03 Oct '12, 7pm

Mammoth Offshore Turbine Gains a Megawatt

We've reported before on the trend to massively upsize offshore wind turbines , and the Vestas V164 was slated to become the first 7-megawatt giant in the next couple of years. Vestas now says the timeline is still intact to roll out the V164, but it won't be 7 MW. Instead, improvements to the control system will up the output to a staggering 8 MW . That means a single turbine would be capable of powering more than 2000 homes, and large offshore wind farms of them would have truly massive capacities. Interestingly, this increase (nearly 15 percent) in capacity comes without increasing the turbine's dimensions. "As we progressed in the technology it was clear that an 8-MW version of the turbine will offer lower cost of energy and at the same time keep the reliability and structural integrity of the turbine unchanged," Vestas's executive VP and chief technology officer Ander...

Full article: http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/wind/mammo...

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