Review of DC System Technologies for Large Scale Integration of Wind Energy Systems with Electricity Grids

Sheng Jie Shao and Vassilios G. Agelidis
Additional contact information
Sheng Jie Shao: School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney, 2006, NSW, Australia
Vassilios G. Agelidis: School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney, 2006, NSW, Australia

Energies, 2010, vol. 3, issue 6, 1-17

Abstract: The ever increasing development and availability of power electronic systems is the underpinning technology that enables large scale integration of wind generation plants with the electricity grid. As the size and power capacity of the wind turbine continues to increase, so is the need to place these significantly large structures at off-shore locations. DC grids and associated power transmission technologies provide opportunities for cost reduction and electricity grid impact minimization as the bulk power is concentrated at single point of entry. As a result, planning, optimization and impact can be studied and carefully controlled minimizing the risk of the investment as well as power system stability issues. This paper discusses the key technologies associated with DC grids for offshore wind farm applications.

Keywords: wind energy; wind turbine; wind farm layout; High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) power transmission; circuit breakers; DC cable; interconnection requirement; regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (10)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/3/6/1303/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/3/6/1303/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jeners:v:3:y:2010:i:6:p:1303-1319:d:8747

Access Statistics for this article

Energies is currently edited by Ms. Agatha Cao

More articles in Energies from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().