This study presents a trajectory tracking control strategy that modulates the active power injected by geographically distributed inverter-based resources to support transient stability. Each resource is independently controlled, and its response drives the local bus voltage angle towards a trajectory that tracks the angle of the centre-of-inertia. The centre-of-inertia angle is estimated in real time from wide-area measurements. The main objectives are to stabilise transient disturbances and increase the amount of power that can be safely transferred over key transmission paths without loss of synchronism. Here the authors envision the actuators as utility-scale energy storage systems; however, equivalent examples could be developed for partially-curtailed photovoltaic generation and/or Type 4 wind turbine generators. The strategy stems from a time-varying linearisation of the equations of motion for a synchronous machine. The control action produces synchronising torque in a special reference frame that accounts for the motion of the centre-of-inertia. This drives the system states toward the desired trajectory and promotes rotor angle stability. For testing, a reduced-order dynamic model of the North American Western Interconnection is employed. The results show that this approach improves system reliability and can increase capacity utilisation on stability-limited transmission corridors.

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