Advanced Control Strategies for Wind Energy Systems

Nowadays, there has been an evolution of the electricity production based on renewable energy precisely wind energy, it is a highly significant and viable solution, for fulfilling power demand and alleviating the harmful effect of traditional energy sources. In this context, the key purpose for many researchers is to capture the maximum power of the wind turbine conversion system, and also to guarantee an optimal control of wind turbine. New control techniques are used including proportional integral-derivative (PID), optimal, and fuzzy logic. This paper provides an overview of control strategies and improvement of performances for horizontal wind turbines.