The Vestas Midwest Model wind turbine

Conference · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:92984

Poulsen, E V ^[1]

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1. Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc., Palm Springs, CA (United States)

More than a decade of research, development, and operating experience has made Vestas the leader in wind turbine technology. Vestas research and development specialists use data accumulated from more than 4,500 Vestas turbines operating world-wide to perfect their designs and manufacturing systems. Based on this experience and know-how, part of Vestas product development has concentrated on further evolution and optimizing of the V27-225 kW turbine, which is the most sold wind turbine (1,200 sold units) in the world. The developments have resulted in the introduction of the Midwest Model V29-225kW, which was recently released for commercial sale. The V29-225kW is a specialized version of moderate-to-low wind regimes. The V29-225 kW turbine will provide greater cost effectiveness; improved materials allowing an extension of the blades and modifications have been the important factors in this development. As most other Vestas systems, the V29-225 kW is a pitch regulated upwind turbine with active yaw and a high speed rotor with three blades. The turbine employs full span active pitch with OptiTip{reg_sign}, a high-tech feature that ensures optimum power control and quiet operation.

• OSTI ID: 92984
• Report Number(s): CONF-950116--; ISBN 0-7918-1294-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
DESIGN
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
TURBINE BLADES
WIND TURBINES