• DocumentCode
    3087818
  • Title

    Drastic need for renewable sources in light of electrical power quality of a wind power plant

  • Author

    Váradi, A. Sz ; Szentirmai, L. ; Szarka, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    9-11 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    330
  • Lastpage
    337
  • Abstract
    The earth has become 0.76degC warmer since the industrialization took up high speed. To reduce the global rise in temperature by the critical 2.00degC requires that the content of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will be limited to 450 (plusmn50) particles per million over the long term. In 2002 the total emission was 40 billion tons (Gt) and by 2030 it will be 58 Gt if nothing will be done. To save the globe the annual emission in 2030 must be 31 Gt, renewable sources can contribute by 20%. In Europe the losses coming from electrical energy quality problems exceed Euro 10 billion a year. A new wind power plant in North-Hungary having 2 MVA power with less than 50% of utilization ratio will pay back the initial cost within 10 years, its life span is 50 years. Its electrical power quality meets European standard requirements, however it is recommended to build current harmonic filters into the plant.
  • Keywords
    air pollution control; power supply quality; renewable energy sources; wind power plants; European standard requirements; apparent power 2 MVA; current harmonic filters; electrical power quality; greenhouse gases; renewable sources; temperature 0.76 degC; wind power plant; Carbon dioxide; Costs; Global warming; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power quality; Temperature; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind power generation; Computer applications; Energy conversion; Harmonic distortion; Wind power generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Clean Electrical Power, 2009 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Capri
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2543-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2544-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCEP.2009.5212033
  • Filename
    5212033