Advanced Distributed Wind Turbine Controls Series: Part 4-Wind Energy in Microgrids – Microgrids, Infrastructure Resilience, and Advanced Controls Launchpad (MIRACL)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
In recent years, the technical capabilities and requirements for distributed wind turbines to provide ancillary services beyond maximum energy production has increased. Ancillary services, leveraged through advanced wind turbine controls, can support grid stability, reliability, and resilience. In the context of a microgrid, wind turbines can provide ancillary services that are useful in both islanded and grid-connected modes, as demonstrated in previous parts of this report series. This report focuses on how wind turbines with advanced controls and power electronics can support the stability of the microgrid during transitions from grid-connected to island mode, and back. This report documents simulation results from a model of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Flatirons Campus containing NREL's 600-kilowatt Controls Advanced Research Turbine. Using this turbine, we demonstrate through desktop simulation how a wind turbine can support the voltage and frequency of a microgrid during transitions - from making planned transitions seamless to keeping all loads online during some unplanned transitions to supporting black start in the event of an open transition (blackout).
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Wind Energy Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1876389
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-5000-82009; MainId:82782; UUID:35388d8d-b4ec-41f0-9de8-3cdf1494efa4; MainAdminID:64818
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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