Its manufacturer promises the turbine is competitive from the word go.
offer a slew of advantages over conventionally used horizontal axis wind turbines . The latter relies on sophisticated instruments that tell them in which direction the breeze is flowing in and where to point themselves for maximum power generation. The turbines of a VAWT can harness power from all directions, so they can work without such equipment.
Since all the components of a HAWT need to be assembled together atop, towers that hold them need to be strong and built with huge counterweights. Going forward, this requirement will only increase, further increasing the costs of making them. The turbines create minimal wake effect downwind and, therefore, can also be placed closer together in the wind farm.
Westcon plans to deploy the first S2x in the country by 2023. The turbine will be tested for a period of five years, following which SeaTwirl has plans to scale up its turbines in the 6-10 MW range first and then to the 30 MW range.
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