ECPE Seminar Renewable Energies.

Kassel 9 - 10 February 2006

WIND FARM CONTROL
Experince from a 160 MW wind farm
Poul Srensen, Ris National Laboratory
Jesper R. Kristoffersen, Elsam Engineering
Wind farm control - Experience from a 160 MW wind farm - ECPE seminar 9 - 10 Feb 2006, Kassel
Overview
Wind power development in Denmark
Danish grid codes control requirements
The first large offshore wind farm operational
experience
Simulation of wind farm control with power system
support
Wind farm control - Experience from a 160 MW wind farm - ECPE seminar 9 - 10 Feb 2006, Kassel
Wind energy development in Denmark
Horns Rev
Nysted
Wind power instaled in DK:
West almost 2400 MW
East 743 MW
Wind farm control - Experience from a 160 MW wind farm - ECPE seminar 9 - 10 Feb 2006, Kassel
Transmission backbone and interconnections
550 MW DC
Kilde: www.nordel.org
1000 MW DC
600 MW DC
1200 MW AC
800 MW AC
1700 MW AC
1300 MW AC
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Wind turbine / wind farm grid connection requirements
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New (TSO) grid codes with requirement to power system control
and stability
Wind farm control - Experience from a 160 MW wind farm - ECPE seminar 9 - 10 Feb 2006, Kassel
Grid code requirements power control
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Absolute power limitation
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Delta control
The above shown power control options are all implemented in the Horns Rev wind farm
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Delta control provides TSO
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Primary control
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Wind farm control - Experience from a 160 MW wind farm - ECPE seminar 9 - 10 Feb 2006, Kassel
Horns Rev wind farm

Horns Rev
Rdsand
Denmark
Horns Rev wind farm:
- Owned by Elsam
- First large offshore wind farm in the world, 15-20 km from coast
- 80 wind turbines (Vestas V80 2MW doubly-fed), total installed power 160MW
- Annual energy production 600.000 MWh = 2% of Danish electricity consumption
Wind farm control - Experience from a 160 MW wind farm - ECPE seminar 9 - 10 Feb 2006, Kassel
Wind Farm Main Controller
With the WFMC the wind farm acts as a power plant.
The wind farm is able to participate in both primary (frequency) and
secondary (balance/power) control
Developed by Elsam Engineering A/S
VestasOnline
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Operational Experiences
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Operational Experiences
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Operational Experiences
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Operational Experiences
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Wind farm control - Experience from a 160 MW wind farm - ECPE seminar 9 - 10 Feb 2006, Kassel
Wind turbine control
Doubly-fed induction
generators: rotor current
control
Pitch control on wind
turbine blades
Power / speed control
strategy simple and
robust maximum power
point tracking
Simulation model wind turbine power control
Wind turbine controller
Wind turbine controller
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Wind farm control - Experience from a 160 MW wind farm - ECPE seminar 9 - 10 Feb 2006, Kassel
Simulation model - wind farm power control
Wind turbine controller
Wind turbine controller
Wind farm controller Operator
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Wind farm control - Experience from a 160 MW wind farm - ECPE seminar 9 - 10 Feb 2006, Kassel
Simulation model - wind farm power control
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Conclusions
Operational experience (Elsam)
The controller includes a number of control possibilities to enable Elsam to use
the wind farm as a wind power plant in a similar way as Elsam uses the
conventional power stations to keep the power equilibrium as agreed on the
Nordic electric power market.
The controller makes the wind farm able to participate in primary/frequency
control in the same way as conventional power stations
The advanced control functions in the WFMC are almost indispensable for
maintaining balance in the grid, irrespective of whether this is done by a large
producer responsible for balancing his own production or by the responsible
system operator for other producers
Simulation models (Ris / Aalborg University)
Models for wind turbine and wind farm controls are developed in power system
simulation tool DIgSILENT.
The models can be used to stydy the dynamic interaction of wind farms with
power plant characteristics with a complex power system.