Wind power integration : connection and system operational aspects /
Fox, Brendan.
London : Institution of Engineering and Technology,
2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview -- World energy and climate change -- Wind energy -- Design options -- Wind farms -- Economics -- Integration and variability: key issues -- Future developments -- Power system fundamentals -- Basic principles -- AC power supply -- Introduction to power systems -- Power transmission -- Wind power technology -- Historical review of wind power technology -- Design choices for large wind turbine generators -- Energy extraction and power regulation -- Fixed-speed wind turbines -- Variable-speed wind turbines -- Network integration of wind power -- Wind farm starting -- Network voltage management Thermal/active power managment -- Network power quality management -- Transient system performance -- Fault level issues -- information -- protection -- Operation of power systems -- Load-frequency control -- System operation with wind power -- Energy storage/flexible load management -- Wind power forecasting -- Meteorological background -- Numerical weather prediction -- Persistance forecasting -- Advanced wind power forecasting systems -- conclusions -- Wind power and electricity markets -- The electrical energy market -- Balancing, capacity, and ancillary services -- support mechanisms -- costs -- investment and risk -- the future -- FACTS technology.
Wind power.