Title :
Trends in wind power technology and grid code requirements
Author :
Arulampalam, A. ; Ramtharan, G. ; Jenkins, N. ; Ramachandaramurthy, V.K. ; Ekanayake, J.B. ; Strbac, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Peradeniya Univ., Peradeniya
Abstract :
Developments in wind turbine technology are facilitating the increase of power generation capacity from renewable energy sources. However an electrical utility grid is generally unable to accept a large amount of wind power without imposing strict conditions. Voltage fluctuation, reactive power compensation and fault ride through are the main areas of concern. Variable speed generators, STATCOMs and crowbar circuits are used to comply with grid code requirements. This paper discusses a number of wind turbine topologies and grid code requirements for large scale integration of wind power.
Keywords :
power generation faults; power grids; reactive power; renewable energy sources; wind turbines; STATCOM; crowbar circuit; electrical utility grid; fault ride; grid code requirement; power generation capacity; reactive power compensation; renewable energy sources; speed generator; voltage fluctuation; wind power technology; wind turbine topology; Automatic voltage control; Circuit faults; Mesh generation; Reactive power; Renewable energy resources; Voltage fluctuations; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind power generation; Wind turbines; Wind power technology; grid code requirements;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial and Information Systems, 2007. ICIIS 2007. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Penadeniya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1151-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1152-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICIINFS.2007.4579161
