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helloman1976
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Re: These 5MW wind turbines use the same technology as our home systems
Reply #1 - Mar 16th, 2011 at 10:17am
 
I can't even comprehend that kind of power, that's amazing and we need more of them! I use about 7.2MW a year and that's really, really low so anything MW is great.
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These 5MW wind turbines use the same technology as our home systems
Mar 16th, 2011 at 8:51am
 
This German company called ENERCON is making large scale commercial wind turbines in the 330 KW to 5MW range.

The reason I mention this is because they have very few moving parts and they use a "annular generator", much like our little wind turbines for home use.

They also have one hell of a grid tie inverter!

They do one thing we don't do, they pitch the blades with a CPU to control speed and optimize power output.

I see no mention of a dump load so I assume they just pitch the blades in a way that they will stop in high winds or grid outages.

http://www.enercon.de/en-en/21.htm
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