The contribution of this paper is the formulation of the wind farm power maximization problem as a multi-stage dynamic programming problem. This formulation is made possible by introducing a state-space model to describe the evolution of the wind velocity profile as a function of the free-stream wind velocity and the wind turbine control variables. This state-space model is coupled with a multi...

Wind energy is a major source of power in over 70 countries across the world, and the worldwide share of wind energy in electricity consumption is growing. The introduction of significant amounts of wind energy into power systems makes accurate wind forecasting a crucial element of modern electrical grids. These systems require forecasts with temporal scales of tens of minutes to a few days in ...

A Response Surface-Based Wind Farm Cost (RS-WFC) model is developed for the engineering planning of wind farms. The RS-WFC model is developed using Extended Radial Basis Functions (E-RBF) for onshore wind farms in the U.S. This model is then used to explore the influences of different design and economic parameters, including number of turbines, rotor diameter and labor cost, on the cost of a w...

Real-time simulation of a three-terminal high-voltage directcurrent (HVDC) grid connected to a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) based wind farm has been presented in this paper. A recently invented control strategy, known as powersynchronization control, is applied for the integration of the wind farm to the HVDC grid. The dynamic performance study of the system under normal wind power flu...

Due to the intermittency of wind power generation, it is very hard to manage its system operation and planning. In order to incorporate higher wind power penetrations into power systems that maintain secure and economic power system operation, an accurate and efficient estimation of wind power outputs is needed. In this paper, we propose the stochastic prediction of wind generating resources us...

Wind energy is one of the fastest growing renewable energy resources due to global warming. The high electrical power can be generated from an aggregation of multiple wind turbines as a wind farm or wind park. To interconnect it to the utility grid, control system must ensure high power quality and stability. Hence a better analysis of the wind farm is required as it contains induction generato...

The investigation and determination of the impact of DFIG wind farms and their controllers on power system transient performance require power system simulation and analysis tools that incorporate both an accurate dynamic model of a DFIG wind turbine and a realistic representation of a power network [1]. This paper investigates the dynamic performance of DFIG wind turbines in multiple machine s...

The wind industry in China has experienced a rapid expansion of capacity after 2009, especially in northwestern China, where the China’s first 10 GW-level wind power project is located. Based on the analysis from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land surface temperature (LST) data for period of 2005–2012, the potential LST impacts from the large-scale wind farms in northwes...

Wind power is currently the fastest growing renewable energy application in the United States. Many regions, however, such as the state of Florida, do not have high enough average wind speeds for wind power to be economically feasible. Nevertheless, Florida's extensive coastline may present the opportunity for implementing offshore wind technology. Offshore winds are typically stronger due to t...

This work proposes an innovative control technique for improving the contribution to the grid frequency regulation provided by a set of wind power generators belonging to a wind farm. Models of individual generators and of the conventional grid primary frequency control are developed and used for designing a model predictive controller. A proper estimation algorithm is also introduced in order ...