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GEL/8/1 - Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Generation

Sector: Sustainability

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems | Energy and heat transfer engineering. General | Solar energy engineering | Electrical engineering. General

Overview: Under the direction of GEL/8, the subcommittee is responsible for the preparation of British Standards on the subject of Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Generation, and the UK’s input to IEC/TC 8/SC 8A

Committee standards activity

In Progress (9)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PNW TS 8B-209 ED1 Guidelines for the operation and control of microgrid clusters

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2024-03-11 		Proposal
PNW TS 8A-207 ED1: Technical Specification for Harmonic Evaluation of Offshore Wind Farms Grid-connected via VSC-HVDC

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-08-20 		Proposal
PNW TS 8A-192 ED1: Generic EMT Simulation Models of Converter-based Power Plants for Power System Dynamic Analysis

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2025-04-21 		Proposal
PNW TS 8A-127 ED1: Specification for evaluation of renewable energy power forecasting results

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Energy and heat transfer engineering | Energy and heat transfer engineering. General | Electrical engineering | Electrical engineering. General

Proposal begins : 2023-07-19 		Proposal
PNW TS 8A-114 ED1: Joint commissioning for grid-connection of offshore wind farms via VSC-HVDC transmission

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Engineering | Energy and heat transfer engineering | Solar energy engineering | Wind turbine energy systems | Electrical engineering. General

Proposal begins : 2022-10-04 		Proposal
PD IEC/TS 63487 ED1 Joint commissioning for grid-connection of offshore wind farms via VSC-HVDC transmission

Categories: Unclassified documents

Comment resolution begins : 2025-05-28 		Comment resolution
PD IEC/TS 63406 Ed.1.0 Generic RMS simulation models of converter-based generating units for power system dynamic analysis

Categories: Unclassified documents

Approval begins : 		Approval
IEC 8A/174/NP PV integrated LVDC power system — collected leakage current limits and test procedures

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2024-09-02 		Proposal
IEC 8/159/NP N 68 Grid compliance test for photovoltaic power plants

Categories: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Proposal begins : 2024-05-23 		Proposal
Published (7)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC TS 63102:2021 Grid code compliance assessment methods for grid connection of wind and PV power plants

Categories: Solar energy engineering | Wind turbine energy systems

Published standard begins : 2021-09-27 		Published standard
PD IEC TR 63411:2025 Grid connection of offshore wind via VSC-HVDC systems

Categories: Wind turbine energy systems | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2025-01-24 		Published standard
PD IEC TR 63401-4:2022 Dynamic characteristics of inverter-based resources in bulk power systems. Behaviour of inverter-based resources in response to bulk grid faults

Categories: Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2022-10-20 		Published standard
PD IEC TR 63401-3:2023 Dynamic characteristics of inverter-based resources in bulk power systems. Fast frequency response and frequency ride-through from inverter-based resources during severe frequency disturbances

Categories: Solar energy engineering | Wind turbine energy systems | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2023-12-21 		Published standard
PD IEC TR 63401-2:2022 Dynamic characteristics of inverter-based resources in bulk power systems. Sub- and super-synchronous control interactions

Categories: Solar energy engineering | Wind turbine energy systems | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2022-09-16 		Published standard
BS IEC TR 63401-1:2022 Dynamic characteristics of inverter-based resources in bulk power systems. Interconnecting inverter-based resources to low short circuit ratio AC networks

Categories: Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2022-12-08 		Published standard
BS EN IEC 62934:2021 Grid integration of renewable energy generation. Terms and definitions

Categories: Energy and heat transfer engineering. General | Electrical engineering. General

Published standard begins : 2021-06-15 		Published standard
Withdrawn (0)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.