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Flexing the Limits of Land-Based Wind Turbine Rotor Growth

Program Document ·
OSTI ID:1763980

The Big Adaptive Rotor (BAR) project aims to design and enable the next generation of land-based wind turbines with 206-meter (m) rotors, which will increase capacity factors by 10% or more over a typical land-based turbine. High-energy-capture turbines have many advantages, but the length and width of larger turbine blades to enable these machines creates transportation challenges that must be overcome to make true on the adage, bigger is better.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind Energy Technologies Office (EE-4W)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1763980
Report Number(s):
NREL/FS-6A42-78455; MainId:32372; UUID:4c08cd24-e192-4c9a-ad54-623e56058904; MainAdminID:19220
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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