Park wind power generation system

What is a wind park?

A wind park (or farm) is the site where a group of wind turbines are installed for bulk electricity generation. Nameplate capacity of modern wind parks has increased by up to thousands of MWs. Wind parks can be categorized as onshore and offshore based on the location where wind turbines are installed.

Can a wind park be connected in a medium-voltage network?

This current must be provided to the network. The wind parks can be connected in medium-voltage networks (15–60 kV) if their nominal power does not exceed 5 MW and the available network in the wind park’s vicinity is not overloaded from other wind parks connections or from the power demand.

What is a wind power plant?

Wind power plants, also known as wind farms or wind parks, consist of wind turbines and associated balance of plant, or BOP. Balance of plant is basically everything around wind turbines, and includes civil works, electrical equipment and rarely transmission line (if it is part of the project scope).

How to select a wind park's proper connection?

An empirical criterion for the selection of a wind park’s proper connection is that the total power transportation capability of the connection network must be at least 20 times higher than the wind park’s nominal power. The wind power transportation ability of electricity networks with different nominal voltage is presented in Table 8.

Why do wind parks need additional electric equipment?

Most of the wind turbines generate alternating current that cannot be fed directly to the grid as it is not synchronized and varies in frequency and voltage. Sometimes it is called “wild power”. Hence, wind parks require additional electric equipment provided within the balance of plant.

Does a wind park produce more electricity?

Higher electricity production from a wind park is expected in sites with remarkable wind potential. The higher the wind blows, the higher the electricity produced will be and vice versa.