EPE Wind Energy Chapter (EPE-WE)
Chapter Chair:
Prof. Tore Marvin Undeland, Norvegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Electric Power Engineering
Mission:
The Wind Energy Chapeter's goal is to promote the electro-technical parts of
- Wind turbines
- Wind farms
- Interconnection with the grid
Specific Objectives:
At EPE conferences, the EPE Wind Energy Chapter will be responsible for
- Promoting wind energy papers
- Evaluation of received abstracts
- Creating special sessions in wind energy or wind topics
- Other activities like keynotes and discussion seminars at the conferences
- Promoting special editions on Wind Energy in EPE Journal
- Carrying out survey/state-of-the-art studies, to be published yearly in the Journal
The study fields could cover:
- Conversion technologies in research and dominant manufacturers
- National transmission grid connection requirements
- Solutions & standards in wind power plant realisation
At the European Union level:
- Coordination of EU projects in Wind Energy
- Provide the instrument to stay updated
- Attend information meetings
- Read the call for proposals and inform the other members
- Discussion of formation of strong Consortia for successful applications
At the Educational level:
- The Chapter could provide input to the technical curriculum taught in MSc/PhD courses, based on the rapidly expanding wind power industry.
Additional suggestions can be sent to us
Future activities
The first EPE-Wind Energy Chapter seminar will be from 27-28 March 2008, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. The call for paper with detail information can be downloaded here.
Click here (to be linked) for Online registration to the seminar
For this first seminar, the program will include the areas and topics on interest from the list below:
Wind Energy Conversion Technologies
- Permanent magnet generators for large offshore turbines
- MW-class wind generator-converter technology for offshore applications
- MW low-speed generator solutions
- Small wind turbine systems for standalone and grid-connected applications
- Geared and gear-less solutions for wind energy conversion. Gear-box issues.
Grid Compliance and wind power technology
- Interconnection standards for distribution and transmission levels
- Interconnections issues for wind turbines
- Grid Interface: Grid connection for large wind farms. Reactive power/Voltage control
- Ride Through Standards and Technical Solutions for Offshore Wind Farms
- Ride-through capability of wind turbines with power electronic systems
- Certification of Low Voltage Ride Through LVRT
- Laboratory tests of LVRT
- Stability analyses: small signal stability, transient stability, stability margin
- Frequency control, active power control, runback schemes
- Standardisation of simulation models for stability studies
Energy storage technologies
- Short term: flywheel, super capacitors, batteries
- Long term: pumped storage, dispatchable generation
- Other storage
Wind System Coordination
- Wind Farm Control
- Real time information exchange required for harmonious operation of wind farms
- Planning and configuration of wind farm power systems
- Operation and control of doubly fed induction generator systems for wind turbines
- Coordination between power electronic conversion characteristics and standard protection equipment characteristics
- Fault monitoring and predictive maintenance of power electronic based wind turbine systems
Power electronics for integration and control of wind turbines in power systems
- Power electronic interface including control for permanent-magnet and field excited synchronous generators
- Topologies of Power Electronics Converters for wind turbines
- Modelling and simulation of power electronic systems with wind turbines and wind farms
- Protection of power electronic systems for wind turbines
- Control of power converters for future dispersed generators with high degree of wind integration
- Dedicated HVDC for wind power transmission
Future trends of wind energy conversion and power electronic applications
- Reinforcement of power system for tapping wind power: FACTS, FACDS
- Offshore wind turbines: floating and fixed
- Power collection and integration of offshore wind farms
Presentations from companies supplying wind turbines and equipment are welcome.
Past activities
The EPE Wind Energy Chapter organised:
In collaboration with IEEE, the “Joint EPE and IEEE Wind Day – Power Electronics for Wind Energy” at EPE2007 in Aalborg, Denmark, 3 September 07
Organisation
The Chapter is composed by a Board and an advisory council. The board proposes activities to be discussed by the advisory council. Board and council meetings are limited to the EPE conferences; otherwise the communication is through email. Yearly activity report is to be presented to the EPE EC.
Activities could be field trips to producers of wind turbines and to wind farms. Every second year a seminar should be organized, with a goal of 100 attendees.
Additional suggestions can be sent to us
EPE-WE Board members:
- Prof. Tore Undeland, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
- Prof. Rik De Doncker, Aachen, Germany
- Prof. Braham Ferreira, Technical University of Delft, Netherlands
- Prof. Torbjörn Thiringer, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
- Dr Phillip C. Kjær, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Denmark
EPE-WE Advisory board:
- Prof. Tore Undeland, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
- Prof. Marta Molinas, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
- Dr. Henk Polinder, Technical University of Delft, Netherlands
- Dr. Jouko Niiranen, ABB Oy, Drives, Helsinki, Finland
- Dr. Philip C. Kjær, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Denmark
- Prof. Torbjörn Thiringer, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Useful information
Interesting papers and books:
To be completed
Additional suggestions can be send to us
Interesting wind energy simulation tools
To be completed
Additional suggestions can be send to us
Associations:
EPE Association Home The homepage of the European Power Electronics (EPE) Society with links to the conferences and workshops.
EWEA
The European Wind Energy Association
NORWEA
The Norwegian Wind Energy Association
Finnish Wind Energy Association
International Energy Agency-Wind
Swedish Wind Energy Asociation
Danish Wind Power Industry Organisation
Editor: Leader of the Institute Contact address: marta.molinas@elkraft.ntnu.no Updated: 1 February 2008
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