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A '''grid code''' is a technical specification which defines the parameters a facility connected to a public [[electric grid]] has to meet to ensure safe, secure and economic proper functioning of the electric system. The facility can be an [[electricity generation|electricity generating plant]], a consumer, or another network.<ref name="GmbH 2019">{{cite web | last=GmbH | first=Next Kraftwerke | title=The Grid Code: Rules for the power network | website=Virtual Power Plant &#124; Power Trader &#124; Aggregator | date=2019-02-13 | url=https://www.next-kraftwerke.com/knowledge/what-is-the-grid-code | access-date=2019-07-04}}</ref>
The grid code is specified by an authority responsible for the system integrity and network operation.
Its elaboration usually implicates network operators (distribution or [[transmission system operatorsoperator]]s), representatives of users and, to an extent varying between countries, the regulating body.<ref name="National Grid ESO 2018">{{cite web | title=Grid Code | website=National Grid ESO | date=2018-10-17 | url=https://www.nationalgrideso.com/codes/grid-code | access-date=2019-07-04}}</ref>
 
Contents of a grid code vary depending on the transmission company's requirements. Typically, a grid code will specify the required behavior of a connected generator during system disturbances. These include [[voltage regulation]], [[power factor]] limits and [[reactive power]] supply, response to a system fault (e.g. [[short-circuit]]), response to frequency changes on the grid, and requirement to "[[ride through]]" short interruptions of the connection.
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==Independent power producers==
All generators including [[Independent power producer]]s like [[photovoltaic power station]]s<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://egyptera.org/Downloads/code%20w%20dalil/code/Egypt_gridcode_for_solar_plant_connection%20on%20MV%20and%20HV.pdf |title=Solar Energy Plants Grid Connection Code |access-date=2019-07-04 |archive-date=2020-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119090607/http://egyptera.org/Downloads/code%20w%20dalil/code/Egypt_gridcode_for_solar_plant_connection%20on%20MV%20and%20HV.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> or [[wind farm]]s<ref name="IEEE Conference Publication 2019">{{cite book | chapter=An Improved Control Strategy for DFIG Low Voltage Ride-Through Using Optimal Demagnetizing method | website=IEEE Conference Publication | date=2019-06-18 | doi=10.1109/PEDSTC.2019.8697267 | title=2019 10th International Power Electronics, Drive Systems and Technologies Conference (PEDSTC) | pages=464–469 | last1=Harandi | first1=Mahdi Jafari | last2=Ghaseminejad Liasi | first2=Sahand | last3=Nikravesh | first3=Esmail | last4=Bina | first4=Mohammad Tavakoli | isbn=978-1-5386-9254-7 }}</ref> have to comply with the grid code.<ref>[http://eurosunmed.cnrs.fr/sites/default/files/documents/grid_codes_for_renewable_energy_h._svendsen_sintef.pdf Grid codes for renewable energy integration]</ref>
 
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