Vulnerability and Robustness Assessment of Wind Integrated Power Systems

Abstract

The power system is among the most intricate and essential man-made infrastructures, newlinedesigned to deliver electricity from generation units to residential, commercial, and newlineindustrial consumers. With the continual rise in electricity demand, ensuring the availability and reliability of the network has become increasingly critical. Moreover, the newlinegrowing integration of renewable energy sources has introduced additional challenges newlineto system stability, largely due to their dependency on fluctuating environmental conditions and the increasing frequency of extreme weather events. As a result, risk assessment has emerged as a key concern for the future development and operation of power newlinegrids. newlineIntroducing wind energy into power networks brings considerable challenges because of the variable nature of wind generation and fluctuating load requirements. While newlineload uncertainty arises from fluctuations in consumer behavior and external factors like newlineweather and economic activity, wind uncertainty stems from the intermittent and unpredictable nature of wind resources. These dual uncertainties complicate real-time newlinesystem balancing and long-term planning, as they affect the ability to accurately forecast generation and consumption. Despite these challenges, wind energy plays a crucial newlinerole in decarbonizing the power sector, offering environmental and economic benefits. newlineTherefore, effectively managing wind and load uncertainty is essential for the secure newlineand sustainable operation of modern power systems. The primary contributions of this newlinework include risk assessment including reliability, vulnerability, and resilience of power newlinesystems, with a rigorous approach to handle the uncertainties arising from wind energy newlineand load demand.