Introduction to Wind Power Plant technologies in the world

Renewable energy is the main concern of the global energy sector to face the energy crisis occurred with the depletion of fossil fuel. Wind energy is one of the prominent renewable sources of energy currently used globally. Following the global trend, Sri Lanka too has wind power plants connected to the national grid that consist of three main types of generators which are variable speed synchronous wind generators, doubly-fed induction wind generators and fixed speed asynchronous wind generators (FSAWD). This article talks about the main construction modes of each type of wind power plant available globally. Fixed speed asynchronous wind generator These types of generators are operated with less than 1% variation of rotor speed, which...

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