Power Quality Study for Wind Farm Integration: The case of Dhofar Wind Farm

Renewable energy became more attractive in Energy market worldwide due its environmental and economic benefits. In terms power generation, wind power gets in a top position due to availability of good infrastructure and lowest priced renewable energy technologies available today. Connecting the wind farms to power grid brings a new challenge due to Power Generation fluctuation because of unsustain wind and power quality issues such as Voltage Unbalance, Flicker & Harmonics. This paper represents power quality (PQ) study carried out for connecting Dhofar wind farm to power grid in south of Oman. The voltage unbalance, flicker and harmonic studies were assessed based on system module to investigate impact of connection of Dhofar wind farm to the 132kV Dhofar power system.