Crete – Peloponnese 150kV AC Interconnection. Simulation Results for Transient Phenomena in Main Switches. (January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Biza, S.; Piromalis, D.; Barkas, D.; Psomopoulos, C.S.; Tsirekis, C.D.
• Is Part Of: Energy procedia. Volume 157(2019)
• Page Start: 1366
• Page End: 1376
• Publication Date: 2019-01
• Subjects: EMTP -- ATP Draw -- Simulation -- Transient -- Interconnection -- Main Switces; Power resources -- Congresses; Power resources -- Periodicals; Power resources; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 333.7905
• DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2018.11.301
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1876-6102

Abstract

Abstract: Crete's island is located in the Aegean Sea and the main island's electrical energy is produced by its local power plants. The Electricity System of Crete is characterized by very high variable costs of production, by a large annual increase rate of the island's load, by the difficulty in finding areas for the construction of new electric power plants and the low level of reliability of supply, especially in cases of power system failure. The usage of the enrich local potential of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) could be a simple solution in the problem, but the penetration of RES in the island's generation is limited due to the technical constraints basically due to the fact that the RES cannot be used as primary electrical power supply plants. This paper illustrates an under deployment 150kV interconnection scheme, located in the mainland, in order to improve the environmental condition in the islands, to reduce the electricity cost, to exploit the high RES potential and to finally increase the security of supply. All the appropriate simulations have been done using the Electromagnetic Transients Program (EMTP) software.