Abstract:
A method of controlling a first renewable energy power plant, comprising: determining power delivery of the first renewable energy power plant to a collector bus;receiving data relating to power delivery from a second renewable energy power plant connected to the collector bus;determining the combined power delivery of the first and second renewable energy power plants to the collector bus;estimating the transmission line power loss on a first transmission line between the collector bus and a power grid point of interconnection (POI) based on the combined power delivery; and regulating the power delivery from the first renewable energy power plant to compensate for the estimated transmission line power loss. Aspects of the invention also relate to a computer program product downloadable from a communication network and/or stored on a machine readable medium, comprising program code instructions for implementing a method as defined above, and to a power plant controller.