CHAPTER 2

CONCLUSIONS

2.1 Conclusions:
At present, the electric power industry is witnessing a large gap in demand and supply
of electrical power. For many years the electrical industry is dependent only on
generation of power through water and fossil fuels like coal, nuclear etc. Changing
environmental conditions, low rain falls, greater concerns about rising fossil fuel
prices, technical and environmental reasons, reliability of power and energy security
are making the energy sector to look towards installation of distributed generation.
DG is gearing-up now-a-days to serve standalone loads and distributed loads. Large
percentage of production of electric power by non-conventional energy sources.

Among the various distributed energy resources, the power through wind
energy is found to be cost effective compared to the power production through other
forms of renewable energy. There are certain issues to be targeted upon the
integration of wind farms to the electrical distribution systems since the power though
wind poses certain challenges to the grid operators in terms of power quality. On the
other hand integration of wind farms to the electrical power distribution systems is a
hectic task as the present day electrical distribution systems are highly polluted due to
the use of increased non-linear loads. The problems arising from both the wind farms
and electrical distribution systems are highlighted and the remedies are presented.

Taking the advantages of power electronic devices in terms of their

advancements in operation and control, more sophisticated control of power system
can be achieved and more and more energy can be extracted and integrated to the
power system.