Wind Energy Powers-That-Be Successor Generation in Globalization

• Published in: IEEE transactions on energy conversion Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 13 - 28
• Main Authors: Gertmar, L., Liljestrand, L., Lendenmann, H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01-03-2007; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Annan elektroteknik och elektronik; Brushes; cable transients; Cables; Circuit faults; Collection; collection grids; drive-trains; Electric power generation; Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering; Electronics; Elektroteknik och elektronik; Engineering and Technology; Faults; Globalization; Mechanical cables; Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering; Poles and towers; Polyethylenes; Power electronics; Power generation; Power system stability; review; slip-rings; Stress; Teknik; wind; wind collection grids; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; wind parks; wind power; Wind power generation
• ISSN: 0885-8969; 1558-0059
• DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2006.889601

After a historic introduction, today's wind power technology is reviewed on a systems level, with some details, and with some brave suggestions for wind technology 2030 when power electronics (PE) will be some 2000 GW. Eternal themes like "electricity storage" are avoided. Aspects of drive-trains in towers and collection grids in parks are concisely described in the paper's core, including: 1) a power circuit scheme eliminating mechanical stress in geared drive-trains at grid faults and low-voltage ride-through (LVRT); 2) a brushless drive-train with partly rated PE; 3) a clarification of transients in cable collection grids including causes, prevention, and mitigation; and 4) details of interactions between PE and cables at faults. IEEE members are challenged to meet emerging demands, and to host future renewable energy (RE) conversion with education, standards, R&D, and wind system coordination, defined well above automation