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Task 50 - Hybrid Power Plants

Why Hybrid Power Plants?

The IEA Wind Task aims to coordinate global research and development in hybrid wind power plants, focusing on their design and operation. By consolidating current research findings and best industrial practices, the Task provides a comprehensive understanding of optimal strategies for the design, operation, and regulation of hybrid systems. Additionally, it addresses the influence of uncertainties on performance and explores the potential for broader adoption of hybrid power plants, ultimately advancing the technology’s integration and global implementation.

Maximizing the value of wind energy in systems and markets by increasing the capacity of hybrid power plants and the ability to play a role in grid services.
Accelerating the development and deployment of hybrid power plants in various markets across the globe through the availability of data, advanced models and tools, and test methods.
Determine viability of other end-use products powered by wind-based hybrid power plants including electricity, hydrogen, desalination, carbon capture, and other renewable-based alternative fuels.
Foster collaborative research and the exchange of best practices and data by developing benchmarks and best practices for realistic hybrid power plants and ensuring easy access to the most up-to-date knowledge, algorithms, and ideas for hybrid power plants.

HPP integrated into a Hybrid Energy System and microgrid; definition visualization from WP1

The task is aimed at the Advanced Technology priority area, but also affects Resource and Site Characterization by making flow conditions controllable and Energy Systems with High Amounts of Wind, and other resources such as solar, by making power production more controllable, predictable and dispatchable.
The result is guidance for the industry, lawmakers, regulators, and researchers on the current modeling efforts, control/optimization approaches, requirements, tests and standards, impediments to adoption, future directions, and expected benefits of hybrid power plants.

In-person annual meeting held at the 2023 Wind Energy Science Conference.

The task is divided into several work packages as follows, please click to find out more:

Design of a suite of reference hybrid plants

Develops reference hybrid plants focused on maximizing capacity, flexibility, and grid service provision by optimizing technology combinations.

Reference designs for hybrid power plants

Development of a suite of reference designs to document and demonstrate the value of hybrid power plants.

Electrical design, control, market, and grid service provision

Evaluates hybrid power plant capabilities in grid services, including advanced services, power management, and compliance with grid codes and standards.

Outreach and Collaboration with other ongoing TCPs and industry R&D activities

Coordinates collaboration with other IEA TCPs and industry R&D activities focused on hybrid power plants.

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Operating Agents

Please contact the Operating Agents below with any questions

Kaushik Das

Kaushik Das is a Senior Researcher at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) focusing on research in hybrid power and energy plants. He received his Ph.D. from DTU in 2016. He is a member of IEA Wind, CIGRE, IEEE, and other professional bodies. He is passionate about education and research supporting the green transition of energy systems.

Please contact for questions at: kdas@dtu.dk

Christopher Bay

Chris Bay has expertise in control and optimization algorithms for wind plants, building energy systems, and the grid. He is a core developer of FLORIS, a flow modeling tool at NREL, researching topics such as distributed control, layout optimization, and predictive control of energy systems. His current focus is on wind plant control, hybrid system optimization, and resilient energy systems.

Please contact for questions at: Christopher.Bay@nrel.gov