Oct. 20, 2011 Superconductivity and direct-drive generators coming to wind turbines Resources: Advanced Magnet Lab Argonne National Laboratory ...

4 December 2009 – Siemens Energy has installed its first prototype of a newly designed direct-drive wind turbine. The SWT-3.0-101 DD is a gearless machine with a power rating of 3 MW.

All direct-drive wind turbines on the market today overcome this problem by using magnets made from rare earth materials. One problem is most easily mined rare earths today are locked up in China.

She also says that the generator design is a direct-driven permanent-magnet synchronous generator, “which requires minimal, if any, service during operation,” thanks to its lack of gearbox and ...

A large direct drive offshore wind turbine equipped with one of these generators can contain upwards of 5 tons of magnets, according to Alla Kolesnikova, the data and analytics lead for the ...

Using wind farm-specific data and models, the team identified and quantified uncertainties related to turbine tower and foundation design. They then evaluated how the new insights could reduce the ...

Technavio's analysts forecast the global direct drive wind turbine market to grow at a CAGR of 11.52% during the period 2017-2021.

XEMC Wind Power 5MW wind turbine project integrated European offshore wind power project development experience, has tackled difficulties of the direct-drive wind power generator integrated technology ...

While more modern turbines are increasingly using direct-drive systems that eliminate the need for a gearbox and the maintenance associated with them, in the early 2000s an American wind turbine ...

The 41.6-MW Eurus Higashi Yurihara wind power facility in mainland Honshu will receive 13 SWT-3.2-101 direct-drive wind turbines, each rated at 3.2 MW.The order also includes a five-year service ...

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE, Zamudio, Spain) announced on May 19 the launch of its SG 14-222 DD offshore direct drive wind turbine. The SG 14-222 DD features a 14-megawatt (MW) capacity — ...

A large direct drive offshore wind turbine equipped with one of these generators can contain upwards of 5 tons of magnets, according to Alla Kolesnikova, the data and analytics lead for the ...