Open AccessSolutions for the grid integration of wind farms—a survey
Author(s) -
Bousseau Pierre,
Fesquet Floriane,
Belhomme Régine,
Nguefeu Samuel,
Thai Thanh Chau
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
wind energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1099-1824
pISSN - 1095-4244
DOI - 10.1002/we.177
Subject(s) - wind power , turbine , grid , compensation (psychology) , low voltage ride through , fault (geology) , engineering , electric power system , system integration , electrical engineering , generator (circuit theory) , voltage , ac power , operations research , computer science , power (physics) , mechanical engineering , geography , physics , quantum mechanics , seismology , geology , psychoanalysis , psychology , geodesy , operating system
This article presents a survey of different possible technical solutions for the grid integration of wind farms. These solutions concern the main problems encountered today and, whenever possible, examples of actual implementation in wind farm projects are given. More specifically the following types of solutions are discussed: choice of an appropriate wind turbine generator technology; solutions based on co‐ordinated wind farms and power system operation; reactive compensation and voltage control systems; fault ride‐through systems; energy storage systems; current limitation devices; directional protections; etc. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.