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Abstract
Technical advances and institutional changes in the electric power industry have resulted in a constantly increasing penetration of distributed
generation (DG) resources in the grids. For the connection of new DG installations to the network a variety of factors are taken into account,
including technical requirements imposed by utilities to ensure that the DG station does not adversely affect the operation and safety of the
network. In this paper, fundamental issues related to the interconnection of DG installations to the grid are discussed and evaluation rules are
presented, which address power quality considerations and are suitable for application by electric utility and DG engineers. The attention is focused
on the steady-state and fast voltage variations, flicker and harmonic emissions. The simplified evaluation procedures of the paper are largely
based on the relevant IEC publications and reflect the current practice of several European utilities. A discussion of the interconnection protection
requirements is also included in the paper.
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Keywords: Distributed generation (DG); Distribution networks; Interconnection; Power quality; Voltage variations; Flicker; Harmonics; Protection
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They reflect the evaluation practices adopted in [9], which are the basic alternatives (HV/MV substations being replaced by
similar in concept to the practices of several other European MV/LV ones).
utilities. In Scheme 1 the DG station is connected to an existing distri-
bution feeder, via an extension to the existing line. It is possible
2. Interconnection schemes that reinforcement (e.g. conductor upgrade) may be required
for the existing feeder (black line in Fig. 2). In Scheme 2, a
DG installations are connected to the distribution grid using
arrangements not essentially different from those used for con-
sumers, as it is schematically illustrated in Fig. 1. Most important
is the differentiation between the actual connection point (CP)
and the point of common coupling (PCC). The latter is defined
as the closest to the DG installation node, where other users
are (or may be) connected and it may differ from the physical
point of connection, when the installation is interconnected via
a dedicated (“direct”) line segment, as in Fig. 1.
The equipment used for the connection to the grid obvi-
ously varies, depending on the standardization applied by each
utility. Nevertheless, the coupling substation at the installation
terminals always comprises the required switching/protection
equipment and metering devices, indicatively shown in Fig. 1.
The most common schemes for the interconnection to the MV
and HV grid are illustrated in Fig. 2. The numbering of these five
schemes corresponds to increasing DG capacity, fault-level at the
PCC and cost and time of construction for the interconnection
Fig. 2. Alternative interconnection schemes for a DG installation (MV and HV
works. For smaller installations, which may be connected to the network) and associated PCCs. Grey/black line for existing/new parts of the
LV network (e.g. <100 kW), cases 1, 2, 4 and 5 of Fig. 2 are network.
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dedicated (‘direct’) line connects the DG station directly to the disconnection upon detection of abnormal grid conditions. A
MV busbars of the HV/MV substation (where the PCC is now discussion on this subject is provided in Section 7 of the paper.
located). When this is not possible or acceptable, an upgrade • Effect on network signaling systems. User equipment should
of the existing substation is examined (Scheme 3), installing a not interfere with the operation of public network signaling
new HV/MV transformer. If this is not possible, a new HV/MV systems (e.g. attenuate or amplify signals of the acoustic fre-
substation has to be built, either under/near an existing HV line, quency ripple control systems).
whereupon the DG station is connected at the MV level (Scheme
4), or within the premises of the DG installation (Scheme 5). In 4. Slow voltage variations
the latter case, an extension of the HV line is needed (often a
radial single-circuit line, to keep costs down) and the station The statistical nature of voltage variations is recognized today
becomes a user of the HV network, unlike all the other schemes, and relevant norms have been issued, such as the European Norm
where the station is a MV network user. Large stations, of the EN 50160 [14], which imposes statistical limits, in the sense that
order of tens of MW and above, are connected directly to the a small probability of exceeding them is acceptable. However,
HV grid. checking the conformity against statistical limits at the plan-
Selecting the appropriate interconnection scheme is often a ning stage calls for elaborate procedures, such as probabilistic
complicated economic and technical decision, which takes into load flow techniques (e.g. [15,16]). Such an approach is rela-
account: tively difficult to apply, would require data usually unavailable
in practice and completely defies the objective of simplicity and
• the existing network infrastructure; efficiency in the evaluation. For this reason, utility directives for
• the cost of grid reinforcement and extension works; the connection of DG adopt simpler and more straightforward
• the cost of power and energy losses on the interconnecting procedures. The evaluation procedure presented in the following
network; utilizes 10-min average values of the voltage and can be applied
• possible implications in the construction of major grid works in two stages.
