Analysis of compressed air energy storage for large-scale wind energy in Suez, Egypt

Economic evaluation of installation of standalone wind farm and wind + CAES system for the new regulating tariffs for renewables in Egypt

“…The sizing of the CAES system components are implemented using the wind speed data. Based on the wind speed data obtained, it is concluded that the wind energy potential at the case study location varies between 6 m/s to 17 m/s based on weather data monitoring during summer days [19], and these matches well with the Vestas wind turbine operating conditions.…”

“…The compressors are divided into a number of series and parallel chains. The parallel chains number is determined by the desired lowest output following the parallel chains method [19]. In this case, 4 parallel chains of compressors were selected to cater for lower powers by operating compressors close to their rated power, or 1/15 of the maximum power available for the compressors.…”

Wind energy conversion technologies and engineering approaches to enhancing wind power generation: A review

“… Smoothing approaches Objectives of the studies Proposed power systems Employed methods Ref. ESS devices Studying the feasibility of a wind power installation with application of energy storage technology PMSG-based power plant Battery energy storage device [ 131 ] Aiming at optimizing the investment costs of energy storage device so as to maximize its benefits Large-scale wind farm Battery energy storage device [ 132 ] Aiming at sizing a large-scale energy storage system based on a parametric analysis in the application to smooth power supply based on high-scale grid integration Large-scale wind farms Compressed air energy storage device [ 133 ] Investigating the use of energy storage technology for decoupling a power converter from electricity and smoothing its power output Wind energy converter Compressed air energy storage device [ 134 ] Utilizing a real world data to simulate a power system operating with energy storage device Wind farm Flywheel energy storage device [ 135 ] Reducing stochastic fluctuations of wind energy Wind turbine Flywheel energy storage device [ 136 ] Mitigating wind energy fluctuations and augmenting power production Large-scale MW wind farm Hybrid energy storage device (compressed air and flywheel) [ 137 ] Automated control strategies Enhancing power quality; Increasing power production PMSG-based WECS MPPT algorithm; Continuous switching control that applies sliding mode controller [ 103 ] Improving power quality and reliability by avoiding the necessity for extra hardware storage devices MW-level PMSG-based wind power plant Swap control scheme [ 102 ] Maximizing power yield; maintaining the frequency and amplitude of the system's output voltage PMSG-based WECS MPPT algorithm combined with pitch control strategy [ …”

A critical review of research trends for wind energy in Egypt: recent progress and promising opportunities

“…Noureldeen and Rashad (2014) studied the fluctuations of active and reactive power that occur due to extreme gust wind for a simulated wind farm equipped with DFIG and located at Gulf El-Zayt. Ramadan et al (2015) proposed an energy storage system based on compressed air to stabilise electricity production of large-scale grid-connected WF in Suez area. Table 7 summarises the effects and recommendations that were investigated for wind energy penetration of the Egyptian unified grid.…”