Objective of this paper is to provide insight in the component selection criteria of an autonomous wind-driven desalination plant. For this purpose, a suitable logistic model of such a system is developed, which simulates its steady-state operation, taking into account the power and energy...

Pumped storage is generally viewed as the most promising technology to increase renewable energy source (RES) penetration levels in power systems and particularly in small autonomous island grids. Combined wind and pumped-storage “virtual power plants”, called hybrid power stations (HPS),...

In order for a wind generator (WG) to participate in load-frequency control (LFC) – either primary or secondary – some de-loading of its turbine is required. This paper discusses and rectifies important drawbacks of methods previously suggested on the two main de-loading techniques, i.e....

Combined wind and pumped-storage virtual power plants, called hybrid power stations (HPS), constitute a realistic and feasible option to achieve high renewable energy source (RES) penetration levels in power systems and particularly in autonomous island grids. Technical issues arising from the...