A way to make wind based networks more stable has been proposed

2025/09/09 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Energia berriztagarriak
• Ingeniaritza

A researcher at the Public University of Navarra has proposed new control systems to make electrical networks based on wind turbines more stable. With these control systems, wind turbines are able to operate more autonomously and help to restore the grid during power outages.

Iker Oraá Iribarren, an industrial engineer, has studied in his doctoral thesis a technology very common in wind farms: wind turbines with asynchronous double power generators. This type of turbine is best adapted to wind changes and is efficiently connected to the power grid. In particular, the researcher has proposed new forms of control so that these turbines can operate more independently and contribute to the stabilization of the electricity grid, even in critical situations such as a total interruption of supply (shutdown).

They do this through grid-forming converters, which are equipment that transform renewable energy. These converters allow the wind turbines to start operating on their own without relying on other external electrical sources, as well as to establish the electrical conditions necessary for the connection and operation of other devices. This is essential, for example, for the recovery of the network after a blackout. Therefore, in addition to generating energy, they help the electrical system to work well