A wind turbine generator, comprising a nacelle mounted on a tower and housing a generator; a rotor comprising three rotor blades attached to a rotating hub and a low-speed shaft coupled to the hub; a step-up gearbox to which the low speed-shaft is coupled, wherein the gearbox is configured to step up the rotational speed of the low-speed shaft and transfer that speed to a high-speed shaft; wherein the high-speed shaft is coupled to the generator; wherein the generator is a doubly-fed induction generator comprising a generator stator magnetically coupled to a generator rotor; an electrical and control system comprising a power conversion assembly comprising a bi-directional rotor-side converter and a bi-directional line-side converter which are electrically coupled via a DC link; a phase-locked loop regulator configured to receive a plurality of grid voltage measurement signals and further configured to facilitate a zero voltage ride through (ZVRT) capability for the wind turbine generator such that a potential for a wind turbine generator trip and associated consequences to semiconductor devices are mitigated during zero voltage transients of the measured grid voltage indicative of a ZVRT event; a rotor filter electrically coupled to the generator rotor and the rotor-side converter; a line filter electrically coupled to the line-side converter; wherein the generator is configured such that the generator remains electrically connected to a utility grid during the ZVRT event and subsequently facilitates the generator continuing to operate thereby supporting the grid during the transient. a nacelle mounted on a tower and housing a generator; a rotor comprising three rotor blades attached to a rotating hub and a low-speed shaft coupled to the hub; a step-up gearbox to which the low speed-shaft is coupled, wherein the gearbox is configured to step up the rotational speed of the low-speed shaft and transfer that speed to a high-speed shaft; wherein the high-speed shaft is coupled to the generator; wherein the generator is a doubly-fed induction generator comprising a generator stator magnetically coupled to a generator rotor; wherein the gearbox is configured to step up the rotational speed of the low-speed shaft and transfer that speed to a high-speed shaft; wherein the high-speed shaft is coupled to the generator; wherein the generator is a doubly-fed induction generator comprising a generator stator magnetically coupled to a generator rotor; an electrical and control system comprising a power conversion assembly comprising a bi-directional rotor-side converter and a bi-directional line-side converter which are electrically coupled via a DC link; a phase-locked loop regulator configured to receive a plurality of grid voltage measurement signals and further configured to facilitate a zero voltage ride through (ZVRT) capability for the wind turbine generator such that a potential for a wind turbine generator trip and associated consequences to semiconductor devices are mitigated during zero voltage transients of the measured grid voltage indicative of a ZVRT event; a rotor filter electrically coupled to the generator rotor and the rotor-side converter; a line filter electrically coupled to the line-side converter; a power conversion assembly comprising a bi-directional rotor-side converter and a bi-directional line-side converter which are electrically coupled via a DC link; a phase-locked loop regulator configured to receive a plurality of grid voltage measurement signals and further configured to facilitate a zero voltage ride through (ZVRT) capability for the wind turbine generator such that a potential for a wind turbine generator trip and associated consequences to semiconductor devices are mitigated during zero voltage transients of the measured grid voltage indicative of a ZVRT event; a rotor filter electrically coupled to the generator rotor and the rotor-side converter; a line filter electrically coupled to the line-side converter; wherein the generator is configured such that the generator remains electrically connected to a utility grid during the ZVRT event and subsequently facilitates the generator continuing to operate thereby supporting the grid during the transient.