Wind turbine performance assessment. Technology status report No. 6

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5246993

Vachon, W A

This report presents a summary of recent test data and experiences from key federally and privately funded wind turbine (WT) development and test programs in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It covers the period from late 1981 to late spring 1982. Detailed summaries of test results as of late spring 1982 for the US Department of Energy (DOE) cluster of three MOD-2, 2.5-MW WT's, four MOD-0A 0.2-MW WT's, and three 0.1-MW vertical axis WT's are presented. Descriptions of the DOE's two MOD-5 conceptual designs with power ratings of 7.3 and 7.2 MW, are also provided. The program of the US Bureau of Reclamation has been updated with status reports on the two megawatt-scale (4 and 2.5 MW) system verification units. Recent test results and experiences from privately funded programs within the United States are also summarized. A summary of key Canadian and European WT programs is also presented, including an update on the test results from recent Danish and Dutch machine tests. Key foreign WT programs are becoming inceasingly important because substantial funding from both private and government sources is aimed at the development of unique machine design features and control approaches that are expected to augment the test data base of programs in the United States.

• Research Organization: Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Cambridge, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5246993
• Report Number(s): EPRI-AP-3284; ON: DE84920146
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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