ECSE Departmental Research Seminar, 16-08-2006
Title: "Interconnection Issues of Renewable Energy Sources to the Power Grid"
Speaker: A/Professor Majid Al-Dabbagh, Hydro Tasmania Consulting, Australia
Abstract:
The ever-increasing demand for energy has characterised the current political and economic climate of the world today and has created the need for serious consideration of non-conventional, alternative energy sources that are more environmentally friendly. Making efficient use of such new energy sources has necessitated their interconnection with the power grid. Such an arrangement improves efficiency, benefits the environment, relieves grid congestions, and enhances economic performance of renewable sources by selling surplus power to the utilities. Interconnection also increases security and reliability of the interconnected utility and the renewable energy systems. The speaker will discuss the technical issues related to the interconnection of renewable energy sources, such as wind farms and solar cells, to the power grid. Procedural and regulatory issues will also be discussed briefly, as they differ widely from one country to another. Furthermore, there is a need for uniform laws and regulations regarding safety, reliability, and power quality, coupled with the need to establish laws for developing standardized contracts. Provisions for adequate technical support will ensure sustainable development, so the role of utilities and governments in providing incentives and technical support will also be discussed. Discussion of these issues will be based on experiences in Australia as well as other countries.
About the speaker:
Dr. Al-Dabbagh graduated from Moscow Power Engineering University in 1968 with an Honours Degree specialising in Power System Protection and Control. He completed his MSc and PhD in 1973 and 1975 from the University of Manchester (UMIST), Manchester, UK. His Masters was on the Dynamics of AC/DC interconnected Power Systems and his PhD on Dynamic Simulation of Power System protection. He worked for GEC Measurement, Stafford, UK and the State Electricity Commission of Victoria as a Design Engineer. He started his academic career with Baghdad University in 1976 and worked there until 1982. He migrated to Australia in 1983. He was leading Power Engineering at RMIT University for over 13 years until March 2006. From April 2006 till current, he is working for Hydro Tasmania Consulting as a Specialist Consultant in Melbourne Office. He worked as a Professor and Head of the Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering at the Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Papua New Guinea, for 3 years. He is known for his research in power systems where he has over 185 publications. His interests are in Power Systems Dynamics, Protection of Power Systems, Renewable Energy Systems, and ANN applications in Power Systems. He has chaired and co-chaired national and international conferences and his work is published in the US, UK, Japan, Spain, France, Russia, Australia, Singapore, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Germany, Egypt, Korea, China, and Greece.
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