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Title: Low-Maintenance Wind Power System

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1000354· OSTI ID:1000354

Turbines of 1, 3 and 30 kW were designed, prototyped and evaluated. A 55 kW unit has been preliminarily designed. Two 1 kW alpha units and a 3 kW alpha unit were delivered to the US in 2005 and Empire Magnetics provided custom alternators for the units. After evaluation, the 6 bladed, 3 kW unit was chosen for beta fabrication and 5 units were delivered to the US in December, 2009 while others remained for testing in Russia.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Engineering Division
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1000354
Report Number(s):
LBNL-4057E; TRN: US201101%%304
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English