Control of Borrego Solar Microgrid Integrated with a Hybrid Generator-Based Wind Generation System

This paper utilizes California’s utility-scale microgrid, known as the Borrego Spring microgrid, as a reference system for the integration of a wind generation setup. The wind generation system consists of a wind turbine with a 9-phase dual rotor hybrid generator (HG), a 9-leg passive rectifier, and a voltage source converter. The proposed model involves integrating a 400MW wind farm with a 26MW grid-connected Borrego solar farm, aiming to transform the microgrid into a renewable microgrid. This transformation is driven by the need to address global concerns such as carbon emissions, clean energy adoption, and fuel depletion. The proposed model incorporates a droop control mechanism to accommodate the fluctuations in load demand and wind speed variations. This control strategy enables efficient power sharing and load power management from the integrated wind and solar sources.