MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517049370 A) filed by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Innovation & Technology S. L., Sarriguren, Spain, on May 22, for 'operating a wind turbine to provide reactive power.'
Inventor(s) include Tapia Pascal, Mikel; and Tomey Lopez, Estanislao Pablo.
The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method of operating a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine (100) comprises a wind turbine rotor (101) and an electrical power system (103) including a doubly-fed induction generator (104) mechanically coupled to the wind turbine rotor, wherein the electrical power system is configured to exchange electrical power with a power grid (112). The method comprises obtaining a grid requirement for the wind turbine (100) to exchange reactive power with the power grid (112), wherein providing the reactive power in accordance with the grid requirement by the electrical power system (103) requires the electrical power system to consume an active power amount. The method further comprises providing, by the electrical power system (103), the reactive power in accordance with the grid requirement to the power grid (112) while consuming the active power amount. The providing of the reactive power includes supplying the electrical power system (103) with the required active power amount, wherein the wind turbine (100) is operated such that the electrical power system does not deliver active power to the power grid (112), and operating the generator (104) as a variable-speed rotating condenser to provide at least a part of the reactive power to the power grid (112)."
The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 22, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/082641.
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