Installation and checkout of the DOE/NASA Mod-1 2000-kW wind turbine generator
The Mod-1 wind turbine generator is the largest such machine ever built. It supplies up to 2000 kW of electricity to the Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp. grid. The design and installation were performed by the General Electric Co. of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, under contract to the NASA Lewis Research Center, who managed the program for the Department of Energy. The wind turbine consists of the turbine rotor, pitch-change mechanism, drive-train assembly, bedplate, yaw assembly, and tower. The turbine rotor operates at 35 rpm and generates 2000 kW of electricity in a 25.5-mph wind (at 30 ft). The entire system weighs 655,000 lb, 335,000 lb machine weight and 320,000 lb tower weight.
- Research Organization:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, OH (USA). Lewis Research Center
- DOE Contract Number:
- EX-76-A-29-1010
- OSTI ID:
- 5597191
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NASA/1010-80/6; NASA-TM-81444
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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