ScottishPower Renewables completes Dersalloch Hill wind as black start project

ScottishPower Renewables (SPR), a unit of Iberdrola, has completed the upgrade of the 69 MW Dersalloch wind project in South Ayrshire to operate the black start service. 

The black start service is a procedure in restoring power in the event of major disruption of the transmission lines. Usually, this service is done by conventional power plants. The project is coupled with virtual synchronous machines (VSM), a grid-forming technology that regulates the frequency and voltage of the power from the turbines and then integrates that supply with the grid and restoring the blacked-out section.

ScottishPower has partnered with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA and  SP Energy Networks to upgrade the system. The Scottish government has granted GBP550,000 (US$723,300) funding for the project.