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SRG Switch reluctance generator
STATCOM Static VAR compensator
STATCON Static VAR converter
STD Standard deviation
STP Standard temperature and pressure
SVC Static VAR compensator
SvK Svenka Kraftna
¨
t (Swedish transmission system operator)
SW Switch
T
TDC Transmission duration curve
TFG Transverse flux generator
THD Total harmonic distortion
TL Transmission limit
TNEB Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
TSO Transmission system operator
TSP Transient stability program
Type A Fixed-speed wind turbine, with asynchronous induction generator
directly connected to the grid, with or without reactive power
compensation (see also Section 4.2.3)
Type B Limited variable-speed wind turbine with variable generator rotor
resistance (see also Section 4.2.3)
Type C Variable-speed wind turbine with doubly-fed asynchronous induction
generators and partial-load frequency converter on the rotor circuit
(see also Section 4.2.3)
Type D Full variable-speed wind turbine, with asynchronous or synchronous
induction generator connected to the grid through a full-load frequency
converter (see also Section 4.2.3)
U
UCTE Union pour la Coordination du Transport d’Electricite
´
(Union for the
Coordination of Transmission of Electricity, formerly UCPTE)
UK United Kingdom
UK MESO UK Meteorolo gical Office Meso-scale Model
V
VDEW Verband der Elektrizita
¨
tswirtschaft (German Electricity Association)
VRR Variable rotor resistance
VSC Voltage source converter
W
WASP Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program
WD Wind–diesel
WETEC Wind Economics and TEchnology (USA)
WF Wind farm
WPDC Wind power production duration curve
xxxiv Abbreviations