The UK’s Energy Technology Institute will invest $24.53 million (£15.5 million) in a new turbine blade with U.K. based Blade Dynamics, to build what may be the world’s largest wind turbine blades. The U.K.’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) appointed the company to develop and demonstrate technologies for constructing what are expected to be the world’s…
15MW drivetrain test facility for offshore turbines
The Brits apparently think 10 MW is not a limit to turbine outputs because U.K. engineers are planning a new drive-train facility to test the next generation of higher power wind turbines, up to 15 MW in offshore applications, according the country’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). The test rig will be built at the NaREC…
UK plans 15MW drive train test system for offshore turbines
The Brits apparently think 10 MW is not a limit to turbine outputs because U.K. engineers are planning a new drive-train facility to test the next generation of higher power wind turbines, up to 15 MW in offshore applications, according the country’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). The test rig will be built at the NaREC…
Is the vertical-axis turbine key to offshore success?
An unusual wind turbine could hold the key to making offshore wind power more economical and help the UK meet its renewable energy targets. The Aerogenerator, a proposed 100-m tall vertical axis and v-shaped turbine, places heavy equipment at its base rather than atop a tower. Designers say it will be easier to build and…