Effect of STATCOM on Integration of Renewable Energy Generation with the Main Grid

This paper presents the main integration of wind turbine and hydraulic turbine generation to improve the power quality. The voltage is maintained at PCC with the help of STATCOM designed for reactive power compensation for better performance. The generation of both power plant real and reactive powers is connected at PCC. The STATCOM controller has been used for controlling the reactive power, through PI controller to maintain the voltage at PCC in the wind connected power system. To observe the effect of STATCOM on voltage profile of various nodes of the system, the proposed system is verified through MATLAB/ SIMULINK.