(e.g. environmental permits for new HV lines); At a first stage, the maximum steady-state voltage change
• technical criteria and requirements, related to power quality, ε (%) at the PCC is evaluated using the following simplified
fault level, protection, etc., which are presented in more detail relation and compared to a limit:
in the following sections. 100
ε (%) ∼
= (Rk Pn + Xk Qn ) ≤ 2% (1)
Un2
3. Overview of technical requirements
where Pn and Qn are the DG rated (or maximum continuous)
The interconnection of DG sources to the grid is often active and reactive powers, and Zk = Rk + jXk the network short-
regarded as a potential source of power quality disturbances circuit impedance at the PCC.
and appropriate requirements and evaluation methodologies are The 2% limit in Eq. (1) is typical (e.g. [8,9]) and relatively
applied. In general, they comprise two distinct stages. First, strict, since this is a “first stage” evaluation and, further, this
the expected disturbance is calculated at the Point of Common limit is allocated to a single user, whereas the voltage level is
Coupling (PCC)1 because of a specific DG installation. Then, determined by the aggregate effect of all connected consumers
suitable limits are applied to ensure that the expected distur- and generators.
bance level does not adversely affect other users of the network. In practical situations, Eq. (1) will yield a voltage increase,
Following the IEC 61000 definitions [13], planning levels are due to the active power flow on the resistive part of the network
generally used as disturbance limits. Power quality phenomena impedance, which may be significant in case of weak grids. For
taken into consideration are slow (steady-state) voltage varia- this reason, slightly inductive power factor values are usually
tions, fast voltage changes, flicker and harmonic emissions. preferred (Q < 0).
Beyond the power quality issues, additional considerations Since voltage variations are the aggregate effect of generat-
and requirements include the following: ing facilities and network loads, a second stage, more detailed
evaluation involves load flow calculations in the network, tak-
ing into account the actual network configuration and loads.
• Network capacity. Ratings of all network components must
By solving the load flow for the four combinations of max/min
be sufficient to handle the power of the DG station.
load/generation, the maximum and minimum voltages, Umax and
• Short circuit capacity. DG source contribution should not lead
Umin , are determined for each node (usually, min load/max gen
to exceeding the design fault level of the network. This issue
yields maximum voltages and max load/min gen minimum volt-
is dealt with more detail in [12].
ages). These voltages must then be appropriately bounded. In
• Switching and protection equipment. All DG installations are
[9], the following requirements are set for the steady-state volt-
equipped with suitable interconnection protection, to enforce
age of all nodes (Fig. 3, top diagram):
1 Dedicated interconnection lines are formally a part of the grid. For this
• The median voltage of any node k should lie within ±5% of
reason, disturbance limits may also be enforced for the point of connection (CP) the nominal voltage, a requirement dictated by the off-load
as well, albeit more lenient than for the PCC. tap changer of the MV/LV distribution transformers (±5%
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Table 1
Magnitude limits for rapid voltage changes
Frequency of switching operations, r (h−1 : per hour, d−1 : per day)
LV
Steady-state change, dc ≤3% ≤3% ≤3%
Maximum change, dmax ≤4% ≤5.5% ≤7%
r > 10 h−1 1 h−1 < r ≤ 10 h−1 r ≤ 1 h−1
MV
Steady-state change, dc – – –
Maximum change, dmax ≤2% ≤3% ≤4%
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Fig. 4. Fast voltage change pattern and characteristics. where the flicker summation in normal operation is performed
applying a quadratic summation rule.
as a function of the angle ψk of the short-circuit impedance Zk of Limits for flicker emissions are the same for normal operation
the grid. Suitable values of kU for installations with synchronous and switchings. At the LV level, limits stipulated in IEC 61000-
generators are discussed in [25]. For simplified calculations, kU 3-3 are Pst ≤ 1 and Plt ≤ 0.65. At the MV level, the determination
can be set equal to the ratio of the equipment starting current of limits is left to the utilities, which set the planning levels for
to its rated current, ranging from less than 1 to higher than 8, their grids. Indicative values for planning levels in MV systems,
depending on the type of equipment and the starting method according to IEC 61000-3-7, are Pst ≤ 0.9 and Plt ≤ 0.7. The
used. allocation of these global limits to individual installations is
Eq. (4) is applied for the single unit in the power station, which made according to the principles presented in the next section
creates the largest disturbance. Summation rules for simultane- for harmonics (equations similar to (10) and (12) are applied).
