# IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

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Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): C1
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): C2
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• ### A Model for Power System Interconnection Planning Under Low-Carbon Economy With CO$_{2}$ Emission Constraints

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):205 - 214
Cited by:  Papers (22)
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Traditional models for planning interconnection between power systems are mainly concerned with the economic and security benefits. In this paper, the concept of low-carbon economy is introduced into the planning of interconnection while considering the emergence of new factors and their impact on the power system interconnection under the condition of low-carbon economy. The cost of low-carbon po... View full abstract»

• ### Multiple Model Predictive Control for Wind Turbines With Doubly Fed Induction Generators

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):215 - 225
Cited by:  Papers (62)  |  Patents (5)
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A multivariable control strategy based on model predictive control techniques for the control of variable-speed variable-pitch wind turbines is proposed. The proposed control strategy is described for the whole operating region of the wind turbine, i.e., both partial and full load regimes. Pitch angle and generator torque are controlled simultaneously to maximize energy capture, mitigate drive tra... View full abstract»

• ### Reduction of Power Fluctuations of a Large-Scale Grid-Connected Offshore Wind Farm Using a Variable Frequency Transformer

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):226 - 234
Cited by:  Papers (24)
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This paper presents a novel control scheme using a variable frequency transformer (VFT) of 100 MW to effectively reduce power fluctuations of an equivalent 80-MW aggregated doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG)-based offshore wind farm (OWF) connected to an onshore 120-kV utility grid. The q-d axis equivalent-circuit model is employed to establish the mathematical models for the VFT and the OWF to... View full abstract»

• ### Development of High-Performance Grid-Connected Wind Energy Conversion System for Optimum Utilization of Variable Speed Wind Turbines

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):235 - 245
Cited by:  Papers (16)  |  Patents (2)
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This paper presents an improvement technique for the power quality of the electrical part of a wind generation system with a self-excited induction generator (SEIG) which aims to optimize the utilization of wind power injected into weak grids. To realize this goal, an uncontrolled rectifier-digitally controlled inverter system is proposed. The advantage of the proposed system is its simplicity due... View full abstract»

• ### Coordinated Voltage Control Scheme for SEIG-Based Wind Park Utilizing Substation STATCOM and ULTC Transformer

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):246 - 255
Cited by:  Papers (23)
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This paper presents a coordinated voltage control scheme for improving the network voltage profile and for minimizing the steady-state loading of the STATCOM to effectively support the system during contingencies. The paper addresses implementation issues associated with primary voltage control and optimal tracking secondary voltage control for wind parks based on self-excited induction generators... View full abstract»

• ### Load-Flow Analysis of a Wind Farm Containing Multiple Wind-Driven Wound-Rotor Induction Generators With Dynamic Slip Control Using RX Models

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):256 - 264
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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This paper presents two RX models of a wind-driven wound-rotor induction generator (WRIG) with dynamic slip control for load-flow calculations of a large-scale wind farm connected to a distribution system. The wind farm contains multiple wind-driven WRIGs with dynamic slip control operated under different wind speeds. The steady-state quantities of the studied wind-driven WRIG with dynamic slip co... View full abstract»

• ### Wind Power Prediction by a New Forecast Engine Composed of Modified Hybrid Neural Network and Enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):265 - 276
Cited by:  Papers (67)
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Following the growing share of wind energy in electric power systems, several wind power forecasting techniques have been reported in the literature in recent years. In this paper, a wind power forecasting strategy composed of a feature selection component and a forecasting engine is proposed. The feature selection component applies an irrelevancy filter and a redundancy filter to the set of candi... View full abstract»

• ### Coordinated Trading of Wind and Thermal Energy

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):277 - 287
Cited by:  Papers (42)
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Trading wind energy in short-term electricity markets has high associated risks due to the uncertainties in hourly available wind, energy prices, and imbalance penalties. Coordinated trading of wind and thermal energy is proposed to mitigate risks due to those uncertainties. The problem of wind-thermal coordinated trading is formulated as a mixed-integer stochastic linear program. The objective is... View full abstract»

• ### Comparative Study of Control Strategies for the Doubly Fed Induction Generator in Wind Energy Conversion Systems: A DSP-Based Implementation Approach

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):288 - 299
Cited by:  Papers (78)
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This paper presents the comparison of three different strategies for the control of a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) in wind energy conversion systems (WECS). Three of the most widespread and well-performing control approaches are implemented in an experimental setup based on a digital signal processor (DSP), namely, vector control, direct torque control, and direct power control. Said cont... View full abstract»

• ### Enhanced Identification of Battery Models for Real-Time Battery Management

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):300 - 308
Cited by:  Papers (41)
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Renewable energy generation, vehicle electrification, and smart grids rely critically on energy storage devices for enhancement of operations, reliability, and efficiency. Battery systems consist of many battery cells, which have different characteristics even when they are new, and change with time and operating conditions due to a variety of factors such as aging, operational conditions, and che... View full abstract»

• ### Optimal Power Flow Management for Grid Connected PV Systems With Batteries

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):309 - 320
Cited by:  Papers (273)
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This paper presents an optimal power management mechanism for grid connected photovoltaic (PV) systems with storage. The objective is to help intensive penetration of PV production into the grid by proposing peak shaving service at the lowest cost. The structure of a power supervisor based on an optimal predictive power scheduling algorithm is proposed. Optimization is performed using Dynamic Prog... View full abstract»

• ### Reserve Requirement Impacts of Large-Scale Integration of Wind, Solar, and Ocean Wave Power Generation

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):321 - 328
Cited by:  Papers (112)
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Many sources of renewable energy, including solar, wind, and ocean wave, offer significant advantages such as no fuel costs and no emissions from generation. However, in most cases these renewable power sources are variable and nondispatchable. The utility grid is already able to accommodate the variability of the load and some additional variability introduced by sources such as wind. However, at... View full abstract»

• ### Scale Efficient Network Development to Support Renewable Generation Development

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):329 - 339
Cited by:  Papers (12)
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Scale Efficient Network Extension (SENE) to connect remote renewable generation resources requires a new regulatory regime to facilitate construction of transmission in anticipation of uncertain generation development. This paper first discusses the conflicting requirements of such transmission development. While it is desirable to take advantage of significant economies of scale of high voltage/u... View full abstract»

• ### Increased Wind Revenue and System Security by Trading Wind Power in Energy and Regulation Reserve Markets

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):340 - 347
Cited by:  Papers (46)
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Due to the variability and limited predictability of wind power, wind producers participating in most electricity markets are subject to significant deviation penalties during market settlements, and system operators need to schedule additional reserve to balance the unpredicted wind power variations. This paper proposes a combined energy and regulation reserve market model to encourage wind produ... View full abstract»

• ### Sequential ESC-Based Global MPPT Control for Photovoltaic Array With Variable Shading

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):348 - 358
Cited by:  Papers (78)
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The photovoltaic (PV) systems are often subject to shading in practical operation, which often results in multipeak power-voltage (P-V) characteristics. Most existing maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control strategies are local-optimum oriented, based on the gradient search or its variations, e.g., perturb-and-observation (P&O) or extremum seeking control (ESC). In order to deal with the m... View full abstract»

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):359 - 360
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy society information

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): C3
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• ### IEEE Power Engineering Society information for authors

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): C4
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## Aims & Scope

The IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy is a cross disciplinary and internationally archival journal aimed at disseminating results of research on sustainable energy that relates to, arises from, or deliberately influences energy generation, transmission, distribution and delivery.

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## Meet Our Editors

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Bikash C. Pal,  Ph.D.
Imperial College