Wind power plant collector system design considerations: IEEE PES wind plant collector system design working group

This paper presents a summary of the most important design considerations for wind power plants. Various considerations, including feeder topology, collector design, interconnect and NESC/NEC requirements, and design engineering studies are discussed.

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