A Survey of the Smart Grid Technologies: Background, Motivation and Practical Applications

Published by Yang HAN1, Lin XU2University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (1), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2) Abstract. This paper presents the survey of the smart grid technologies, including the background, motivation and practical applications. The driving forces for the smart grid technologies are presented, including the blackout, global energy crisis and environmentalContinue reading “A Survey of the Smart Grid Technologies: Background, Motivation and Practical Applications”

Harmonics Mitigation and Power Quality Improvement in Grid Connected Wind Power Plant Using STATCOM

Published by Nasiru B. Kadandani, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. Email: nbkadandani.ele@buk.edu.ng. Published in: The Proceedings of Second International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Clean Energy and Green Computing, Konya, Turkey, 2015. Abstract Grid integration of intermittent renewable energy sources like wind and solar is usually associated with power quality disturbanceContinue reading “Harmonics Mitigation and Power Quality Improvement in Grid Connected Wind Power Plant Using STATCOM”