Wind Power Converter

American Electric Technologies, Inc. and emergia Wind Technologies (EWT) today at the World Renewable Energy Conference and Expo 2011 North America has announced AETI converter and direct drive wind and its successful deployment for emergia wind technologies in multiple locations, including Alaska.
The wind energy converter, designed to meet the requirements of the U.S. grid-tie, low voltage ride-through, control of dynamic VARs and anti-islanding capability, incorporates the latest technology in power conversion. The system is also designed for deployment of an international network. The converter system uses wind AETI UPS Back-to-back to convert the variable voltage direct drive generator and the output frequency to 60 Hz AC mains. The system has the ability to work with weak grids for distributed power applications and uses a filter to meet IEEE and IEC power quality.
"The EWT team welcomes the success and performance of the converter system AETI" said Eric Bakker, Chief Technology emergia wind. "This system has been reliable throughout the past year and continues to produce very high power."
The EWT wind turbine uses direct-drive technology to eliminate the gearbox, resulting in fewer moving parts to improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs.
The rugged, reliable converter developed by AETI is an excellent complement to the technology simple and direct drive wind turbine elegant, and offers customers high performance and high availability active wind turbine.
Scales AETI power converter architecture of 900 kW to 3 MW and above and supports direct-drive double-fed wind turbines inductance (GADA). The conversion system 900 kilowatts of wind power is optimal for locations distributed power, such as army bases, hospitals, universities and small towns, which continue to benefit from subsidies for wind energy Community.