Offshore hybrid power plants with wind energy, photovoltaic and energy storage
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description: Large centralized conventional power plants, although robust and reliable, have numerous disadvantages. The use of distributed generation has increased to fulfill the growing energy demand, and to reduce the distance between generation and consumption. Consequently, hybrid energy systems that combine several renewable energy sources are flowering, mainly in grid-connected configurations. The presence of this distributed generation in the electric grid changes its control and operation significantly. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the study of hybrid systems composed of wind turbines (WTs) and photovoltaic solar panels, due to their intermittent and fluctuation characteristics. Currently, a means of improving the connection of such systems to the electricity grid is to combine different energy sources with energy storage systems. Due to the development of storage technologies, they can be used in numerous applications, such as frequency regulation, system stabilization, reduction of transmission losses, increased reliability, load regulation or support for grid services, among others.The hybrid power generation systems used to date are mostly small-scale, with a rated power of tens or hundreds of kW. Another relevant aspect is that most hybrid power systems are located onshore. Nevertheless, a considerable growth of large-scale offshore wind farms is noticeable currently in Europe, mainly due to advances in WTs and foundation structures, which have improved their economic conditions and contributed to the implementation of offshore plants. It is expected that the installed capacity will continue to increase, since the European Union aims at reaching about 100 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030. In this thesis, a detailed study evidencing this growth has been carried out. The most significant characteristics of 57 plants installed in Europe with a rated power above 150 MW and fully commissioned until 2019, as well as 11 plants authorized or under con…
abstract: Large centralized conventional power plants, although robust and reliable, have numerous disadvantages. The use of distributed generation has increased to fulfill the growing energy demand, and to reduce the distance between generation and consumption. Consequently, hybrid energy systems that combine several renewable energy sources are flowering, mainly in grid-connected configurations. The presence of this distributed generation in the electric grid changes its control and operation significantly. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the study of hybrid systems composed of wind turbines (WTs) and photovoltaic solar panels, due to their intermittent and fluctuation characteristics. Currently, a means of improving the connection of such systems to the electricity grid is to combine different energy sources with energy storage systems. Due to the development of storage technologies, they can be used in numerous applications, such as frequency regulation, system stabilization, reduction of transmission losses, increased reliability, load regulation or support for grid services, among others.The hybrid power generation systems used to date are mostly small-scale, with a rated power of tens or hundreds of kW. Another relevant aspect is that most hybrid power systems are located onshore. Nevertheless, a considerable growth of large-scale offshore wind farms is noticeable currently in Europe, mainly due to advances in WTs and foundation structures, which have improved their economic conditions and contributed to the implementation of offshore plants. It is expected that the installed capacity will continue to increase, since the European Union aims at reaching about 100 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030. In this thesis, a detailed study evidencing this growth has been carried out. The most significant characteristics of 57 plants installed in Europe with a rated power above 150 MW and fully commissioned until 2019, as well as 11 plants authorized or under con…
author: Pereira Soares Ramos, Emanuel Philipe
language: spa
keywords: renewable energy, hybrid power generation systems, solar photovoltaic power plant, energy storage
license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
date published: 2022
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:29:31Z
provider: Universidad de Cadiz
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Universidad de Cadiz

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