Wind is an inexhaustible natural energy source that humans have used in one way or another for millennia. A great many wind farms with large numbers of wind turbines have been constructed in recent years around the world, and offshore wind farms are now becoming popular, particularly in Europe. Yokogawa provides a variety of measurement and control technologies that help to ensure the stable power supply by making operations more efficient and by enabling remote and centralized monitoring of multiple wind power generation systems.
Challenges
Customer Challenge
Maintaining a stable supply of power to the grid even when varying wind conditions cause fluctuations in the amount of generated power
Solution
Yokogawa supplies an integrated power monitoring and control system and a battery control system that tracks how much power is being generated and manages the charging and discharging of the battery system to ensure a stable supply of power to the grid.
Enabling Technologies
Renewable Power Plant Controller
Guarantee the delivery of a fixed amount of energy by leveraging intermittent resources and virtually eliminating energy waste.
STARDOM Network-based Control System
STARDOM’s autonomous controllers are highly durable and provide support for CANopen, Modbus, Profibus, and other network protocols.
FA-M3 Range-free Multi-controller
A high-performance programmable logic controller (PLC) that combines very high processing speeds with stable control features. It can be utilized to monitor and control the operation of individual wind turbines.
Collaborative Information Server (CI Server)
Yokogawa CI Server allows immediate improvement to production efficiency through digital transformation and reduction of operational maintenance whilst building a digital transformation framework.
WT5000 precision Power Analyzer
With up to seven inputs, a single unit of the WT5000 Precision Power Analyzer measures each component in a power conditioning system (PCS) including the converter, controller, and inverter.
The DL950 ScopeCorder is a modular waveform recording instrument that can simultaneously measure voltage, current, strain, acceleration, and other phenomena.
Customer Challenge
Minimizing the likelihood of having to shut down a wind turbine because of a controller failure
Solution
Yokogawa provides proven, highly reliable controllers that ensure maximum uptime for wind turbine facilities.
Enabling Technologies
FA-M3 Range-free Multi-controller
A high-performance programmable logic controller (PLC) that combines very high processing speeds with stable control features. It can be utilized to monitor and control the operation of individual wind turbines.
Renewable Power Plant Controller
High speed, precise, intelligent control of voltage, frequency, and real and reactive power. Minimizes distortion throughout local distribution systems between DERs and the POI.
Customer Challenge
Monitoring operations at multiple wind farms that may be located all over a country
Solution
Yokogawa’s STARDOM network-based control system and CI Server support the integrated monitoring from a central location of operations at wind farms that may be located all over a country and which may utilize a variety of control and monitoring systems.
Enabling Technologies
Collaborative Information Server (CI Server)
Yokogawa CI Server allows immediate improvement to production efficiency through digital transformation and reduction of operational maintenance whilst building a digital transformation framework.
Customer Challenge
Using battery energy storage system (BESS) in order to ensure the stable supply of power to the grid even when there is a dip in power generation
Solution
Yokogawa’s network-based control system with its redundant SCADA helps customer’s stable and profit-maximized operation with following key functions:
• Operation planning and monitoring: Display required information of every BESS integrated in the system in remote control center by multi-screen, and let operators make the setting of schedule for constant power or load following for each BESS.
• Control and operations: Distributing the information to BESS for stable operations such as reference value for demand-power- level, reference-power (active/reactive) from the distribution management center and schedule warning alert.
• Battery monitoring: The charge-discharge rate, charge status and operation status of each battery are displayed.
Enabling Technologies
Renewable Power Plant Controller
Guarantee the delivery of a fixed amount of energy by leveraging intermittent resources and virtually eliminating energy waste. Stabilize the power supply by coordinating and dispatching generation and storage assets in real time to compensate for sudden load changes.
Details
Wind Power Generation Process
A wind power generation system, or wind turbine, is comprised of components such as an electrical generator, power converter, blades, hub, nacelle, and tower. It converts the kinetic energy of wind to mechanical energy in order to drive the electrical generator. A battery storage system is sometimes used at wind farms to ensure the stable output of power to the grid.
Control and Measurement Technologies
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Wind Turbine Operation and Monitoring | Generator and Power Converter Operation and Monitoring | Grid Interconnection |
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Resources
- The STARDOM network-based control system and FA-M3 range-free controllers play an important role in smoothing out the supply of this power to the grid
- STARDOM and FA-M3 ensure smooth supply of power to grid by wind farm equipped with large-capacity NAS batteries
- Yokogawa participated in Japan's largest wind power plant construction project.
- The comprehensive solution including SCADA system provides safe and secure remote operation.
Downloads
Brochures
News
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Press Release Oct 28, 2024 Yokogawa to Provide Integrated Automation and Monitoring System for Pioneering Green Hydrogen Platform at Offshore Wind Farm in Europe
- Platform will produce offshore green hydrogen for renewable energy storage -
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Press Release Feb 15, 2024 Yokogawa Provides Remote Operation/Monitoring System and Video Monitoring Solution for Japan's Largest Wind Farm
- Achieving system-wide optimization of offshore wind turbines and onshore facilities -
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Press Release Dec 2, 2021 Yokogawa Acquires PXiSE, a Developer of High-speed Control Software for Grids and Renewable Energy Assets
- Solutions enable optimized energy distribution, electrical grid resilience, and higher return on assets -
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