Opportunities for innovators in frequency control? ARENA invests half a million in wind farm feasibility study
Opportunities for innovators in frequency control? ARENA invests half a million in wind farm feasibility study. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has just announced that it is providing almost $500,000 to a Tasmanian wind farm to carry out a feasibility study testing the ability of wind farms to provide ‘frequency control ancillary services’ (https://arena.gov.au/news/tassie-wind-farm-trial-grid-stability-services/). Photo by Matt Artz on Unsplash By Dr Drew Donnelly, Compliance Quarter. In today’s article, we explain why frequency control is a pressing concern for the national power grid and regulators, how this study might help, and what this means for innovators in the energy market. What is frequency control and why does it matter? The national power grid is designed to operate at a consistent frequency of 50 Hertz, or 50 cycles a second. However, fluctuations in…