WSEAS Transactions on Power Systems
Print ISSN: 1790-5060, E-ISSN: 2224-350X
Volume 8, 2013
Wind Power Plant Data Monitoring and Evaluating
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Abstract: Smart grid technologies possess great potential to modify costumer performance with respect to energy consumption, in both automatically and non-automatically This paper provides a statistical analysis of the performance of a wind power plant through monitoring the obtained data, evaluating the system performance and predicting possible measures that can be undertaken. The monitoring equipment was placed at key locations throughout the wind plant, most specifically at the points of connection with the transmission system. Real and reactive powers, along with three-phase voltages at the interconnection point, were sampled and stored. Results have been valuable to evaluate the probability of wind power variations, capacity factors, as well as to analyze ancillary service requirements with real wind power plant output.