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15 - General Engineering

University of Edinburgh (joint submission with Heriot-Watt University)

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Article title

A lightweight low-speed permanent magnet electrical generator for direct-drive wind turbines

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1002/we.333

Title of journal

Wind Energy

Article number

Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

768

ISSN of journal

1095-4244

Year of publication

2009

URL

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/we.333/abstract

Number of additional authors

Additional information

This seminal paper describes a novel permanent magnet generator, C-GEN, which overcomes the challenges of direct-drive generators for wind: mass, assembly and O&M. C-GEN is 30-40% lighter than conventional generators and the cost of energy is 3.2% less, verified independently by Garrad Hassan and Partners (Peter Jamieson, email available). Patents granted in the US (8339009; 8040011), Australia (2007226376) and China (CN101405931). Commercialisation is via NGenTec, www.ngentec.com, raising £7.2M of public and private investment creating 12 jobs and successfully demonstrating a 1MW machine.

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

C - Energy & Resource Management

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract