Chapter 7 Impacts of Wind Farms on Power System Stability

1. Introduction

2. Power system connection issues of wind farms

2.1. Location of the wind farm in the power system

2.2. Impact of different technologies of wind turbine generator systems

2.2.1. Fixed speed wind turbine generator

2.2.2. Variable speed wind turbine generator

2.2.2.1. Doubly fed induction generator wind turbine

2.2.2.2. Converter driven synchronous generator

2.3. Impacts of wind intermittent and variability

2.4. Voltage stability

2.5. Impacts of wind farms on power quality

2.6. Reactive power control and voltage control

2.7. Impacts of wind farm control strategies

2.8. Inertial response with wind

2.9. Wind probability density distribution

3. Wind power impacts on the power system

3.1. Balancing

3.2. Adequacy of power

3.3. Grid

4. Wind power integration solutions

5. Conclusion

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