The rise of grid-forming batteries in the NEM
The retirement of synchronous generation is causing electricity grids worldwide to lose critical sources of system stability. Grid-forming (GFM) technologies will be essential to replace this
This is a moment in the industry when a need is becoming fully understood and an effective, low-cost solution has emerged. Deploying GFM capability in batteries is the clear solution to the weak grid issues that increasingly are the cause of wind and solar curtailments.
GFM controls can potentially be implemented on any type of IBR, including new solar and wind plants, but batteries are particularly low-hanging fruit for the implementation of these controls. GFM behavior requires a certain amount of energy buffer, which for wind and solar resources means continuous operation below their maximum power production.
In addition, for wind turbines, GFM operation may result in greater and more frequent mechanical stress, which needs to be accounted for in the wind turbine design. But the battery is the energy buffer, hence only software modifications to a battery's controls are needed to make the battery a GFM resource.
Independent system operators (ISOs), regional transmission organizations (RTOs), utilities, and their stakeholders can draw from interconnection requirements already proposed or approved around the world to draft the specifications for GFM capability for new batteries in their systems.
The retirement of synchronous generation is causing electricity grids worldwide to lose critical sources of system stability. Grid-forming (GFM) technologies will be essential to replace this
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