Objective In order to broaden the market for wind power, it is proposed to develop a novel wind turbine of about 350 kW rated power, applicable for sites that are difficult to access with cranes and heavy equipment (e.g mountainous sites, swampland and small islands). In order to meet site requirements the weights and dimensions of the individual wind turbine components should be within well-defined limits and transportation and erection should be feasible without heavy equipments. Besides high reliability and easy maintenance are major design drivers. Moreover, this 350 kW turbine should be able to operate in weak grids and/or within autonomous wind diesel systems at competitive costs. The project aims at designing, engineering and building and testing such wind turbine, and -besides exploring its market potential-at carrying out a full- scale demonstration of the benefits at two different sites, one in Ireland and one in Austria. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-5.2.2 - Wind energy optimisation Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS EU contribution No data Address Westerduinweg 3 PETTEN Netherlands See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Ecowind Handels- und Wartungs GmbH Austria EU contribution No data Address Auhofstrasse 61 1130 Wien See on map Total cost No data Future Wind Partnership Ltd. Ireland EU contribution No data Address Main Street Blackrock, Co. Dublin See on map Total cost No data GARRAD HASSAN AND PARTNERS, LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address THE COACH HOUSE, FOLLEIGH LANE, LONG ASHTON BRISTOL See on map Total cost No data LAGERWEY WINDTURBINE B.V. Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Hanzeweg 31 BARNEVELD See on map Total cost No data