New Wind Turbine Technology Said to be More Reliable

Just recently some brand new, more reliable wind turbine technology was unveiled. This wind turbine, which is still in the first stage of development, offers the latest in the next generation of offshore turbines. It was unveiled at a ceremony in Cambridge and offers more hope to a low carbon future.

This wind turbine, which is actually the result of almost ten years of research at the University of Cambridge, is a new 20kW wind turbine. To prove that it works, one has already been installed at a West Cambridge site. This new wind turbine, which is known as a Brushless Double Fed Induction Generator, was designed by Dr Richard McMahon. He had teamed up with Durham University and Wind Technologies.

The technology is a considerable improvement on existing wind turbines, thus, developers claim that this is a very essential requirement for the next generation of offshore turbines. Following the success of the 20kW project, the team is now beginning the construction of a medium scale 250kW turbine. This comes ahead of the multi-megawatt machine which is to be built and tested in 2011.

This news comes just ahead of falls from manufacturing and engineering companies in the UK to speed up the development of the offshore wind market. These companies want the wind turbine industry to get a move on so that countries like China do not take the lead away from the UK.

This new wind turbine technology is a big step forward in making offshore wind turbines a great answer to the UK’s energy needs. This technology makes a low carbon future possible.