FusionDrive is a reliable medium-speed solution.
FusionDrive, a gearbox and generator that create what the developers call the smartest drive train combination available. FusionDrive offers optimal availability by harnessing all the advantages of medium-speed wind power generation technology. Developer, The Switch, says its compact size offers the lowest weight in the market.
FusionDrive is the result of bringing together the wind power technology of Moventas and The Switch. Wind gear manufacturer Moventascombined its latest gear solution with the medium-speed PMG from The Switch.
Annual energy production is dependent on drive train availability and efficiency. FusionDrive is a reliable medium-speed solution. High-speed components that are more prone to failure have been removed from the design, which leads to the highest availability. Permanent magnet generators (PMG) also enable the greatest efficiency curves, making this a winning combination to boost annual energy production.
The unbelievably small size enables manageable transport and assembly along with a shorter drive train. The drive train’s size also simplifies the turbine’s structural design and boasts the lowest nacelle weight. This improves total turbine cost competitiveness in the market.
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Although pure wind energy costs nothing, but is the price of its use the higher the lower the concentration is.
There are two ways to get use of wind energy:
1.: harvest it and feed-in into the grid – where you have a grid there is high population. But do you have high, steady wind energy in populated areas? No – you don’t have it – so it is costly by 4-5 cts /kWh. And you have to place a lot of technic to earn this poorly amount.
You have not integrated any storage for the providing-gaps.
So it requires additionally a basic level power plant
2.: place the technic in an area with strong and steady winds and earn power very cheap.
Right – you can not feed-in because of missing grid. So you have to transform the energy. It should be a material, which you can handy carry away in a bucket – this is Green Fuel.
And TATA – you have killed several birds with one stone:
1: you have 10 times more wind energy (low estimated)
2: because of high concentration it is very cheap to earn – by 0,5 cts/ kWh
3: suddenly you have integrated an endless storage
4: since you need a lot of CO2 for conversion, do you active reduce the atmospheric CO2 (10 tons for 45 MWh)
5: you do not annoy the people in the populated areas
6: you can feed decentral power units with Green Fuel , so avoiding any gap
In this case you do not need to adapt the power to the grid – with all its difficulties.
Guys there is nothing new in this concept as far as I can see. WinWind were using this method on there 1MW and 3MW units successfully before they ran into financial trouble.
The issue is still how to we deal with the rising cost of PM and sourcing issues. Bearing in mind that DFIG is proving in ever case that it can grid connect successfully and be very efficient at high winds.