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HVDC Transmission for Offshore Wind Farms

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Large Scale Renewable Power Generation

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Large-scale wind energy expansion is limited by factors such as the land use and the visual impact of facilities on land. Offshore wind energy can overcome the above-mentioned limitations. In addition, wind velocity is higher and more constant offshore than onshore. This chapter will present an overview of different topologies for grid integration of offshore wind farms. Special emphasis is made on the offshore grid topologies and types of power electronic converters.

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  1. Sintef Energy Research, Trondheim, Norway

    Raymundo Enrique Torres Olguin

  2. Department of Electric Power Systems, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia

    Alejandro Garces

  3. Département d’Electrotechnique et de Systèmes d’Energie, École Supérieure d’Électricité, Paris, France

    Gilbert Bergna

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Torres Olguin, R.E., Garces, A., Bergna, G. (2014). HVDC Transmission for Offshore Wind Farms. In: Hossain, J., Mahmud, A. (eds) Large Scale Renewable Power Generation. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-30-9_11

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