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Reference Number ETI-WIND-5
Title Offshore Wind Test Rig Design
Status Completed
Energy Categories Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy) 100%;
Research Types Applied Research and Development 100%
Science and Technology Fields ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 50%;
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 50%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Not Cross-cutting 100%
Principal Investigator Project Contact
Converteam Ltd
Award Type Standard
Funding Source ETI
Start Date 01 February 2010
End Date 30 June 2011
Duration 17 months
Total Grant Value £1,530,000
Industrial Sectors Technical Consultancy
Region West Midlands
Programme Offshore Wind
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Project Contact , Converteam Ltd
  Other Investigator Project Contact , Horiba Instruments Ltd
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Abstract
  • Indoor turbine test rig based at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC) in Northumberland
  • Designed to allow the whole offshore wind drivetrain to be tested onshore before deployment offshore

Two consortia, GE Energy Power Conversion / MTS and Horiba, were commissioned to deliver competing technical designs for an indoor test rig capable of testing a complete wind turbine drive train and nacelle.

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