Harmonic and interharmonic distortion due to a windpark

This paper discusses two aspects of the impact of windparks on the waveform distortion in the power system: emission and resonances. The paper gives a general overview of the emission and shows measurement results from a small but modern windpark connected to a 10-kV feeder and estimates the need for network strength to limit the resulting voltage distortion. The paper also gives a general overview of harmonic resonances associated with windparks and illustrates this by means of two numerical examples. Important conclusions from this paper are than harmonic resonances are more likely to be a concern that the emission from windparks, and that the interharmonic emission and the emission at non-characteristic harmonics are more prominent than with existing installations.