| Foreword | 5 |
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| Preface | 7 |
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| Acknowledgement | 9 |
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| Contents | 10 |
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| Introduction | 14 |
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| 1.1 Renewable Energy | 14 |
| 1.2 Present Status and Future Prediction of Wind Power Worldwide | 15 |
| 1.3 Wind Turbine Technical Overview | 20 |
| 1.4 Grid Integration Issue of Wind Farm | 25 |
| 1.5 Background of the Book | 26 |
| 1.6 Scope and Aims | 31 |
| 1.7 Outline of this Book | 34 |
| Wind Turbine Modeling | 36 |
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| 2.1 Wind Power Output | 36 |
| 2.2 Wind Turbine Generator System (WTGS) | 41 |
| 2.3 Fixed Speed WTGS | 42 |
| 2.4 Variable Speed WTGS | 74 |
| 2.5 Chapter Summary | 78 |
| Pitch Controller | 79 |
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| 3.1 Conventional Pitch Controller | 80 |
| 3.2 Fuzzy Logic Controlled Pitch Controller with Power and Speed Control Modes | 80 |
| 3.3 Wind Generator Power Smoothing by Using the New Pitch Controller | 97 |
| 3.4 Chapter Summary | 116 |
| STATCOM | 117 |
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| 4.1 STATCOM Basics | 118 |
| 4.2 Model System | 120 |
| 4.3 Modeling and Control Strategy of STATCOM | 121 |
| 4.4 Simulation Analysis of a STATCOM Connected to a Fixed Speed Wind Generator | 124 |
| 4.5 Chapter Summary | 148 |
| Integration of an Energy Storage System into Wind Farm | 149 |
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| 5.1 Energy Storage Systems in Power System | 150 |
| 5.2 Use of Power Electronics in ESS | 153 |
| 5.3 Energy Storage System for Wind Power Application | 154 |
| 5.4 Cost/Performance Analysis | 173 |
| 5.5 Chapter Summary | 173 |
| Hydrogen Generation from Wind Power | 175 |
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| 6.1 Basic Discussion of Hydrogen | 175 |
| 6.2 Modeling of a Hydrogen Generator | 177 |
| 6.3 Topological Overview | 178 |
| 6.4 Recent Trend in Hydrogen Generation from Wind Power | 181 |
| 6.5 Hydrogen Storage in a Wind Turbine Tower | 182 |
| 6.6 Chapter Summary | 188 |
| Wind Farm Operating Strategy with an Energy Capacitor System and a Hydrogen Generator | 189 |
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| 7.1 Modeling and Control Strategy for an Energy Capacitor System | 191 |
| 7.2 Hydrogen Generator Model System | 194 |
| 7.3 Wind Farm Output Power Smoothing and Terminal Voltage Regulation | 195 |
| 7.4 Transient Stability Enhancement of a WTGS by an ECS | 206 |
| 7.5 Chapter Summary | 220 |
| Stability Enhancement of VSWT-PMSG | 221 |
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| 8.1 Maximum Power Point Tracking | 222 |
| 8.2 Modeling of a PMSG | 223 |
| 8.3 VSWT-PMSG with Converter-DC Link-Inverter Topology | 223 |
| 8.4 VSWT-PMSG with Rectifier-DC Chopper-DC Link-Inverter Topology | 234 |
| 8.5 Chapter Summery | 244 |
| Appendix | 245 |
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| A.1 Derivation of Eq. 4.1 | 245 |
| A.2 Electrolyzer Characteristic | 246 |
| References | 248 |
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| Index | 256 |