State-of-the-art in wind turbine control: Trends and challenges

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 377-393

  Njiri, Jackson G ^a   Söffker, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emerging trends; Large wind turbines; Multi variable controller; Power optimization

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; WIND; WIND TURBINES;

EMERGING TRENDS; LARGE WIND TURBINES; MULTI VARIABLES; MULTI-VARIABLE CONTROLLER; POWER OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION COST; RENEWABLE SOURCES; STATE OF THE ART; VARIABLE CONTROLLERS; WIND TURBINE CONTROL;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84957590790     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.01.110     Document Type: Review

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