US 12,224,590 B2
Method of controlling a wind power plant
Tobias Gybel Hovgaard, Ry (DK); and Jacob Deleuran Grunnet, Tranbjerg J (DK)
Assigned to VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S, Aarhus N (DK)
Appl. No. 17/763,132
Filed by VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S, Aarhus N. (DK)
PCT Filed Aug. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DK2020/050239
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/058071, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2019 70582 (DK), filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0285945 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 3/32 (2006.01); F03D 7/04 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/32 (2013.01) [F03D 7/048 (2013.01); H02J 3/003 (2020.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 2300/28 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a wind power plant including an energy storage device, the wind power plant being connected to a power grid and comprising one or more wind turbine generators that produce electrical power for delivery to the power grid, the method comprising:
processing grid data related to the power grid to determine a probability forecast for a future state of the power grid, wherein the probability forecast for the future state of the power grid provides an indication of relative probabilities of a range of future grid events possibly occurring on the power grid over a time window, wherein the range of future grid events includes: i) fault events resulting from under voltage or frequency on the power grid; and ii) at least one of the following grid events: changes in power consumption by loads connected to the power grid; adding new loads to the power grid; and real-time electricity price fluctuations associated with the power grid; and
controlling charging and discharging of the energy storage device in accordance with the probability forecast.