Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a wind power plant, the wind power plant comprising a plurality of wind turbine generators, each wind turbine generator comprising at least one power converter for providing active power and/or reactive power to an electrical grid, wherein the method is determining a required amount of reactive power provided by the plurality of wind turbine generators, and grouping the plurality of wind turbine generators into a first set of wind turbine generators and a second set of wind turbine generators based on a demand for reactive power; and supplying reactive power to the grid (20) from the first set of wind turbine generators and disconnecting the second set of wind turbine generators from the electrical grid (20) in response to a control demand, in order to minimize active power losses. The present invention also relates to a wind power plant arranged to perform the method.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling a power plant during an event which requires a change of the power produced by the power plant, wherein the power plant comprises a plurality of power generating units including at least one wind turbine generator, the method comprises determining the power reference dependent on an available power (Pava), changing the power reference to a modified power reference (Pref_mod) by a power variation (ΔP) in response to detecting a first event, memorizing a power level relating to the actual power production at a time occurrence of the first event, setting a maximum power limit (Pmax) to the memorized power level, limiting the modified power reference (Pref_mod) to the maximum power limit (Pmax), and controlling the power produced by the wind turbines in accordance with the limited modified power reference.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a state machine for controlling a wind power plant (WPP), comprising at least one wind turbine connected to an electrical grid, the state machine is adapted to, receive a plant power reference (P_total) according to at least one electrical value of the electrical grid, manage a plurality of control modes and output signals, in relation to the plurality of control modes, select within the control modes, according to controller inputs and contingency at that moment in time, transfer the corresponding control values to a power controller, and dispatch a power reference to each of the at least one wind turbines according to the selected control mode. The invention also relates to a control system arranged to control power output of a wind power plant (WPP), comprising at least one wind turbine connected to an electrical grid, and the control system having a state machine.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present invention relate to a method (200) for controlling active power output of a renewable energy power plant (12) comprising one or more renewable energy generators (14). The method (200) comprises: while a measured frequency level of a power network (16) to which the power plant (12) is connected is within a frequency deadband: determining an estimated active power output from the power plant (12) according to a model (101) of the power plant (12) and one or more model inputs; and determining a measured active power output from the power plant (12); and when the frequency level of the power network (22) is outside the frequency deadband: determining an estimate of available active power for the power plant (12) to supply according to the model (101) of the power plant (12) and one or more model inputs; determining an estimate correction factor based on a comparison of the estimated active power output with respect to the measured active power output; correcting the estimate of available active power based on the estimate correction factor to provide a corrected estimate of available active power; and determining and dispatching active power set points for controlling the one or more renewable generators (14) of the power plant (12), the set points being determined based on the corrected estimate of available active power and the frequency level. Aspects of the invention may be used to control the active power output of a wind energy power plant (12) and to determine accurate estimates of the available active power when the frequency level of the connected power network (16) is outside of the frequency deadband.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a hybrid power plant (100) for producing power to the electrical grid, the hybrid power plant comprising a plurality of energy assets; a first renewable power generating unit, such as wind turbine generators (WTG1, WTG2), and an energy storage unit (EA3, ESU), preferably a battery energy storage system (BES). The hybrid power plant has a power plant controller (PPC, 200) arranged to communicate with the plurality of energy assets, and, when an under-frequency event occurs, the energy storage unit (ESU, BES) provides frequency support during the under-frequency event (UFE) by providing additional power (ΔP) as a function of a state of charge (SoC) of the energy storage unit at the time when the under-frequency event occurs (SoC_mem). Thus, during an under-frequency event, it is possible to obtain a more stable power output from the hybrid power plant.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a power plant controller for controlling wind turbine generators. More particularly, the invention relates to a method for compensating data obtained from measurements at a connection point to the grid in case of a communication failure where communication of such data is lost or becomes unreliable. The measured data are used in the power plant controller for determining setpoints for controlling the wind turbine generators' production of active and reactive power. In response to detection of a communication fault a new setpoint is determined independently of new measured grid data by reconfiguring parts of the power plant controller.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present invention relate to a method (100) of controlling a renewable power plant (12) comprising a plurality of renewable power generators (14) electrically connected by a local network (19) and configured to supply active power to a main network (16). The method (100) comprises: in response to receiving a signal requesting substantially zero active power supply to the main network (16): categorising (116, 118) a generator as power-supplying, and the remaining generators as power-consuming; operating (118) the power-consuming generators to generate no active power and to have their auxiliary systems draw power from the local network (19); and operating (116) the power-supplying generator to supply active power to the local network (19) such that the plant supplies substantially zero active power to the main network (16).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a hybrid power plant (100) for producing power to the electrical grid, the hybrid power plant comprising a plurality of energy assets; a first renewable power generating unit, such as wind turbine generators (WTG1, WTG2), a second renewable power generating unit, such as a plurality of solar power units (PV1, PV2), and an energy storage unit, such as a battery energy storage system (BES). A power plant controller (PPC, 200) is arranged to perform a first comparison (C1) of an active power reference (P_REF,ext, Prefhpp) with an available power (PavailPGS) from the first and the second renewable power generating units and performing a second comparison (C2) of available charging, or discharging, capability of the energy storage unit with said first comparison. In response to this first comparison, there are distributed set points (PrefPGS) to the first and the second renewable power generating units so as to deliver power from the hybrid power plant in accordance with the received active power reference (P_REF,ext, Prefhpp).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for operating a group of wind turbines in a wind power plant coupled to a utility grid, comprising the steps of determining that a wind turbine should be deactivated in response to receiving a power curtailment command from the grid, and retrieving data from each wind turbine in the group of wind turbines. Further, the method comprises ranking all the wind turbines according to a set of ranking criteria and based on the retrieved data, and selecting a wind turbine to be deactivated based on the ranking. Further, the steps of data retrieval and ranking of all the wind turbines including any deactivated wind turbines in the group are repeated at time intervals, and the wind turbine to be deactivated is re-selected based on this updated ranking. The data may include a down time for any presently deactivated wind turbine in the group of wind turbines, reflecting for how long time the wind turbine has been presently deactivated, and the set of ranking criteria may then comprise a pause criterion taking into account the down time.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a method and a power plant controller arranged to carry out the method. The method is on an intelligent dispatching of the power production to wind turbines and optional compensation equipment of a wind power plant, as the power producing units of a wind power plant. The invention relates to a case where the requested produced power is less than the total capacity of the power plant, and the invention relates to utilizing this situation to dispatch set points to the wind turbines and the compensation equipment in a flexible way. This flexibility may increase the wind turbines' life time, help in scheduling maintenance and expand the electrical operating range of the wind power plant. The determination of the set points on active and reactive power is a combined determination of both set points for each of the energy producing units of the wind power plant.