Featured in Connections that count – 10-2022

In the testing loop

In northern Australia, a new hardware-in-the-loop platform is being developed to test renewable projects aggregated generation control systems before commissioning. The platform brings control hardware together with software simulations of passive components to test in real time how different configurations respond. Should the platform successfully complete its upcoming demonstration, it could help solve Australia’s current connection crisis.

By

Bella Peacock

05 Oct 2022

Image: University of Queensland

At 4:18 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2016, South Australia’s power went out. About 850,000 residents in the state lost electricity, some for several days. The chain of events which led to this staggering glitch was set off by tornadoes simultaneously damaging two major transmission lines. Disturbances on the network led wind farms in the mid-north …

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