Endurance test of an offshore wind turbine in the laboratory

Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 10:31 in Physics & Chemistry

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES in Kassel are testing the complex control system of wind turbines under real conditions in the laboratory before they are built into offshore wind energy plants, for example. This way, software and hardware faults can be found and eliminated before the costly installation of the turbine.

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