Control of Wind Turbines and Wind Farms

Wind Energy with Integrated Servo-Control (WEIS) Phase 2: Toolset to Enable Controls Co-Design of Floating Offshore Wind Energy Systems

  • Investigators:ÌýDaniel Zalkind (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), James Allison (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Daniel Herber (Colorado State University), and Lucy PaoÌý
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýSeptember 2023 - October 2025

Controller Development for Marine Turbines

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýAugust 2023 - May 2026

Modeling and Control of Wind Farm and Hybrid Energy Systems

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýFebruary 2023 - September 2026

Ultraflexible Smart FLoating Offshore Wind Turbines (USFLOWT)

  • Investigators:ÌýSenu Sirnivas (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Rick Damiani (The Floating Wind Technology Company), Kathryn Johnson (Colorado School of Mines), Eric Loth (University of Virginia), and Lucy PaoÌý
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýApril 2020 - September 2022

Advanced Controls Development for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines and Wind Farms

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýNovember 2019 - September 2022

Planning Grant: Wind Integrated with Storage for Energy Resilience (WISER)

  • Investigators:ÌýEric Loth (University of Virginia), Dennice Gayme (Johns Hopkins University), Lucy Pao, Donald Sadoway (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Sonya Smith (Howard University)
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýSeptember 2019 - August 2021

Advanced Controls Development for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýOctober 2018 - September 2020

Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Wireless Power (WiPower) for a Cordless World

  • Investigators:ÌýShashank Priya (Pennsylvania State University), Khai Ngo (Virginia Tech), Lucy Pao, and Shuo Wang (University of Florida)
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýSeptember 2018 - December 2022

Model Predictive Control of Wind Turbines

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýOctober 2016 - March 2019

50 MW Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotors for Wind Energy

  • Investigators:ÌýEric Loth (University of Virginia), D. Todd Griffith (Sandia National Labs), Kathryn Johnson (Colorado School of Mines), Pat Moriarty (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Lucy Pao, Michael Selig (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Rogier Blom (GE Vernova), and Rick Damiani (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýApril 2016 - May 2022

Previewed Disturbance Rejection with Application to the Control of Wind Turbines

  • Investigators:ÌýMaxim Kristalny (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology) and Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýSeptember 2013 - September 2016

Development and Evaluation of Wind Turbine Lidar-Based Feedforward Controls

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýMay 2013 - September 2018

Studying the Ability of Wind Turbines to Provide Advanced Power Control

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýJanuary 2012 - August 2016

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:

  • A. Buckspan,Ìý, P. Fleming, Y. Jeong, and L. Y. Pao, "," NREL/CP-5000-55211, June 2012.
  • , A. Buckspan, J. Laks, P. Fleming, Y. Jeong,Ìý, M. Churchfield, L. Pao, andÌý, "," NREL/CP-5000-54605, March 2012.

Lidar-Based Control of Wind Turbines

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìýwishes to remain anonymous
  • Advisors:ÌýAlan Wright,Ìý, and Bonnie Jonkman
  • Project Duration:ÌýOctober 2011 - December 2012

An Innovative Approach to the Design and Control of Wind Farms

  • Investigators:ÌýÌýand Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýAugust 2011 - May 2013

Development and Evaluation of Advanced Feedforward Controls for Wind Turbines

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýJanuary 2011 - July 2013

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:

  • , D. Schlipf, and L. Y. Pao, "," NREL/SR-5000-55544, 36 pages, Aug. 2012.
  • Ìýand L. Y. Pao, "," NREL/SR-5000-55516, 41 pages, July 2012.

Feasibility Study of Control of Novel Active Coating Materials for Preventing Icing on Wind Turbine Blades

  • Investigators:ÌýLucy Y. Pao andÌý
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýAugust 2010 - July 2012

Windplant Systems Engineering Analysis and Optimization

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýApril 2010 - January 2011

Offshore Wind Energy Technology and Challenges

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýSeptember 2009 - June 2010

Lidar-Based Control of Wind Turbines: Feasibility Study

  • Investigators:ÌýLucy Y. Pao andÌý
  • Advisors:ÌýAlan Wright, Rod Frehlich, Bonnie Jonkman, and Neil Kelley
  • Project Duration:ÌýJuly 2009 - July 2011

Advanced Controls for Wind Turbines

  • Investigator:ÌýLucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý
  • Project Duration:ÌýJanuary 2009 - July 2011

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Reports:

  • ,Ìý, and L. Y. Pao, "," NREL/SR-5000-52098, 53 pages, Oct. 2011.
  • J. H. Laks,Ìý, and L. Y. Pao, "," NREL/SR-5000-48598, 52 pages, Dec. 2010.

Design of Lidar, Data Processing, and Control Algorithms for Optimal Wind Farm Performance

  • Investigators:ÌýÌýand Lucy Y. Pao
  • Sponsor:Ìý/ÌýEnergy Initiative
  • Project Duration:ÌýJune 2007 - December 2008