Hierarchy and complexity in Control of large Offshore Wind Power Plant Clusters

Anup Kavimandan, System Design and Grid Compliance Manager for Offshore Wind Farms at Ørsted

Anup Kavimandan, System Design and Grid Compliance Manager for Offshore Wind Farms at Ørsted
The blades, the hub, and the main shaft of a wind turbine harness the kinetic energy of the wind and convert it into rotational mechanical energy. The speed of this rotation is too slow to drive the generator efficiently, so a gearbox converts the high-torque and low-speed mechanical energy of the main shaft into the…