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The Ejina large-scale renewable energy power system successfully handled the challenge of unplanned islanding

On July 12, an sudden line fault gave Alxa in  Inner Mongolia a real‑life test of operating a wild-area all-renewable power system in an unplanned islanding mode. The integrated solution for renewable‑energy power systems supplied by NR Electric, consisting of ideal‑synchronous‑source grid‑forming energy storage, integrated fast coordinated control, and optimized dispatching, delivered full‑mark performance during this unplanned islanding.

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Ejina Grid-Forming Energy Storage Power Station

At 19:35 on the same day, the 220 kV Tai-E Line — the sole tie line connecting the Ejina county-level power grid to the main grid — tripped, instantly disconnecting the county grid, which spans 114,600 square kilometers, from the main power system.

At the exact moment of the fault, NR Electric's grid-forming energy storage system responded instantaneously and naturally, providing robust support for the continuous, safe, and stable operation of the islanded grid. The security and stability control system accurately identified the islanding condition and seamlessly activated emergency coordinated control, smoothly transitioning the Ejina grid into off-grid operation mode. Together with the energy optimization and dispatch system, it achieved independent and stable power supply with 100% renewable energy sources.

Alxa Power Gird Company promptly initiated the fault handling procedure, with the power dispatch and control company providing full coordination. The Ejina grid operated independently for 57 minutes, during which zero loss of critical loads was achieved, and automatic synchronous reconnection was ultimately successfully completed.

This successful unplanned islanding operation was not the work of a single piece of equipment acting alone, but the result of an entire system where each component performed its role in tightly sequenced coordination, collectively building a security and stability support for the renewable power system.

The Ejina large-scale renewable energy power system, completed and put into operation in 2023, is the world's first wide-area off-grid  renewable energy power system. NR Electric provided an integrated solution for renewable power systems centered on grid-forming energy storage for this project. The solution includes an ideal synchronous generator-type grid-forming energy storage system with a total capacity of 25 MW / 25 MWh, as well as complete primary and secondary equipment packages covering security and stability control, fast coordinated control, and an energy management system, fully realizing flexible, coordinated, and optimal control of source, grid, load, and storage across the regional power system.

Since commissioning, the project has completed three challenging tests: black start of a wide-area  renewable energy power system, long-duration off-grid operation, and fault ride-through under off-grid conditions. It has also successfully executed multiple actual emergency off-grid situation.

As a global leader in grid-forming technology, NR Electric was the first to propose the grid-forming concept of "building ideal synchronous power sources based on energy storage" and independently developed and launched its "NR-ISGrid" series of grid-forming solutions.


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