General Electric Company
Method and System for Operating a Hybrid Power Generation System

Abstract:

A method and a system (111) for operating a hybrid power generation system (100) are presented. the hybrid power generation system (100) includes a wind power generation system (102), a wind power controller (104), a photo-voltaic (PV) power generation system, and a PV power controller (108). The method includes determining a hybrid-level power demand of the hybrid power generation system (100). The method further includes determining respective power demand set-points of the wind power generation system (102) and the PV power generation system (106) based at least in part on the hybrid-level power demand. The method also includes communicating the power demand set-points of the wind power generation system (102) and the PV power generation system (106) respectively to at least one of the wind power controller (104) and the PV power controller (108). A farm (300) having a farm level control system (304) is also presented.