Wind energy is clean, sustainable and is one of the rapidly growing renewable energy source compared to conventional sources of energy. The predictive current control (PCC) for back-to-back (BTB) voltage source converters is effectively used in permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) wind energy conversion systems (WECSs). The wind generators, a squirrel-cage induction generator, doubly-fed induction generator, permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG), and wound rotor synchronous generator are often used in high-power variable-speed wind turbines.

Books & Papers:

Yaramasu, V. & Wu, B. (2016), Model Predictive Control of Wind Energy Conversion Systems, first edn, Wiley-IEEE Press, Hoboken, NJ

T. L. Van, T. H. Nguyen and D. C. Lee, "Advanced Pitch Angle Control Based on Fuzzy Logic for Variable-Speed Wind Turbine Systems," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 578-587, June 2015.

Polinder, H., Ferreira, J., Jensen, B., Abrahamsen, A., Atallah, K. & McMahon, R. (2013), “Trends in wind turbine generator systems”, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 1(3), 174–185.