Organiser: NZWEA and CIGRE

Wind energy now provides just over 4% of New Zealand'selectricity. All of NZ's major generators and several independent companies are pursuing wind energy. This activity, combined with the Government's 90%renewable electricity target, will see wind generation grow in coming years.

This workshop provided an opportunity to understand how the power system and electricity market need to evolve to integrate increasing wind generation reliably and at the lowest practical cost. This is a topical issue, relevant to discussions about the role of renewables in the electricity system and the evolution of the market following the implementation of the Electricity Industry Bill and the Market Development Programme.

Introduction, Fraser Clark, NZWEA

Keynote presentation

• Lessons for NZ from the Ecogrid study considering the requirements of the Danish power system with 50% wind penetration (PDF, 1.9MB), Thomas Ackermann

NZ Market Developments

• Overview of System Operator perspective on wind integration issues for NZ and their relative priorities (PDF, 60KB), Kevin Small, Transpower
• An overview of relevant common quality work streams (PDF, 98KB), Darryl Renner, Electricity Commission

Forecasting

• The System Operator's expected wind energy forecasting requirements (149KB), Chris Otton, Transpower
• Conclusions from the EC's wind forecasting and market integration options paper (25KB), Laurie Counsell, Electricity Commission
• Can short term forecasts increase the accuracy over persistence forecasts? (PDF, 56KB), Brian Peters, Met Service

Technology

• Commissioning requirements for wind farms in New Zealand (PDF, 54KB), Kevin Wronski, Transpower
• Expected fault ride-through requirements for wind farms on the NZ power system (PDF, 305KB), Gerard Demler, Transpower

Looking to the future – the role of demand response

• Interruptible Load – the direction for smart grids of the future (PDF, 176KB), Stephen Drew, Energy Response
• Research into tools and methods for integrating wind power and electric vehicles into electricity networks (PDF, 232KB),  Josh Lee, Auckland University