To enable further growth of wind turbine dimensions and rated power, it is essential to decrease structural loads that wind turbines experience. Therefore a great portion of research is focused on control algorithms for reduction of wind turbine structural loads, but typically wind turbine rotor...

Wind plant control is an active field of research in which controllers are developed that seek to maximize overall wind-plant performance in terms of power production, turbine structural loads, or both. Such control strategies are often different from those that are optimal for an individual...

We describe a multi-layer architecture for the control of variable speed wind turbines, whereby each control layer targets a specific goal. The proposed architecture is inspired by the multi-objective nature of the wind turbine control problem.

The power loss of a wind turbine due to wakes from upstream turbines is significant for a wind farm. This power loss is usually about 20% of wind turbine power, and this can increase to 40% for an extreme case. Such effects decrease the annual energy production of a wind farm. Thus, it is...

This paper utilizes the linear matrix inequalities’ techniques (LMI) for designing a robust collective pitch controller (CPC) for large wind turbines. CPC operates during up rated wind speeds to regulate the generator speed in order to harvest the rated electrical power. The proposed design...