Wind Power Systems: Design, Operation, and Control

Dear Colleagues,

The penetration of wind power generation has been increasing around the world, bringing about various challenges to the design, operation, and control of power systems. These challenges include the potential congestions on transmission systems, the requirement of system flexibility, forecasting technique, communication and control, frequency regulation and inertia control, cycling of thermal generators, demand management, the revision of grid codes, energy storage systems, and others. Therefore, further development and growth of wind power generation require a continuation of technology improvements to reduce the costs for integrating wind power systems.

This Special Issue focuses on recent research and technology improvements on the design, operation, and control of wind power systems, especially in terms of review articles and practical industry applications in the world. These important issues include but are not limited to:

• Actual design and operation experience on a high penetration of wind power systems;
• The solutions to reduce the operating risks owing to the integration of wind generation;
• Novel methods, actual experience, or article reviews on wind power forecasting;
• The state-of-the-art development of energy storage systems for wind power systems;
• The evolution of grid codes or integration standard rules for wind power integration;
• Novel methods of frequency regulation and inertia control from wind farms;
• System flexibility and cycling costs in wind power systems;
• Market rules and operation experience for wind power integration in electricity markets.
  

Prof. Dr. Yuan-Kang Wu
Guest Editor

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