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SUPerconducting, Reliable, lightweight, And more POWERful offshore wind turbine
Start date:2012-12-01
End date:2016-11-30
Project Acronym:SUPRAPOWER
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION | |
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Name:Susana |
PASEO MIKELETEGI PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE MIRAMON 2 DONOSTIA SAN SEBASTIAN ESPAÑA Region: |
| Tel:+34-946430850 | |
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| URL:http://www.tecnalia.com | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
SUPRAPOWER is a research project focused on a major innovation in offshore wind turbine technology by developing a new compact superconductor-based generator.
The project aims to provide an important breakthrough in offshore wind industrial solutions by designing an innovative, lightweight, robust and reliable 10 MW class offshore wind turbine based on a superconducting (SC) generator, taking into account all the essential aspects of electric conversion, integration and manufacturability.
Todays geared as well as direct-drive permanent magnet generators are difficult to scale up further. Their huge size and weight drives up the cost of both fixed and floating foundations as well as O&M cost. New solutions to provide better power scalability, weight reduction and reliability are needed. Superconductivity may be the only technology able to combine such features and allow scaling to 10 MW and beyond by radical reduction of the head mass.
SUPRAPOWER will pursue the following general objectives:
To reduce turbine head mass, size and cost of offshore wind turbines by means of a compact superconducting generator.
To reduce O&M and transportation costs and increase life cycle using an innovative direct drive system.
To increase the reliability and efficiency of high power wind turbines by means of drive-train specific integration in the nacelle.
Starting from an already patent-applied concept, the coordinator has assembled a top-class European consortium from 7 countries. Industrial partners are a wind turbine manufacturer, an energy company, an SME superconducting wire developer, a cryogenic systems supplier, and an offshore engineering company. In addition to the coordinator, research partners are a large laboratory with deep experience in superconductivity, a university and a national institute.
The main outcome of the project will be a proof of concept for a key European technology to scale wind turbines up to power levels of 10MW and beyond...
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Project Details
Start date:2012-12-01
End date:2016-11-30
Duration:48 months
Project Reference:308793
Project cost:5398019 EURO
Project Funding:3891058 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-ENERGY
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Innovative wind conversion systems (10-20MW) for offshore applications
Contract type:Collaborative project (generic)
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Subject index:Scientific Research
Other participants
| Organization name:KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE | |
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Name:Natascha |
Kaiserstrasse 12 KARLSRUHE DEUTSCHLAND Region:BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG KARLSRUHE Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis |
| Tel:+49-72160825414 | |
| Fax:+49-72160825403 | |
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| URL:http://www.kit.edu | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | |
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Name:Jozef |
Dubravska 9 BRATISLAVA SLOVENSKA REPUBLIKA Region:SLOVENSKA REPUBLIKA BRATISLAVSKY Bratislavsky kraj |
| Tel:+421-259222658 | |
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| URL:http://www.elu.sav.sk/ | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON | |
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Name:Yan |
Highfield SOUTHAMPTON UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) HAMPSHIRE, ISLE OF WIGHT Hampshire |
| Tel:+44-2380596665 | |
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| URL:http://www.southampton.ac.uk | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:ACCIONA WINDPOWER SA | |
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Name:Garcia Sayes |
AVENIDA CIUDAD DE LA INNOVACION 5 SARRIGUREN ESPAÑA Region:NORESTE COMUNIDAD FORAL DE NAVARRA Navarra |
| Tel:+34-948006420 | |
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| URL:http://www.acciona-energia.com | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:COLUMBUS SUPERCONDUCTORS SPA | |
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Name:Roberta |
VIA DELLE TERRE ROSSE 30 GENOVA ITALIA Region:NORD OVEST LIGURIA Genova |
| Tel:+39-3467971529 | |
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| URL:http://www.columbussuperconductors.com | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:ACCIONA ENERGIA S.A. | |
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Name:Raul |
AVENIDA CIUDAD DE LA INNOVACION 5 SARRIGUREN ESPAÑA Region:NORESTE COMUNIDAD FORAL DE NAVARRA Navarra |
| Tel:+34-948006000 | |
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| Organization name:OERLIKON LEYBOLD VACUUM GMBH | |
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Name:Jörg |
BONNER STRASSE 498 KOLN DEUTSCHLAND Region: |
| Tel:+49-2213471622 | |
| Fax:+49-2213471622 | |
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| Organization name:D2M ENGINEERING SAS | |
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Name:Carole |
AVENUE DE LA 1ERE ARMEE FRANCAISE BREGAILLON 663 LA SEYNE SUR MER FRANCE Region:MÉDITERRANÉE PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZUR Var |
| Tel:+33-494115401 | |
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| URL:http://www.d2m-group.com | Organization Type: |
Record control number:106228
