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Project

SWIFT - Smart WInd Farm conTrol

Outputs and Outcomes

Acronym

SWIFT

Code

180G1213

Duration

01 January 2013 → 31 December 2015

Funding

Regional and community funding: various

Promotor

Lieven Vandevelde

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Automation and control systems
- Electrical energy production and distribution
- Renewable power and energy systems engineering
- Wind energy

Keywords

windturbines distribution grids

Project description

The ultimate, high level objective of SWIFT is to maximize the integration of wind turbines in the distribution grid while minimizing the amount of lost wind energy at the lowest possible overall cost. With innovative forecasting, active network and demand side management methods, we aim to increase the hosting capacity of the distribution grid, and consequently, open up opportunities for more renewable power generation.

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English

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