Title :
Smart grid integrated green data centres as ancillary service providers
Author :
Arnone, D. ; Barberi, A. ; La Cascia, D. ; Sanseverino, E. Riva ; Zizzo, G.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Ing. Inf. S.p.A, Palermo, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper a review of Green Data Centres facilities to support smart grids operation is proposed. The paper describes the ancillary services a Green Data Centre can provide both in terms of spinning reserve provision and different regulation services. In the application section, a real electrical grid hosting a data centre is considered. The infrastructure is owned by Engineering S.p.A. and is installed in northern Italy. The system has been considered as connected to the MV distribution grid in presence of other renewable energy sources. The impact of possible power management operations over the considered data centre has been studied by means of a simulation software and the spinning reserve it can supply to the grid in case of wind farm power production reduction has been analysed.
Keywords :
computer centres; environmental factors; power distribution; power engineering computing; power system management; smart power grids; wind power; wind power plants; Engineering S.p.A; MV distribution grid; ancillary service providers; northern Italy; power management operations; real electrical grid; regulation services; renewable energy sources; simulation software; smart grid integrated green data centres; spinning reserve provision; wind farm power production reduction; Delays; Frequency control; Green products; Load modeling; Power system dynamics; Spinning; Uninterruptible power systems; Data centre layout; Power system dynamics; Power system management; Wind energy integration;
Conference_Titel :
Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taormina
DOI :
10.1109/ICCEP.2015.7177619
