Interesting publication on IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics of my KIT colleague Jan Wachter (https://lnkd.in/eNemCATr). This works analyse the last 20 years large-scale incidents, pointing out the main causes that provoked them. It concludes that power electronics-based resources can be less scaring for the power systems stability than we thought, and instead they can increase the resilience and robustness of the grid. Good work Jan! IEEE Power Electronics Society, University of Karlsruhe
Jan Wachter and colleagues at KIT identified 33 of the most significant power grid incidents of the past two decades, and then ran a pair of thought experiments: How might a future grid with a higher penetration of electronically-integrated equipment (think solar farms, batteries, electric cars) respond differently during a similar incident? And, Could such inverter-based resources counteract blackout mechanisms such as cascading failures that have plagued grids for decades? I considered their findings for IEEE Spectrum...
