The Autonomous Electrical Power System of Crete Island A Review


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A systematical effort is made in this paper to present a thorough review, through an up to date literature survey, regarding the electrical power system of Crete island (EPSC) located in Greece. The EPSC is a large autonomous power system and its main characteristic is that, the load demand presents high seasonal variations and also increases rapidly. The annual increase rate is approximately 8% and the peak load demand has been doubled the last 12 years. Electricity generation is produced by conventional units (diesel units, steam and gas turbine generators and combined cycle) and also with the aid of renewable energy sources (RES). The installation of wind turbines (W/Ts) in Crete started on 1992 and up to now the wind power has a great percentage of penetration in the EPSC. There are primarily three main reasons that have caused the interest of many researchers to study the EPSC the last 15 years and subsequently produce quite large research work until today: a) The significant increase of the load demand in the island, b) the great percentage of W/Ts’ penetration in the EPSC and c) the old technology conventional units with which the EPSC is mainly composed and which in turn have a high running cost. An attempt is made by the author to present the EPSC in detail, giving an overall view of the system (data for the generation units, substations, wind parks and the grid), as well as the total relevant research concerning the EPSC, since something analogous has not been done yet in the literature. Many aspects concerning the EPSC are presented such as; load forecasting, RES and their connection to the grid, dynamic stability, economic operation, reliability, protection and dynamic security. It is an author's expectation that researchers in the future who are interested in the EPSC can draw data from this paper and keep up with the up to date research.
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Autonomous Power Systems; Renewable Energy Sources; Load Forecasting; Dynamic Stability; Economic Operation; Reliability; Protection; Dynamic Security

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