Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithms for the Wind Energy Systems

Wind energy is one of the renewable energy sources and its share in energy production is increasing every year. Therefore, many research topics about the wind energy occur with the spreading wind energy sources. The maximum power point tracking is the one of these topics which is considered as efficiency study in wind energy because of the fact that there is just one optimal rotating speed assured maximum power from the wind for every wind speed. For this reason, the rotating speed should be controlled continuously according to the changing wind speed. Nowadays, many works about this topic are still made in order to contribute to the literature. In this paper, the literature works made about the maximum power point tracking are analyzed in detail. The most widely used maximum power point tracking methods dedicated to the wind energy systems are compared to each other according to the advantages or disadvantages.