


The specifications and the sizing of components of each type of practical 80-MVar/33-kV-scaled MMCC-STATCOM are carefully designed and compared. This paper investigates the performances of four potentially used configurations of the MMCC family for the STATCOM in large-scale offshore wind power plants, with special focus on asymmetrical low-voltage ride through capability under grid faults. Modular multilevel cascade converters (MMCCs) are becoming attractive solutions as high-voltage Static Synchronous Compensators (STATCOMs) for power plants in renewable energy generation, in order to satisfy the strict grid codes under both normal and grid fault conditions.
