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Jun 11, 2018

A new system optimises electric transmission from offshore wind farms

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

This innovation allows the use of a diode rectifier station in the offshore platform of a high voltage direct current (HVDC) link. In this way, the turbine’s alternating current (AC) can be easily converted into direct current (DC) for HVDC transmission.

The researchers have developed a distributed control system to synchronise and regulate the electrical voltage and frequency of the of the . This allows the transmission of energy to the general network through an HVDC link with a diode rectifier station. “It is less complicated, cheaper and more flexible than other current solutions,” explains co-author Santiago Arnaltes Gómez, head of the UC3M Power Control Group.

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