Impact of the Fermeuse Wind Farm on Newfoundland Grid

Seyedali Meghdadi, Tariq Iqbal

Department of Electrical Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada.

DOI: 10.4236/epe.2015.76025                

Abstract

This paper aims to study the impact of the Fermeuse wind farm (46°58'42"N 52°57'18"W) through simulation of wind turbines driven by doubly fed induction generator which feed AC power to the isolated utility grid of Newfoundland. The focus is on the determination of both voltage and system stability constraints. The complete system is modeled and simulated in Matlab Simulink environment.

Keywords

Renewable Energy Systems, Fermeuse Wind Farm, Wind Turbine, Doubly Fed Induction Generator, Wind Energy Conversion Systems

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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