Research: New System to Optimise Electric Transmission from OWF

Scientists from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have designed a new control system for wind turbines in offshore wind farms which allows power transmission to the coast in a simpler, more flexible and cheaper way than current solutions.

This innovation, which the UC3M researchers have protected by a set of patents, allows the use of a diode rectifier station in the offshore platform of a high voltage direct current (HVDC) link. In this way the wind turbines alternating current (AC) can be easily converted into direct current (DC) for the HVDC transmission. For this, they have developed a distributed control system which allows to synchronise and regulate the electrical voltage and frequency of the wind turbines of the offshore wind farm. This allows the... ... More: Official Press Release Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, offshore, wind farm, electric transmission, grid, optimization