. What is unique about wind energy with respect to grid integration?
2. What are the components of grid integration of a Wind Power Plant (WPP) or wind farm?
3. What is the impact of wind energy on a grid?
4. What are the best practices for grid integration of wind energy?
5. What is the cost of wind integration?

IWE conducted one day Wind Power Generation Training for PLN Engineers as part of Indonesia Clean Energy Development II program of USAID.

The Government of Guyana's Public Infrastructure Minister Mr David Patterson reported to the national assembly on renewable energy projects.  Following is a text from http://realfmgy.com/2016/02/12/over-650-homes-will-receive-power-for-the-first-time/: 

'With regards to wind energy, Minister Patterson said that GEA continued to monitor and record wind data (speed and direction) at four sites. These, he added, are at Port Mourant, Kumu, Mahdia, and the University of Guyana, “GEA also assisted HECI in selection and evaluation of fifteen potential wind sites along Guyana’s coast where the best four will be chosen to carry out wind measurements.  Negotiations are continuing with the Guyana Wind Farm Inc,” he said.'

IWE performed the evaluation of 15 potential sites and selection of four sites for wind measurements.

IWE conducted a grid integration study for Sumba.  It was a collaboration with NREL and Winrock.  

The following publication has been released by NREL.

Publication Title: System Impact Study of the Eastern Grid of Sumba Island, Indonesia: Steady-State and Dynamic System Modeling for the Integration of One and Two 850-kW Wind Turbine Generators

Link: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/65458.pdf

Abstract: The goal of this project was to study the impact of integrating one and two 850-kW wind turbine generators into the eastern power system network of Sumba Island, Indonesia. A model was created for the 20-kV distribution network as it existed in the first quarter of 2015 with a peak load of 5.682 MW. Detailed data were collected for each element of the network. Load flow, short-circuit, and transient analyses were performed using DIgSILENT PowerFactory 15.2.1....

Presented Overview of Regional and Global Wind Energy Policy at the second Indonesia Wind Energy Forum in Jakarta, Indonesia.  It is organized by WhypGEN and GEF.  

IWE presented the Sumba wind resource assessment and preliminary financial assessment at the 9th Plenary meeting in Surabaya, Indonesia from November 4 to 6, 2015. The presentation was a pre-feasibility study for 10MW of wind power in Hambapraing.

IWE has been contracted to conduct a wind measurement campaign in Guyana.  This is part of the Sustainable Energy Program of Guyana, which is being developed in cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank.