Ensuring Safety of the Functioning of a Power System under the Conditions of Large-Scale Renewable Energy Source Integration in the Region of Central Asia
Abstract
This article briefly provides information about a major system outage that occurred in the United Power System of Central Asia (UPS CA) on January 25, 2022 with the complete blackout of the power systems of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and part of the power systems of South Kazakhstan. Recommendations to prevent the recurrence of such accidents in the future are proposed. Based on an analysis of the perspectives for the development of UPS CA, taking into account the expected large-scale integration of renewable energy sources (RESs) in the region, it is proposed to switch from the current parallel operation to joint operation of UPS CA with the Unified Power Systems of Kazakhstan and Unified Power System of Russia through a back-to-back DC station.