Title :
A study of low voltage ride-through capability for offshore wind power plant
Author :
Huang, H.M. ; Chang, G.W. ; Chen, C.K. ; Su, H.J. ; Wu, T.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Chung Cheng Univ., Ming-Hsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
Electric power produced by renewable energy resources has been increased drastically, where the wind generation plays the dominant role in supplying green energy. Due to the limited available sites for onshore wind farms, offshore wind generation has attracted much attention in recent years. Technical challenges for offshore wind power plants connecting to the onshore power grid include transmission and operation issues such as low voltage ride-through capability and dynamic voltage support. The purpose of this paper is to perform a study of applying static reactive power compensators (STATCOMs) to provide voltage support for offshore wind power plants to meet the low voltage ride-through requirement when connecting to the onshore power grid. The required STATCOM capacity to meet voltage sag regulations imposed by grid codes for the investigated offshore wind power plant is also presented.
Keywords :
offshore installations; power grids; power supply quality; renewable energy sources; static VAr compensators; wind power plants; STATCOM; dynamic voltage support; electric power production; green energy supply; grid code; low voltage ride-through capability; offshore wind generation; offshore wind power plant; onshore power grid; onshore wind farm; renewable energy resource; static reactive power compensator; voltage sag regulation; Automatic voltage control; Power transformer insulation; Offshore wind farm; STATCOM; low voltage ride-through; submarine cable;
Conference_Titel :
Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1704-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1702-4
DOI :
10.1109/SmartGridComm.2011.6102377
