Grid Integration of Wind Energy Systems Course

Training Outlines

Introduction

Large-scale wind integration changes power flow, fault contribution, voltage behaviour, system inertia and reserve requirements. Grid-compliant projects must coordinate turbine capabilities, collection-system design, plant controls, protection and dynamic studies across a wide range of operating conditions.

This course develops a complete framework for connecting and operating wind power plants. Participants will model turbine technologies, assess grid-code requirements, evaluate power quality and stability, and design plant-level controls, forecasting and compliance-testing programmes.

Objectives

• Compare wind-turbine generator technologies
• Model wind-plant electrical collection systems
• Interpret grid-code connection requirements
• Assess reactive-power and voltage capability
• Evaluate fault ride-through and protection
• Analyse power-quality and stability impacts
• Coordinate forecasting and plant dispatch
• Develop grid-compliance testing plans

Course Outlines

Day 1: Wind Turbines and Electrical Architectures

• Wind resource and turbine power characteristics
• Fixed-speed and variable-speed concepts
• DFIG and full-converter generators
• Pitch, torque and speed control
• Converter and transformer interfaces
• Turbine dynamic model structure

Day 2: Wind-Plant Electrical Design

• Medium-voltage collection systems
• Substation and export connection
• Cable and transformer loading
• Reactive compensation and voltage control
• Grounding and protection coordination
• Loss and reliability assessment

Day 3: Grid Codes and Fault Performance

• Connection-code performance requirements
• Active and reactive power capability
• Voltage and frequency operating ranges
• Fault ride-through profiles
• Negative-sequence and current limitation
• Compliance-study scenario design

Day 4: Power Quality and System Stability

• Harmonics and interharmonics
• Flicker and rapid power variations
• Voltage stability and weak-grid effects
• Frequency response and synthetic inertia
• Sub-synchronous interaction risks
• Dynamic simulation interpretation

Day 5: Plant Control and Operational Integration

• Wind-power plant controller functions
• Forecasting and uncertainty management
• Curtailment and congestion response
• Energy storage and hybridisation
• Commissioning and compliance testing
• Wind-integration case workshop