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IEA Wind TCP Task 37: Systems Engineering in Wind Energy - WP2.1 Reference Wind Turbines

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1529216· OSTI ID:1529216
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  1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  2. Technical Univ. of Munich (Germany)
  3. SINTEF Energy Research, Trondheim (Norway)
  4. Technical Univ. of Denmark, Roskilde (Denmark)

This report describes two wind turbine models developed within the second work package (WP2) of IEA Wind Task 37 on Wind Energy Systems Engineering: Integrated RD&D. The wind turbine models aim at acting as references for future research projects on wind energy, representing a modern land-based wind turbine and a next generation offshore wind turbine. The land-based design is a class IIIA geared configuration with a rated electrical power of 3.4-megawatts, a rotor diameter of 130 meters (m), and a hub height of 110 m. The offshore design is a class IA configuration with a rated electrical power of 10.0 megawatts, a rotor diameter of 198 m, and a hub height of 119 m. The offshore turbine adopts a direct-drive generator.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1529216
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP--5000-73492
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English