Experience

nextwind

Isis, Athena, and Kali

Independent Nextwind designs created specifically for licensing.

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Innovative Windpower AG 1.25 MW

Complete design including certification co-developed with customer’s engineers, concurrent with training customer’s engineers. Existing energy company expanded in to wind market in Germany. Prototype erected in December 2009.

conergy

Powerwind (Formerly Conergy Wind) 900kW

Complete design including certification co-developed with customer’s engineers, concurrent with training customer’s engineers. Existing European renewable energy equipment supplier expanded in to wind industry, followed by sale of company to investment bank. Prototype commissioned July 2007. 70 units sold into five countries.

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Clipper 2.5MW

Various projects during design and prototype stages including consulting on the assembly of the Liberty prototype which subsequently went into production with over 400 machines manufactured, preparation of O&M manuals, commissioning of fiber optic load sensing system in prototype rotor which was later installed in over 1200 production blades.

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GE 1.5MW US

Adaption of design from 50Hz mild weather design to 60Hz, US standards, extreme hot and cold including prototype testing and new design and type certification. Design upgrades deployed across the fleet (several hundred running turbines) and incorporated for new production (several thousand to date).

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Enron 900kW

Market study and conceptual design for European and export market. Design and type certification. Adaptation from 50Hz mild weather design to 60Hz, US standards, extreme hot and cold including prototyping and new design certification. Startup and training of new engineering office in China to support design activities. First machines running in accelerated environment since 2001.

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Enron 750kW VE

Value engineering of turbine to achieve lower cost of energy, prototype erection and testing, new design and type certification, interface with US government grant authorities. Design changes incorporated into over 300 machines before end of production cycle. Fleet management for over 800 installed turbines in the US and Europe with outstanding availability.

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Enron 750kW Europe

Technology transfer of US designed 750kW wind turbine to engineers, production and service personnel in Germany and Spain including support of prototype assembly, erection, and testing in Germany and Spain and owner support for project reliability.

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Zond 550kW

Upgrades for reliability, streamlining of manufacturing processes, reinforced and upscaled design to become the Zond 750.