ous switchings of equipment need not be applied, due to the very
low probability of coincident events. 6. Harmonics
For the case of wind turbines, flicker emissions resulting from
switching operations can be calculated as ([24,27]): The increasing use of power electronics at the front end of
N 1/3.2 many DG types (variable speed WTs, photovoltaics, micro-
18 turbines, etc.) poses harmonic control requirements for their
Pst = N10,i (kf,i (ψk ) · Sn,i )3.2
(5)
Sk connection to the grid. Several national and international stan-
i=1
dards and recommendations are available today (e.g. [30–33]), to
N 1/3.2 elaborate appropriate evaluation procedures. In this section, an
8
Plt = N120,i (kf,i (ψk ) · Sn,i )3.2
(6) approach based on the IEC set of standards is presented, which
Sk comprises three basic steps: first, the definition of acceptable
i=1
voltage distortion limits (planning levels), second, the allocation
where N is the number of generators operating in parallel, Sn,i
of global harmonic voltage limits to individual users (producers
the rated capacity and kf,i (ψk ) is the flicker step factor of unit
or consumers) and third, the determination of the corresponding
i (defined in [24]). N10,i and N120,i are the maximum number
current distortion limits for a specific installation.
of switching operations that can take place in a 10- and 120-
For LV systems specific compatibility levels are given in IEC
min interval for unit i. If the flicker step factor is unavailable,
61000-2-2 [34], which also serve as planning levels, and are
the flicker has to be evaluated either by the shape characteris-
included in Table 2. At higher voltage levels (MV and HV), it
tics and the frequency of the disturbance (IEC 61000-3-3 [20],
is the responsibility of the utility to determine the compatibility
provides useful guidance), or by simulation using a software
levels in its network and then define appropriate planning levels.
implementation of the flickermeter algorithm of IEC 61000-4-
For reference purposes, Table 2 summarizes indicative planning
15 [19].
levels from IEC 61000-3-6.
The following rule is commonly applied for the summation
of flicker due to switching operations (used for Plt as well):
6.1. MV systems
Pst = 3 3
Pst,i (7)
i The coordination of harmonic emission control at the differ-
ent voltage levels (LV, MV and HV) of a power system requires
where the exponent may also be 3.2, instead of 3.0, as in Eqs.
that distortion transmitted from one level to another be taken
(5) and (6).
into account. Hence, the distortion limit GhMV , available to all
During normal operation, voltage changes resulting from
installations connected to the MV system, is ([33]):
fluctuations of the DG output power may create flicker prob-
lems, a well-known fact for WTs [26–29]. According to IEC
GhMV = a LahMV − (ThHM · LhHV )a (10)
61400-21, the expected flicker emissions of WTs can be assessed
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Table 2
Planning levels for LV, MV and HV networks (IEC 61000-3-6 [33])
Odd harmonics = 3k Odd harmonics = 3k Even harmonics
Order, h Harmonic voltage (%) Order, h Harmonic voltage (%) Order, h Harmonic voltage (%)
LV MV HV LV MV HV LV MV HV
5 6 5 2 3 5 4 2 2 2 1.6 1.5
7 5 4 2 9 1.5 1.2 1 4 1 1 1
11 3.5 3 1.5 15 0.3 0.3 0.3 6 0.5 0.5 0.5
13 3 2.5 1.5 21 0.2 0.2 0.2 8 0.5 0.4 0.4
17 2 1.6 1 >21 0.2 0.2 0.2 10 0.5 0.4 0.4
19 1.5 1.2 1 12 0.2 0.2 0.2
23 1.5 1.2 0.7 >12 0.2 0.2 0.2
25 1.5
1.2
0.7
where LhMV and LhHV are the MV and HV planning levels for where the fundamental frequency inductive component Xk of the
harmonic order h (from Table 2) and ThHM the harmonic transfer short circuit impedance at the PCC is evaluated from:
coefficient from HV to MV level (ranging from below 1.0 to
more than 3.0); a is the exponent of the harmonic summation Un2 sin ψk
Xk = (15)
rule: Sk
However, since this is not a realistic assumption, a simplified
Uh = a a
Uhi or Ih = a a
Ihi (11) approach can be established [33] with reference to Fig. 5, where
i i all network capacitance is aggregated at the MV busbars and any
IEC 61000-3-6 suggests a = 1 for h < 5, a = 1.4 for 5 ≤ h ≤ 10 possible resonance in the HV system is ignored. The capacitance
and a = 2 for h > 10, since harmonics of higher orders tend to in Fig. 5 accounts for the first order parallel resonance with the
have random phase angles. upstream system (but not for possible higher order resonances).
