New design for 10MW offshore wind turbines
From Tecnalia
A huge market volume is expected for the upcoming years in offshore wind but severe cost reduction is required. Market demands more powerful and reliable wind turbines to reduce offshore wind farms capital and operation expenses. However the turbines in the range of 10 Mw based on current conventional generators would have a huge size and weight, putting at risk the technical and economic feasibility.
TECNALIA has leaded an European consortium for the development of a novel 10 Mw lightweight and reliable generator based on superconducting materials. This new generator shows a 26% weight reduction in comparison to a permanent magnet generator that permits to achieve up to 1 million € of cost reduction in a 10 Mw wind turbine. We hold a patent on this generator concept in Europe and USA.