The new turbine features the Senvion Next Electrical System (NES) which comprises a fully rated converter and an asynchronous generator and has been designed to generate high power yields while lowering the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE).
“The gradual changeover to renewable energies in the grid is a project unlike any other, which means that we must expect a stream of new challenges” said Russell Stoddart, CTO of Senvion SE. “At Senvion, we are therefore looking towards the future and predicting possible requirements over the next ten years to optimise our turbines for long-term grid stability at an early stage.”
The rising contribution of renewables to the energy mix is presenting grid operators with new challenges and therefore demanding new requirements from manufacturers. In Germany, new requirements will apply from January 2017 for high-voltage connections promoting a continuously stable feed-in of wind energy into the grids. Senvion has designed the new 3.XM NES turbine to meet these requirements in 2015.
Senvion’s 3 MW portfolio is aimed at offering an ideal turbine for every wind site. The company currently supplies its 3 MW turbines to around 80 percent of the German wind energy market. In 2014 it installed 185 3.XM series turbines in Germany with a total rated output of 600 MW.
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