An active power control strategy for wind farm based on predictions of wind turbine's maximum generation capacity

China's wind power capacity is increasing so rapidly that some areas are not able to consume all the produced wind power. Therefore, it has already become the inevitable trend in wind power integration to achieve the controlled operation of wind turbine. This paper first offers a method to predict the maximum generation capacity of every type of wind turbine, including both under-controlled wind turbine and uncontrolled wind turbine. And then a strategy for active power control of wind farm based on the predicting results is proposed. Considering thoroughly the active power fluctuation of wind turbine and the error of the prediction, the strategy adopts both long and short controlling periods to carry out coordinated optimization control. The simulation results show that the strategy can keep the active power output of wind farm in step with the control order, and consequently the generating efficiency is improved. In addition, the strategy is also applicable to the wind farm with some uncontrollable wind turbines, and the controlling precision can be satisfied. (C) 2013 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4792847]