Cascade failures and distributed generation in power grids Online publication date: Sat, 25-Apr-2015
by Antonio Scala; Sakshi Pahwa; Caterina M. Scoglio
International Journal of Critical Infrastructures (IJCIS), Vol. 11, No. 1, 2015
Abstract: Power grids are nowadays experiencing a transformation due to the introduction of distributed generation based on renewable sources. At difference with classical distributed generation, where local power sources mitigate anomalous user consumption peaks, renewable sources introduce in the grid intrinsically erratic power inputs. By introducing a simple schematic (but realistic) model for power grids with stochastic distributed generation, we study the effects of erratic sources on the robustness of several IEEE power grid test networks with up to 2 × 10³ buses. We find that increasing the penetration of erratic sources causes the grid to fail with a sharp transition. We compare such results with the case of failures caused by the natural increasing power demand.
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