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FASTAP Transformer for Wind Turbines

Projektbeschreibung

Technologie für schnelle Laststufenschalter für Windkraftanlagen

Durch Wind erzeugte Elektrizität wird immer günstiger. Die Netzbedingungen werden jedoch immer härter. Somit sind dringend innovative Lösungen notwendig, mit denen der Sektor mit der globalen Umweltpolitik standhalten kann. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt FASTAP wird eine Anwendung für Windkraftanlagen entwickeln, die die Standardtransformatoren für Windkraftanlagen mit den sehr schnellen Möglichkeiten der Laststufenschalter ausbessern. Dabei kommen Thyristoren zum Einsatz, die mit Multi-Tap-Transformatorwicklungen verbunden sind. Mit der Technologie wird das elektrische Leistungsvermögen von Windkraftanlagen bei schwachen Netzbedingungen sowie das Überbrückungspotenzial bei Nieder- und Hochspannung erhöht.

Ziel

The energy market in general, and the wind energy market in particular, are experiencing constant decrease of prices, together with harsher and harsher grid conditions. In order to comply with worldwide environmental policies, revolutionary solutions, such as FASTAP, need to reach the market as soon as possible.

The FASTAP project aims at scaling from TRL6 to TRL8 the wind turbine application of a very fast on-load tap changer transformer technology. This solution uses thyristors specially connected to multi-tap transformer windings to provide On-Load Tap Changer capability to a standard wind turbine (WTG) transformer. This technology allows to choose the optimum voltage at which the WTG operates in, not only in steady-state conditions but also for dynamic and transient events.

This technology will increase WTGs' electric capabilities in weak grid conditions, enlarge WTGs' Low and High Voltage Ride Through capabilities and allow reducing electrical components oversizing. As an overall, the FASTAP will be able to reduce wind's Leverage Cost of Energy up to 5.5% and will be able to connect to worldwide grids an additional 71.64GW wind capacity.

The consortium partners have been working together for the last three years to bring the technology up to TRL6. They cover the whole value chain, which guarantees that the product will reach the market 33 months after the project kicks-off:

- INF, the market leader in bipolar high-performance semiconductors, brings the technical know-how and commercial capacity for thyristors-based semiconductors.
-SGB, number one medium-sized manufacturer of transformers in Europe, brings the technical know-how and commercial capacity for transformers.
-SG, WTG market leader, will be the integrator and validator of the FASTAP product into <5MW and >5MW platforms.
-MU, the most industrially-oriented University in Spain, was the first originator of the FASTAP concept and will bring FASTAP transformer for Wind Turbines.

Finanzierungsplan

IA - Innovation action

Koordinator

SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY AS
Netto-EU-Beitrag
€ 301 765,65
Adresse
BORUPVEJ 16
7330 Brande
Dänemark

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Region
Danmark Midtjylland Vestjylland
Aktivitätstyp
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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€ 1 441 171,92

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