Status report of the 17-M VAWT program

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6120301

Nellums, R O

This report is directed at the commercial potential of the 17-m, 100 kW Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) developed under DOE funding by Sandia National laboratories (SNL) and Alcoa Laboratories. Three of the turbines have come on line over the past 14 months and long-term testing is in progress. As the first commercially adapted Darrieus turbines built by DOE, the superior cost, structural integrity, and output characteristics demonstrated by the prototypes appear particularly promising.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6120301
• Report Number(s): SAND-81-1756C; CONF-811043-11; ON: DE82003497
• Resource Relation: Conference: 5. biennial wind energy conference and workshop, Washington, DC, USA, 5 Oct 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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