DOE-EPRI wind turbine verification program overview

Conference · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:696689

McGowin, C ^[1]; Hall, T ^[2]; Smith, B ^[3]

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1. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA (United States)
2. Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
3. National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)

In 1992, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) initiated the Utility Wind Turbine Verification Program (TVP). The goal of the program is to evaluate prototype advanced wind turbines at several sites developed by US electric utility companies. Two six MW wind projects have been installed under the TVP program by Central and South West Services in Fort Davis, Texas and Green Mountain Power Corporation in Searsburg, Vermont. In early 1997, DOE and EPRI selected five more utility projects in Iowa, Nebraska, Texas, and New York to evaluate distributed wind generation using smaller clusters of wind turbines connected directly to the electricity distribution system. In addition, three other wind projects participate in the program as Associate TVP projects in Wisconsin, Alaska, and Texas. This paper presents an overview of the objectives and scope of the DOE-EPRI TVP program and updates the status of the existing and planned TVP projects.

• Research Organization: Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 696689
• Report Number(s): CONF-990410--PROC.-Vol.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
ACCURACY
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
WIND TURBINE ARRAYS
WIND TURBINES