Validation of GE wind plant models for system planning simulations

GE Energy has an ongoing effort dedicated to the development of models of GE wind turbine generators (WTG) suitable for representing wind plants in system impact studies. This paper documents the present recommendations for dynamic modeling of GE wind plants using either Doubly Fed Asynchronous Generators (DFAG) or Full Conversion (FC) technology. This includes GE's 1.5 and 1.6 MW, as well as 2.5 and 2.75 MW WTGs. The paper presents both the overall model structure and validation results for the non-generic GE equipment models. The assumptions, capabilities and limitations of the plant model will also be discussed.