Objective The objective is to compare the influence of typical European wind converter sites on fatigue loads at the blade root of the turbine. It is planned to monitor the fatigue loads for at least one year in order to adopt and verify load assumptions for different wind turbine configurations and sites. The improved fatigue load assumptions will be of great importance for the development of the next generation of large scale wind turbines and will help to make them economic. Measurements of fatigue loads on wind converter rotors are carried out at three sites available to the project participants. The German Wind Energy Institute (DEWI) investigates fatigue loads on a wind farm featuring flat terrain and pitch controlled wind turbines. In Greece the Center for Renewable Energy Sources (C.R.E.S.) gathers load spectra from a stall-controlled turbine at a site with varying turbulence intensity due to complex terrain. At Alsvik wind farm the Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden (FFA) observes a stall controlled wind turbine. Thus the influence of typical European sites on fatigue loads at the blade root of the turbines can be compared. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power Programme(s) FP3-JOULE 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 030202 - Generic wind energy R&D Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator DEUTSCHES WINDENERGIE - INSTITUT GMBH Address Ebert strasse 96 Wilhelmshaven Germany See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Centre for Renewable Energy Sources Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Km 19th,marathonos avenue 19009 Pikermi attiki See on map FFA - THE AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address 12-14,ranhammarsvaegen 12-14 161 11 Bromma See on map
