ABSTRACT
The increase of grid connection requests from energy producers results in the need to have more adequate tools to calculate the capacity that power systems have to absorb new dispersed energy sources. Under the framework of the ARCWIND project, areas of high potential for deployment of floating offshore wind farms have been identified and there is the need to check the capacity that existing power systems have to absorb possible new sources located in these regions. In this paper we present a study performed for the Portuguese continental territory, calculating the nodal capacity of multiple grid nodes located near the identified areas of interest. These nodal capacities are calculated using realistic models of the Portuguese Transmission System and obtained results allow checking the existing grid limitations for the integration of this possible new source of energy in Portugal.
