Future inverter-based resources (IBRs) will provide inertia emulation functionalities due to decreasing power system inertia. Wind turbines (WTs) can emulate inertia, e. g. by extracting kinetic energy reserves, but this capability depends on volatile operating conditions. Thus, the ability to forecast inertia is of interest for grid and wind farm (WF) operators. In this paper, we propose a method to forecast inertia that accounts for wake effects in a WF. The approach is based on mapping forecasted site conditions to each single WT in the WF through a wake model. The resulting inflow conditions are used to predict the WT inertial emulation capabilities, taking WT control strategies and operating limits into account
Keywords: Inertia monitoring and forecasting, maximum rotation strategy (MRS), kinetic
energy, operating limits, power reserves, virtual synchronous machine (VSM) control
Link to paper: https://zenodo.org/records/15007407
