Introduction of Australian 100MW Storage Operation and its Enlightenment to China

• Published in: 2018 China International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CICED) pp. 2895 - 2900
• Main Authors: Zeng, Hui, Sun, Feng, Ge, Weichun, Su, Anlong, Gao, Kai, Ge, Yanfeng, Li, Tie, Zhu, Yu, Shao, Baozhu, Xu, Tianning, Liu, Gang, Whng, Jian, Duan, Yucheng, Quan, Xiaoyu, Yue, Lei, Xu, Kai, Sun, Mingyi, Tang, Junci, Jiang, Feng, Cui, Dai, Feng, Zhanwen, Liu, Aiming
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Ancillary Service; Australia; Batteries; Frequency control; Lithium Battery Storage; Power generation; Power grids; Primary Frequency Regulation; Technical Standards
• ISSN: 2161-749X
• DOI: 10.1109/CICED.2018.8592035

On 1st December 2017, the world's largest 100MW/129MWh lithium battery storage power station from Tesla was put into operation in South Australia. Then on 14th December 2017 and 18th January 2018, Tesla storage battery participated in grid frequency recovery after Victorian Loy Yang power station unit tripping accident. Tesla was triggered 140ms after the accident, before injecting active power to the grid. As a result, grid frequency was back to 50Hz with the help of Tesla and other contracted coal-fired generators within 6 minutes. Up to now, Tesla power station has provided auxiliary services such as regular adjustment and output, energy output and emergency output to the power grid. This paper first analyzes the physical and economic reasons why Tesla storage battery is integrated into Australia power grid. Then the structure and control strategy of battery is introduced. The operation of energy storage is introduced from both physical and economic dimensions. Later on, energy storage grid related technical standards and evaluation hierarchy are suggested to be made. New type of ancillary service is developed and storage' s profit making mode is explored. All above proposals are lessons that China should learn to develop its storage technologies and storage-grid integration technologies.