Abstract
Renewable energy is nothing new, rather it is something that has been around for over a century. In France, the world’s first solar energy harvesting system was invented by Augustin Mouchot in 1860. The challenge we face today is not a lack of renewable form of energy, but the integration of renewable energy into the current electric grid which depends heavily on inertia-based systems operating at a frequency of 60 Hertz (in the US). Inertia is a key role in power system stability because it resists the change of frequency that occurs during a fault or generation outage. When frequency fluctuates higher or lower than its allowable range, potential outages can occur which can have a cascading effect leading to major blackouts. Renewable energy systems, such as wind and solar, are inverter-based and lack inertia. This causes stability issues as there are minimal standards for maintaining power quality. Although there are several solutions and various experiments undertaken to resolve this issue, this project will focus on the Synchronous Motor-Generator Pair. Due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, this project is based solely on the theoretical analysis of the Synchronous Motor Generator Pair and experimental validation is omitted.