Global presence and local excellence with a global technology partner The outlook for wind power is strong, despite the pressures facing the industry right now. The global wind industry has passed the landmark figure of one terawatt (TW) of global installed capacity. It has taken more than 40 years to reach this milestone, but data…
Ingeteam develops new offshore power converter product range up to 18MW
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion and turbine control equipment, announced that a recent in-house R&D study has allowed them to work out the optimal electrical power conversion designs for offshore wind turbines up to 18MW. Ingeteam says it designed its new medium voltage full power converter range ‘as a response to some…
Extended validation and certification of Ingeteam’s new-generation power converters reduces the cost of energy
By Ion Etxarri, R&D Quality & Innovation Manager of Ingeteam Wind Energy As market demand for wind turbines has grown, so too have the demands for quality and performance. This is especially the case for critical components such as power converters because the performance of the whole turbine depends on them. The response is focused…
Anticipating Complex Network Issues Through the Use of Advanced Simulation Models
Introduction Wind energy penetration in the transmission networks has been steadily increasing during the last decades. This situation causes integration problems with the electrical grid. Regarding the power converter, these problems can be classified as follows: Working with very low SCR or quality factor grids: the resonance frequency of the harmonic filter decreases and can…
Ingeteam releases new high-power DFIG wind power converters
Global power conversion technology group Ingeteam launched its next-generation, high-power doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) wind power converters. Ingeteam’s DFIG converter series was designed to be grid-friendly, and include fault ride-through, selective catalytic reduction and small-scale renewable features, enabling them to be deployed anywhere in the world. The new DFIG converters can be modulated for customized…
Ingeteam to present drivetrain technologies at WINDPOWER 2019
The Ingeteam Group, a global specialist in wind energy drivetrain technology, will participate at next week’s edition of the AWEA WINDPOWER 2019. The group will showcase its latest products and innovative solutions for the wind industry, represented by a high-level team of specialists of critical components — including wind converters, generators, and O&M services. This…
Ingeteam’s DFIG converter receives DNV GL component certification
Ingeteam, a supplier of electrical conversion equipment, announced today that it received DNV GL’s certification for its Ingecon Wind stator-equipped 2-MW DFIG converter. With this latest achievement, Ingeteam completes the range of its products covered under DNV GL certification, such as the medium voltage full power converters and the statorless DFIG converters; and demonstrates its…
Ingeteam to present advancements in O&M at Global Wind Summit
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, will present its full range of wind energy drive train products at the Global Wind Summit 2018, taking place later this month in Hamburg (Booth #A4.313) Ingeteam will showcase its power converters, wind-turbine controllers, condition monitoring aystems (CMS), amart SCADA management systems, along with O&M services for onshore…
Ingeteam develops new offshore power-conversion architecture after in-depth R&D study
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion and turbine control equipment, announced that a recent in-house R&D study allowed them to work out the optimal electrical power conversion designs for offshore wind turbines up to 15 MW. The research, taking into account the complex set of parameters at play in LCoE, enabled the company…
Ingeteam completes training for new APQP4WIND standard
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion and turbine control equipment, announced that it has completed the training program designed to deploy the new APQP4Wind quality processes standards across the industry. APQP4Wind is a new wind industry standard designed to enable wind energy OEMs and component manufacturers to strengthen their cooperation with regards to quality assurance…
Ingeteam & Indar to present latest innovations at WINDPOWER 2018
Ingeteam and Indar, independent suppliers of electrical conversion equipment, will exhibit at AWEA WINDPOWER 2018, to be held this year in Chicago, United States, May 7 to 10. At this occasion, Ingeteam will present its latest developments in the field of O&M predictive maintenance with its Ingeboards data analysis platform, as well as a broad range of…
Ingeteam to provide control center for Oaxaca wind farm in Mexico
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion and turbine control equipment, announced that it has been awarded a substantial contract by Mexican renewable energy developer Zuma Energía to provide a state-of-the-art control center for its operational wind farm in Oaxaca, PE Ingenio. The platform will collect all the relevant information on the infrastructure of the wind…
Ingeteam surpasses 40 GW of installed wind-power capacity
Ingeteam, an independent supplier of electrical conversion equipment, has announced that it surpassed the milestone of 40 GW of installed wind-power capacity worldwide thanks to record sales of its converter product lines. This significant achievement underpins the growth the company experienced in its core markets, with an addition of an impressive 10 GW globally in just…
Indar delivers wind generator #1,000 from its Milwaukee, Wisc factory
This industrial and service headquarters is designed to deliver more than 1,000 units/year to a national market that already has an installed cumulative capacity of 84,405 MW.
Ingeteam to exhibit at WINDPOWER 2017 after steady growth in U.S. market
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, will present its full range of wind energy drivetrain products at AWEA WIND POWER. Ingeteam reported record performance last year, with deliveries reaching a peak volume of 5 GW of new capacity in 2016 alone — making the Spanish company the world’s number one supplier of wind-power…
Ingeteam awarded DNV GL’s “Shop Approval in Renewable Energy”
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, announced that it received DNV GL’s “Shop Approval in Renewable Energy” certification for its wind converter manufacturing facility in Northern Spain. This certification, granted after an audit of extensive depth and rigor, will reduce and simplify the manufacturing audits or possibly even exempt Ingeteam and its…
Ingeteam takes wind converter supplier top spot after record-breaking year
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, has announced that it hit a new record for the deliveries of its wind power converters worldwide.
DNV GL awards component certificate to Ingeteam for its wind-frequency converter
DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, awarded a component certificate to Spanish technology company Ingeteam for its new wind-frequency converter, INGECON WIND DFM 3000 family. The INGECON WIND Full Converter MV Series 3000-10000 is built for easy maintenance and optimized to be compatible with all generator technologies. The certificate…
Ingeteam launches fixed-to-variable speed wind-power conversion system
Ingeteam, the global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, announced the launch of its new solution dubbed INGECON WIND FIX2VAR SPEED, an autonomous power-conversion system that increases the Annual Energy Production (AEP), lifetime, and grid-performance of fixed-speed wind turbines. The system better enables turbines to transform to a variable speed to best match wind conditions. With…
Ingeteam improves DFIG’s fault ride through behavior with crowbarless solution
The Crowbarless solution presents behavioral advantages in issues related to weak grids or grid fault events, allowing Doubly fed induction generators to overcome previous technical constraints and hence comply with the strictest grid codes.