From GhMV , the voltage distortion limit EUhi for an individual If all resistances and system loads in Fig. 5 are ignored, the
installation can then be determined, in proportion to its rated resonant frequency fr and the respective harmonic order hr (not
power, Sn,i : necessarily an integer) are given by
Sn,i √ SkS fr SkS
EUhi = GhMV a = GhMV a si (12) fr = f1 ⇒ hr = = (16)
St Qc f1 Qc
where St is the total capacity of the network (e.g. equal to the where SkS is the short circuit capacity at the MV busbars of the
rated MVA of the feeding transformer). St can also be interpreted HV/MV substation and Qc is the total capacitive reactive power
as the total capacity of the distorting equipment in the network, of the MV network. A rough and conservative estimation of Zh
to avoid over-pessimistic results. is then given by the “envelope impedance curve” of IEC 61000-
It is common practice in harmonic studies to regard the con- 3-6, shown in Fig. 6. The resonant amplification factor, kr , of the
nected equipment as a harmonic current source (although this system impedance at the PCC typically varies between 2 and 5 in
may not be correct in certain cases, e.g. voltage controlled con- public distribution networks, depending mainly on the damping
verters), whereas the limits discussed previously refer to the effect of the system load. A discussion on the application of this
harmonic distortion of the system voltage. In order to relate method is provided in [35].
these quantities, the system harmonic impedance Zh at the PCC For installations with filters or significant PFC capacitance,
is needed. Then: in more complex networks or when resonant conditions exist in
the HV network, the approach presented above is not suitable.
EUhi
Uhi = Zh · Ihi ≤ EUhi ⇒ Ihi ≤ EIhi = (13)
Zh
where Uhi and Ihi are the h-order harmonic distortion of the volt-
age and current due to installation i and EUhi , EIhi the respective
limits allocated to this installation.
For MV systems no standardized reference impedance is
available and the harmonic impedance Zh has to be evaluated
for each specific network. For a purely inductive system (no
shunt capacitance):
Zh ≈ h · Xk (14) Fig. 5. MV network equivalent for simplified harmonic analysis ([33]).
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Table 3
Indicative settings for the interconnection protection relays
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r frequency of switching operations of Fundamental Definitions and Terms, 1992.
[14] European Norm EN 50160, Voltage Characteristics of Electricity Supplied
Rk resistive component of the network short-circuit
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[41] F. Santjer, R. Klosse, New Supplementary Regulations for Grid Connection Stavros A. Papathanassiou was born in Thesprotiko, Greece. He received the
by E.ON Netz GmbH, DEWI Magazin Nr. 22, February 2003, pp. 28–34. diploma in electrical engineering from the National Technical University of
[42] J. Matevosyan, T. Ackermann, S. Bolik, L. Söder, Comparison of inter- Athens (NTUA), Greece, in 1991 and the Ph.D. degree in 1997 from the same
national regulations for connection of wind turbines to the network, in: University. He worked for the Distribution Division of the Public Power Cor-
Proceedings of Nordic Wind Power Conference NWPC’04, Göteborg, Swe- poration of Greece, where he was engaged in power quality and distributed
den, March 2004. generation studies, being responsible for the elaboration of DG interconnection
[43] MICROGRIDS—Large Scale Integration of Micro-Generation to Low guidelines. In 2002, he joined the Electric Power Division of NTUA as a lec-
Voltage Grids, EU Contract ENK5-CT-2002-00610, Technical Annex, May turer. His research mainly deals with DG technology and integration issues in
2002 (also at http://microgrids.power.ece.ntua.gr). distribution networks. He is a member of the IEEE, CIGRE and of the Technical
[44] Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS), White Chamber of Greece.
Paper on Integration of Distributed Energy Resources—The CERTS Micro-
Grid Concept, 2002 (available at http://certs.lbl.gov/).