Crossing the power threshold for wind turbines
Wind turbines have crossed an important threshold. The next challenge is to improve the Levelized cost of wind energy and increase its competitiveness further, thereby assisting in reaching carbon neutrality targets.
To produce power more cost-efficiently, wind farm owners and turbine manufacturers need to find sustainable solutions to accommodate the needs of high-power wind turbines. This particularly relates to performance, reliability, and energy efficiency.
Operators must also meet regional grid code specifications and avoid costly retrofits to newly installed turbines in response to grid code changes. These challenges make it necessary to reliably test the impact of wind power equipment on the grid under simulated conditions.
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Maximizing the potential of high- power wind turbines
With rigorous investment and innovation under way to make offshore wind turbines larger and more powerful, MV converter technology will play a key role as wind-turbine power increases.
World’s largest mobile grid simulator will help to drive transition to renewable energy
Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES) is collaborating with ABB to develop the world’s largest mobile grid simulator as part of the Mobil-Grid-CoP project publicly funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action.