Green Mountain Power wind power project first-year operating experience, 1997--1998: U.S. Department of Energy-EPRI wind turbine verification program. Final report
- Global Energy Concepts, Kirkland, WA (United States)
The Wind Turbine Verification Program (TVP) is a collaborative effort of the US Department of Energy, the Electric Power Research Institute, and host utilities to develop, construct, and operate wind power plants. Through their involvement as a TVP host utility, Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP), has developed, constructed, and is now operating a commercial wind power plant. GMP completed construction of its new wind facility near Searsburg, Vermont, in December 1996 and the project was commissioned in June 1997. The facility is situated in a sparsely-populated, forested area on privately owned land. The 6.05 MW plant consists of 11 Zond 5540-kW Z-40-FS (full span) turbines. As part of the TVP, GMP will conduct a three-year performance evaluation program of their wind project. This report discusses the activities and experiences during the first year of operation at the GMP TVP wind project. It includes summaries of the wind resource data, actual and calculated energy production, and availability at the site during the first year. The report discusses the operation and maintenance activities and categorizes the downtime experienced by the turbines during the period from July 1997 through June 1998. GMP is pleased by the overall performance of the project during the first year and continuing efforts are being made to improve the operation of the project and further optimize its performance. Two subsequent annual reports on the GMP project are planned to document the second and third years of operating experience.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); Global Energy Concepts, Kirkland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 354859
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-TR-111437; NC: NONE; TRN: AHC29924%%63
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Dec 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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