Grid code requirements for large wind farms: A review of technical regulations and available wind turbine technologies

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2008

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 2386-2396

  Tsili, M ^a   Patsiouras, Ch ^a   Papathanassiou, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS NTUA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Constant speed; Grid codes; Interconnection; LVRT; Technical requirements; Variable speed; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT SPEED; GRID CODES; INTERCONNECTION; LVRT; TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT; VARIABLE SPEED;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EXHIBITIONS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 77955662900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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