IEEE Power and Energy Society
Chicago Chapter 2010-2011
VAR Compensation for Wind Plants
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Ernst Camm
S&C Electric Co.
About the Topic
Reactive power capability, along with associated voltage, reactive
power, or power factor control, are important requirements for the
interconnection of large wind power plants to the grid. Due to the
increasing penetration levels of wind energy into the grid, the need
for wind power plants to have reactive power capabilities similar to
that of conventional synchronous generators is increasing as well.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Electric
Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued general reactive power
capability requirements for large wind power plants, while specific
requirements related to the P-Q and V-Q characteristics and
composition of reactive power equipment are still being addressed on
an individual interconnection basis. This presentation will provide
an overview of reactive power requirements, the reactive power
capability of wind turbine generators, reactive compensation systems
for large wind plants, and case studies of specific reactive
compensation systems installed at large wind power plants in North
America.
About the Speaker
Ernst Camm is a consultant responsible for engineering analysis in
areas including power system voltage stability, wind plant modeling
and interconnection, power quality, switching transients, protection,
and application of large-scale power quality and dynamic reactive
power compensation equipment solutions. He is a Principal Engineer at
S&C Electric Company where he has been employed for nearly 18
years now. He has co-authored and presented various technical papers,
articles, and seminars. He is the chairman of the IEEE Power &
Energy Society's Subcommittee on Integration of Renewables into the
T&D Grids and secretary of the Working Group on Dynamic
Performance of Wind Power Generation. He holds a MSEE from the Ohio
State University and a BSc (Eng) from the University of Cape Town,
South Africa.
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