Flexing the Limits of Land-Based Wind Turbine Rotor Growth

Flexing the Limits of Land-Based Wind Turbine Rotor Growth

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Abstract

The Big Adaptive Rotor (BAR) project aims to design and enable the next generation of land-based wind turbines with 206-meter (m) rotors, which will increase capacity factors by 10% or more over a typical land-based turbine. High-energy-capture turbines have many advantages, but the length and width of larger turbine blades to enable these machines creates transportation challenges that must be overcome to make true on the adage, bigger is better.

Original language	American English
Publisher	National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Number of pages	2
State	Published - 2021

NLR Publication Number

NREL/FS-6A42-78455

Keywords

high-energy capture
low-specific power
rotor
wind

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Flexing the Limits of Land-Based Wind Turbine Rotor Growth

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