A STATCOM based control scheme for grid connected wind driven induction generator

Abstract

As a promising renewable alternative, the wind power is one of the significant source of generation. Reactive power compensation in a low voltage distribution networks for integration of wind power to the grid is the main concern of this paper. This paper proposes a control scheme based on instantaneous pq theory for compensating the reactive power requirement of a three phase grid connected wind driven induction generator as well as the load connected to the PCC using STATCOM. The proposed control scheme is simulated using MATLAB/SIMULINK. The Simulation results are also presented in this paper.