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Frequency-Responsive Wind Turbine Output Control

  • US 20110001318A1
  • Filed: 07/06/2009
  • Published: 01/06/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wind farm comprising:

  • a plurality of variable speed wind turbines; and

    a centralized controller configured to selectively adjust a respective electrical output power from each of the wind turbines, wherein the controller includes a monitor configured to monitor a correlation between a deviation from a grid frequency and a wind power change, the controller configured to adjust a response of the electrical output power response for each of the wind turbines based on the monitored correlation, the electrical output power response configured to meet a grid frequency regulation notwithstanding of random occurrences of wind power changes.

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