The value of dynamic VARs to allow a wind farm to meet a utility's interconnection requirements

Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society Transmission and Distribution Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1388-1392

  De Leon II, John A Diaz ^a,b   Kehrli, Bud ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

D VAR system; Interconnection requirements; Low voltage ride through; STATCOM; Voltage regulation; Wind farm

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC VAR COMPENSATOR; INTERCONNECTION REQUIREMENTS; LOW VOLTAGE RIDE THROUGH; STATCOM; WIND FARM;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; INSTALLATION; POWER TRANSMISSION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; VOLTAGE CONTROL; WIND TURBINES;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

EID: 34250170135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2006.1668722     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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