Fraunhofer IWES Starts Construction of New Test Stand

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Work recently got under way on the Institute’s latest construction project with digging a whole for the heavy-duty foundations of a 250 m2 hall in the direct vicinity of IWES´s nacelle test bench.

If all goes to plan, a new test stand for minimal systems – comprising a high-speed generator and converter system – is set to open there in spring 2019. This test facility is being financed in the scope of the HilGridCop project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economics Affairs and Energy (BMWi). The aim of its use is accelerated electrical certification testing of wind energy turbines at considerably lower costs than those associated with the testing of a complete nacelle. The new test stand and the DyNaLab will share a virtual grid, which will be expanded... ... More: Official Press Release Fraunhofer IWES

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