NGenTec, a Scottish designer of magnet generators for wind turbines, will present during the EWEA Offshore Wind Energy exhibition in Amsterdam a new wind turbine technology which could lower the cost of wind energy significantly.
The development new generator technology should produce “maximum energy at a minimum cost”. As part of the trial, six full-scale 1MW prototype generators will be stacked along the turbine shaft to create a 6MW machine, before being subjected to testing. This follows a successful test by NGenTec against all performance parameters in three scaled-down prototypes – one of which was tested on a wind turbine.
Independent research estimated cost savings up to GBP 1 million for a 6MW offshore wind turbine using NGenTec’s generator technology, compared to a traditional permanent magnet generator over the course of the turbine’s lifespan.
NGenTec’s chief executive officer Dr Makhlouf Benatmane , said: “There is tremendous potential in Scotland’s nascent offshore wind industry, but we also are attracting considerable interest from several turbine manufacturers which operate globally in the onshore and offshore market.”
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Offshore WIND staff, November 29, 2011