Objective
To demonstrate the suitability of Vestas 600 kW wind turbines in unconventional applications at remote mountain sites with high average wind speeds and high annual rainfall. The project also aims to demonstrate the feasibility of linking small hydro and wind projects together in order to achieve valuable economies of scale in the cost of powerlines, site access and annual operating costs. The expected peak net output power is 1,980 kW electrical. The expected annual electricity generation is 6,820 MWh. The project should have a simple payback period of 8.3 years.
The project will consist of a small wind farm of three Vestas V47-660 kW wind turbines linked to a 1.6 MW small hydro project. The wind turbines will be located at a mountain site with high wind speeds, significant turbulence, high rainfall and located within 12 km of the North Atlantic sea.
A common 2.1 MW powerline (with a 2.8 MW peak power handling capability) will be used by both the 1.98 MW wind farm and 1.6 MW hydro project and an automatic plc-based control system will be developed to regulate the outputs of the wind farm and water turbines by controlling a small water reservoir. It is expected that the overall load factor of the 2.1 MW powerline will be increased to 0.6 from 0.3 for either the wind farm or hydro acting alone.
The wind turbines will have "optitip" and "optislip" control features to give a smooth output during turbulent conditions.
The expected annual generation is 6,820 MWh from the wind farm and 5,500 MWh from the hydro.
It is anticipated that the average cost of the energy produced by the wind farm will be 0,055 ECU/kWh.
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Coordinator
DUBLIN (MONTROSE)
Ireland
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